Razz
Seven-Card Stud played for low instead of high — the worst-looking five-card hand (Ace-to-5, straights and flushes ignored) wins the pot.
Coming soon — not yet playable
Rules
Razz uses the exact same deal as Seven-Card Stud: two down cards and one up card to start, a betting round, then up-cards on fourth, fifth, and sixth street (each followed by a betting round), and a final down card on seventh street before the last betting round.
The difference is entirely in hand ranking. Razz uses "Ace-to-Five" low: straights and flushes are completely ignored, and Aces always count as low. The best possible hand is A-2-3-4-5 (the "wheel" or "bicycle"). Pairs are bad — a hand with any pair loses to any hand with five unpaired low cards, no matter how high those unpaired cards are.
The player showing the highest door card (not lowest, since this is a low game) posts the forced bring-in bet on third street. On later streets, the player showing the lowest hand acts first.
Showdown: remaining players show their best five-card low hand from their seven cards; the lowest hand wins.
Strategy notes: Because low cards are what matter, an early up-card that's a face card or ten is often "dead weight" that must be discarded (mentally) when picking the best five, and players pay close attention to which low cards are already exposed on the board (dead) when judging how live their draw still is.
Common house rules
Razzdugi mixups
Some home dealer's-choice rotations pair Razz with Badugi in a single round ("Razzdugi"), splitting the pot between the best razz hand and the best badugi hand from the same cards — an advanced-table novelty, not standard Razz.
Sevens rule / low bring-in
A few tables cap the forced bring-in bet regardless of how high the door card is, to avoid unusually punishing whoever happens to show a king or ace on third street.
Ace always low, no exceptions
Confirm before the deal that aces play low only (standard) — a rare house variant allows aces to also count high in a straight-like sequence, though this is uncommon and changes hand values significantly.
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