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A Jackpot
is sometimes played under the local rule that if it is not opened,
the next hand is a Queen pot. If that is passed out, there is a
King pot, then an Ace pot, then down to a King pot, and so on. This
goes on until the pot is opened. The ante is usually sweetened each
time by one chip from each player.
The game is very similar to an ordinary Jackpot, except that when
the requirements are higher than Jacks, the opener must be credited
with rather more than in a Jackpot. The opener of a Queen pot, for
instance, will hold on average a pair of Aces.
This is simply a convenient way of introducing Lowball into the
cycle of games. A Jackpot is played under the rule that if no one
opens, the pot is played for again, without a new deal, as Lowball.
This avoids the nuisance of a fresh deal when a Jackpot is not opened,
which is quite common in a five- or six-handed game, and obviously
when nobody has a good hand, you may well get an interesting game
of Lowball.
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