In Low Poker, also known as Lowball, the hanking of poker hands is approximately reversed, so that the lowest poker hand wins. For a fuller explanation see Hand Ranking in Low Poker. These variants have been somewhat neglected by poker authors and have had little publicity, though they are highly rated by their devotees. One game of this sort that has had some recent success is Badugi, which is unusual in that it uses four-card rather than five-card hands with its own distinctive ranking system. There are also hi-lo poker variants in which either the highest or the lowest hand can win.
The index below includes both traditional 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.
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Variant | draw | stud | shared | low | high/low | wild | split | buy | pass | match | mixed | other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace-To-Five Lowball [= California Lowball] | draw | low | wild | |||||||||
| Ace-To-Six Lowball (Draw) | draw | low | ||||||||||
| Badugi | draw | low | ||||||||||
| Billy Baxter Lowball [= Kansas City Lowball] | draw | low | ||||||||||
| California Lowball | draw | low | wild | |||||||||
| Deuce-To-Seven Lowball [= Kansas City Lowball] | draw | low | ||||||||||
| Double Draw | draw | low | ||||||||||
| Kansas City Lowball | draw | low | ||||||||||
| London Lowball (7-card Stud) | stud | low | ||||||||||
| Lowball (5 Card Stud) | stud | low | ||||||||||
| Lowball (Draw) | draw | low | ||||||||||
| Lowball Guts | low | match | ||||||||||
| More or Less | stud | low | ||||||||||
| Off Suit Lowball [= Badugi] | draw | low | ||||||||||
| Razz | stud | low | ||||||||||
| Riding Ramone | stud | low | ||||||||||
| Triple Draw | draw | low |