Razz

Blinds

The players in a game of Razz ‘ante up’ (every player pays an ante) before a hand is played.Every player gets 2 hidden and one open card. The player with the highest card pays the ‘bring-in’ and must make another bet (the size depends on the game played).

Razz game structure

Then action continues to the player on his left. Suits are however not equal in Razz if we look at determining who will pay the bring-in. If the highest card is the same for two players or more suits will be used from highest to lowest: spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs. So if two jacks are open in the beginning of the hand and they are the jack of hearts and the jack of clubs, the player with the jack of hearts will pay the bring-in.

After the first three cards the fourth card is dealt which is called ‘Fourth Street’, this card is also open. The first player that acts is the player with the strongest (lowest) open hand. This player can check or bet. If the player wants to bet this will be a small bet ($1 in a $1/$2 game)

The fifth card is also open, and the same routine is followed as on fourth street with the best hand starting first and then continuing clockwise. The only difference is that this round the players bet in big bet increments ($2 in a $1/$2 game).

Then players get the sixth card dealt which is also open. Play continues the same as on fourth and fifth street.

The seventh card is the last card and is dealt face down, only known by the player himself. Play continues as on earlier streets. If there is more then one player left after the final betting round, the last bettor or raiser reveals his card. If there was no bet in the final round, the player in seat 1 shows his hand, after that seat 2 going clockwise everybody shows his/her hand. The winner is the player with the best ace to five low hand. Unlike Seven card Stud Hi/Lo and Omaha Hi/Lo there is no ‘qualifier’, the best low hand winst the entire pot. If two or more hands have the same value, the pot will be split, suit does not matter in this case.