Deuce to 7 Lowball Style

Deuce to 7 lowball poker is a kind of a low hand poker game in which the winning hand is the lowest possible hand, no straight, no flush. That is 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 not all suited, this is where the game got his name 2 to 7 lowball.

Deuce to 7 lowball online poker resembles A-5 Lowball Triple Draw in the way that both online poker game have a triple draw option, meaning that instead of one draw per hand, an online poker player can draw three times. Each drawing round is followed by a betting round.

Blinds

In a Deuce to 7 lowball online poker room, just like in Texas Holdem poker, the blinds method is being used. That means that the online poker player seated to the left of the online poker dealer button (marked with a small D in a circle) is paying the small blind which is equal to half of the low stack. The online poker player sitting to the left of the small blind is the big blind and have to pay an amount equal to the low stake, i.e. double the small blind. Blinds are called so as they are a bet placed before seeing your cards.

First Betting round

After blinds are paid, the game start by dealing each player five private, down facing, hole cards. Than the online poker player sitting to the left of the big blind starts the first betting round. Players have the option to bet, raise fold or call.

First Draw

After the betting round is done the draw takes place. Starting with the player to the left of the dealer button, each player in his turn chooses 0 to 5 cards he would like to discard. The online poker dealer gives him new cards instead, collects the discards cards and move on to the next online poker player in the online poker room. If in a draw round the dealer is running out of cards, he reshuffles the discarded cards and use them as a new deck.

The game continues with:

1. Second betting round in Deuce to 7 Lowball.
2. Second draw.
3. Third betting round.
4. Third Draw.
5. Final betting round.
6. And last is...

6. The Showdown

The showdown takes place if there is more than one player left in the online poker room after the final betting round. All remain online poker players show their hand; the player with the lowest hand takes the pot. If more than one player have the same worst hand, they split the pot evenly. There is no suit rank to determine the winner.

Hands rank

The best hand in Deuce to 7 Lowball is 2-3-4-5-7 with no flush. That is because one, you want to have the best lowest hand, two, aces in deuce to 7 lowball always counts high and three, in this game, straights and flushes count against you. The second best hand is 2,3,4,5,7; Third is 2,3,4,6,7; Fourth is 2,3,4,6,8; etc.