Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
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Rank of Low Hands Explained
Rank of Low Hands Explained Being diametrically opposite in value to the hands of standard Texas Hold'em Poker, the worth of the Low hands can best be explained by comparing each to the closest equivalent hand found in standard Texas Hold'em Poker. The following comparisons do not reflect exact mathematical equivalents —nonetheless they do give the Low or High-Low players an easy method to gauge the strength of their hands. Following, for the first time in print, is the best possible comparison of Low hands to those of standard Texas Hold'em Poker.
The 6-4-3-2-A, also known as a sixty-four
The 6-4-3-2-A, also known as a sixty-four or a six, approximates a royal flush and cannot be beaten. 2. The 6-5-3-2-A, known as a sixty-five or a six, approximates any straight flush. 3. The 6-5-4-X-X, also known as a sixty-five or a six, approximates any four of a kind. 4. The 7-4-3-2-A and 7-5-4-X-X, known as a seventy-four, seventy-five or a seven, approximates any full house. 5. The 7-6-3-2-A and 7-6-4-X-X, known as a seventy-six or a seven, approximates any flush. 6. The 7-6-5-X-X, known as a seventy-six or a seven, approximates a straight. 7. The 8-4-3-2-A and 8-5-X-X-X, known as an eighty-four, eighty-five or an eight, approximates any three of a kind. 8. The 8-6-X-X-X and 8-7-X-X-X, known as an eighty-six, eighty-seven or an eight, approximates any two pairs. 9. The 9-X-X-X-X, known as a nine, approximates any pair. 10. The 10-X-X-X-X, J-X-X-X-X, Q-X-X-X-X, and K-X-X-X-X, known as a ten, jack, queen, and king, approximates no pair. X's shown represent lower-valued cards (except fillers for straights and flushes) than the cards that precede the X's.