Poker Variants: High-low Poker

In high-low poker the pot, or part of it, can be won by the highest or the lowest poker hand at the showdown. Often, these are split pot games, in which the highest and lowest hands can share the pot. Most poker variants, whether based draw, stud or shared card mechanisms, may be played in hi-lo versions with more or less success. In casinos and clubs, Seven Card Stud High-low and Omaha/8 are perhaps the best known high-low games, and there are also many home poker variants that use this principle.

The index below includes both traditional high-low poker variants and invented variants (listed in italics). The columns show other categories to which some games also belong. See also the full index of poker variants, which includes an explanation of the categories.

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Variant draw stud shared low high/low wild split buy pass match mixed other
5 Card Double Draw High-Low draw   high/low       
5 Card Stud High-Low  stud  high/low split     
5 Card Stud High-Low With a Buy  stud  high/low splitbuy    
7 Card Stud High-Low  stud  high/low split     
7 Card Stud with Wild Cards  stud  high/lowwildsplit     
10 Card Regrets  stud  high/low split     
43 draw shared high/low split     
Abyssinia  stud  high/low splitbuy    
Anaconda [= Pass The Trash]  stud  high/low   pass   
Auction  stud  high/low splitbuy    
Box draw shared high/low split     
Buddys Game   shared high/low splitbuy    
Buy Your Card / Substitution  stud  high/low splitbuy    
Chowaha   shared high/low split     
Church [= Iron Cross]   shared high/lowwildsplit     
Cold Omaha   shared high/low split     
Cowboy, Cowgirl, Cowpattie draw   high/low split  match  
Crazy Pineapple Hi-Lo   shared high/low split     
Criss Cross [= Iron Cross]   shared high/lowwildsplit     
Criss Cross [= Tic Tac Toe]   shared high/lowwildsplit     
Dakota  stud  high/lowwildsplitbuy    
Doogie   shared high/low split     
Double Trouble   shared high/low  buy    
Elevator   shared high/low split     
Five Card Stud High-Low  stud  high/low split     
Five Card Stud High-Low With a Buy  stud  high/low splitbuy    
Five-card Double Draw High-Low draw   high/low       
Forty-Three draw shared high/low split     
Henway  stud  high/low split     
Howdy Doody  stud  high/lowwild  pass   
Iron Cross   shared high/lowwildsplit     
Jacks Back (5 Card Draw) draw   high/lowwild      
Jersey Holdem   shared high/low split     
Kryky   shared high/lowwildsplit     
Mississippi Mud  stud  high/low split     
Mutual of Omaha   shared high/low splitbuy    
Napalm     high/low    match  
NASDAQ     high/low splitbuy    
New York New York  stud  high/low split     
Oh Shit   shared high/low split     
Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better   shared high/low split     
Omaha/8 [= Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better]   shared high/low split     
Pass The Trash  stud  high/low   pass   
Pass'Em   shared high/low split pass   
Price is Right, The  stud  high/low splitbuy    
Psycho drawstud  high/low split     
Pyramid   shared high/lowwildsplit     
Pyramid (2)   shared high/low split     
Real Poker   shared high/low split     
Roll Your Own  stud  high/lowwildsplit     
Selection / Rejection  stud  high/low split pass   
Seven Card Stud High-Low  stud  high/low split     
Seven Card Stud with Wild Cards  stud  high/lowwildsplit     
Slam-aha   shared high/lowwildsplit     
Spots   shared high/low split     
Substitution  stud  high/low split     
Ten-Card Regrets  stud  high/low split     
Tic Tac Toe   shared high/lowwildsplit     
Wall Street  stud  high/low splitbuy    
Want it? Want it? Got it! [= Selection / Rejection]  stud  high/low split pass   
Z   shared high/low split