January 15, 2020
Razz (or seven-card stud low) is a type of poker in which the best low-combination from ace to five wins at the showdown. Throughout the deal, players receive seven cards in Razz, but five-card low-combinations are used to determine the winner. Please note that unlike the seven-card herd of high-low or omaha high-low, there is no “eight or better” requirement for winning a pot in razz.
At times, the “California” system (or “from Ace to Five”) of the seniority of low combinations is used. Straights and flushes are not taken into account, and aces always play like low cards, so the best combinations are the “wheel” (from the English “wheel”): 5, 4, 3, 2, A. So that you better understand how the combinations are ranked, we Here are examples of combinations that are arranged in increasing order (combination 1 almost never wins the pot, and combination 12 is the strongest):
3, 3, 3, 5, 5
K, K, 4, 3, 2
2, 2, 7, 6, 5
A, A, T, 9, 8
K, Q, J, T, 9
K, Q, J, T, 7
9, 8, 7, 6, 5
9, 7, 6, 5, 3
9, 7, 6, 5, A
6, 5, 4, 3, 2