LOWBALL POKER RULES
Lowball is played like Five Card Draw, except in this game, the lowest
hand wins.
The best hand is 5-4-3-2-1, also known as a "wheel" or
"bicycle".
If you run across any concept or rules that seems unfamiliar to you,
please visit at our Basic Poker Rules page
for additional information on how to play poker.
Before the Hand | The Hand | The Play | Order of Play | The Showdown | The Joker
Before the Hand
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A small blind and a big blind must be posted. Click here for more
information on blinds.
The Hand
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Each player has a five-card hand, with all cards dealt face down. You
may replace cards, but you do not receive more cards.
The Play
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- Each player is dealt 5 face down cards.
- The first betting round proceeds at the lower betting limit.
- Each remaining player may replace from 0 (none) to five of the cards
in his/her hand. The player must decide which cards to discard before
receiving the new ones.
- The second betting round proceeds at the higher betting limit.
- Showdown
Order of Play
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Action starts to the left of the big blind and proceeds clockwise.
When drawing cards, the player to the left of the Dealer Button draws
first and the draw proceeds clockwise. For the 2nd betting round, action
begins to the left of the Dealer Button and proceeds clockwise.
The Showdown
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At the Showdown the high hand wins. Each player must use all five cards
from his/her hand. Click here for more information on
poker hand rankings.
The Joker
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In a Lowball poker game there is one joker in the deck. The joker is
completely wild and can be used as the lowest card not in your hand.
Online Lowball Poker rules are the same rules that you will find in brick
and mortar poker rooms. Click here for more information on how to play poker
and for poker hand rankings.
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