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In High-Low Poker,
the pot is divided between the highest and lowest hands. Pots tend
to become large because of the increased number of active players,
and sometimes raises before the draw may be restricted to, say,
three or four in number. High-Low Draw is played less frequently
than High-Low Stud, but it is a good game, and not the shambles
that one might expect.
Like all games with several betting intervals, this game must be
played tight. To open or stay for the fourth card it is advisable
to have a three-card straight or flush or three high cards. At the
fourth card you need a pair or a four-card straight or flush. From
then on the standards of straight draw apply.
In an extension of this game known as "Double-Barreled Shotgun,"
after the draw the hands are placed face down on the table and each
player "rolls," i.e., he turns up one card, after which
there is the fourth betting interval. Each surviving player then
rolls another card, and this is followed by the fifth betting interval,
and so on, if need be, to the showdown after seven betting intervals.
This game is seldom played, interesting though it sounds in theory,
for in real life a hand of poker with seven betting intervals is
impractical.
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