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Honey_99
High Card
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
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 Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:25 am Post subject: Which hand wins in Hi-Low? |
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In a home game last night, the winner of this hand was disputed.
Hand - A 2 4 5 8
Hand - 2 3 4 5 7
Which hand wins Lo and why?
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cubbies760
Drawing Dead
Joined: 19 Oct 2006
Posts: 12155
Location: Running From the Law
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:29 am Post subject: Re: Which hand wins in Hi-Low? |
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| Honey_99 wrote: |
In a home game last night, the winner of this hand was disputed.
Hand - A 2 4 5 8
Hand - 2 3 4 5 7
Which hand wins Lo and why?
Thanks |
75432 beats 8542A because 7 is lower than 8.
You always make the 5 card hand starting with the highest of the 5 cards. The way you wrote it makes me think that you're assuming that you start with the lowest of the 5 cards, which is incorrect.
You can also think of each hand as a number, with the Ace being 1.
75,432 is less than 85,421. |
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BOYNAMEDSUE
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Joined: 27 Jun 2005
Posts: 9540
Location: Mypos
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:35 am Post subject: Re: Which hand wins in Hi-Low? |
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| cubbies760 wrote: |
You can also think of each hand as a number, with the Ace being 1.
75,432 is less than 85,421. |
Very nice. I hadn't thought of that. |
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Honey_99
High Card
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Thank you very much. One player believed that to determine the winner of the low, you would start at the low end moving to high end to compare hands. My understanding was as you say.
Sadly, it turned into an unpleasant evening.  |
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tenpin477
Three of a Kind
Joined: 01 Apr 2007
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Location: NYC
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| I dont understand why, all it takes is a simple googling to solve the problem lol. |
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