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A Gambling911.com reader recently asked: Which online poker rooms offer Lowball Poker games?
Unfortunately, not many it seems. Lowball Poker is not played very frequently today, and you will find very few Lowball games online. Ultimate Bet offers the Triple-Draw version of the game but there are other variations that are simply not available.
Action Poker is another online poker room that offers Lowball Poker, however, they do not accept US customers. Most players outside the US can take advantage of Action Poker's Lowball games.
Lowball Poker games reward poor poker hands (in the traditional sense). There are three common variations on this idea, differing in whether aces are treated as high cards or low cards, and whether or not straights and flushes are used. The methods are:
Ace-to-five low: The lowest possible hand is 5-4-3-2-A, called a wheel. Aces are low and straights and flushes are ignored. This is the most common method.
Ace-to-six low: Also called 6-4 low, since the lowest possible hand is 6-4-3-2-A. Aces are low and straights and flushes count as high hands.
Deuce-to-seven low: Also called 7-5 low, since the lowest possible hand is 7-5-4-3-2. Almost the direct inverse of traditional "high hand" poker. Aces are high and straights and flushes count as high hands. Since aces are high, A-5-4-3-2 is not a straight, but just ace-high no pair.
Deuce-to-six low: The other, mostly unused, possibility would be 6-5 low. Aces are high, straights and flushes are ignored.
Examples of lowball poker games include California Lowball, Kansas City Lowball, Razz, Triple Draw and London Lowball, which incorporates the seven-card stud with A-6 ranking and pot-limit betting.
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Ace King, Gambling911.com
Originally published July 30, 2008 6:43 pm EST
