Razz Rules

Razz

Razz is simply unlike any other game as your objective is to get the worst possible hand. If it could be likened to any game it would be Seven Card Stud in reverse or Seven Card Lo – your worst hand wins. Straights and flushes do not count against the low, but pairs do, and unlike other high/low split games, you do not need a qualifying hand for low, you just have to have the lowest possible hand on the table to win the pot.

is the lowest possible hand. The suits are irrelevant.

Order Of Play

• All players ante which is a pre-defined amount of money placed in the pot before the hand is begun. In tournaments the ante increases as the levels increase.
• Each player is dealt two hole cards face down, and one door card face up.
• There is a round of betting, started by the “bring-in” which is the forced bet made on the first round of betting by the player who is dealt the lowest card. The bring in is equal to half the lower limit.
• Each player is dealt another card, face-up (fourth street).
• There is a round of betting.
• Each player is dealt another card, face-up (fifth street).
• There is a round of betting.
• Each player is dealt another card, face-up (sixth street).
• There is a round of betting.
• Each player is dealt another card, face-down (the river).
• There is a final round of betting.

The pot is awarded to the lowest five-card low hand.

Razz is offered only in Fixed Limit structure. The first two betting rounds are at the lower limit and the last three rounds are at the higher limit.

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