Seven card stud eights or better, also known as seven card stud hi lo, is a split pot game, played with two to eight players. As in regular seven card stud, every player is dealt a total of seven cards, three of them face down, and the other four face up.
To make both your best five card high hand, and your best five card low hand, using any combination of the seven cards you are dealt. The player with the best high hand wins half the pot, and the player with the best low hand wins the other half. If there is no qualifying low hand, the player with the best high hand wins the entire pot. |