Split Pot

Omaha Hi-Lo with three flops, two turns and one river, so you choose which flop and turn to build your hand on.

• Other
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Five-card PLO, everyone antes, no pre-flop betting, two boards, half the pot each.

• Other
• Pot-limit

PLO with a fifth hole card, so you still use exactly two but now have ten ways to pick them.

• High
• Pot-limit
• Limit

PLO with six hole cards and fifteen ways to pick your two, so every flop hits something and the nuts are everything.

• High
• Pot-limit

Big O where the dealer can hand out five, six or more hole cards depending on how many players are dealt in.

• High
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Pot-limit

Omaha Hi-Lo with five hole cards instead of four, so everyone holds A-2 and the nuts is the only hand that matters.

• High
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Pot-limit
• Limit

Not a game, a hand type. Everyone antes, nobody bets pre-flop, and the flop comes out immediately.

• Other
• Pot-limit
• No-limit

Five-card PLO where the first flop card is turned face up before the first bet, so you're betting with a peek at the board.

• High
• Pot-limit

Big O with the first flop card dealt face up before the first bet, so you start with a peek at the board.

• High
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Pot-limit
• Limit
• No-limit

Hold'em with three hole cards where you see the whole flop and bet on it before you have to throw one away.

• High
• Limit
• No-limit
• Pot-limit

Hold'em with three hole cards, one discarded after the flop betting, and the pot split between high and an 8-or-better low.

• High
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Limit

A three-board PLO bomb pot where the board with the lowest river card is thrown out and the rest split the pot.

• Other
• Pot-limit

PLO with two boards, each its own Omaha hand, so you can win half, win it all, or get quartered.

• Other
• Pot-limit

Four hole cards, bet the flop with all of them, then throw two away. Rare, mostly home games.

• High
• No-limit
• Pot-limit

Hold'em where you can only bet the fixed amount, so everybody calls with the draw and the raises come in even-sized steps.

• High
• Limit

The Hold'em you already know. In a mixed game it's the one round where your whole stack is on the table.

• High
• No-limit

Omaha where the pot splits between the best high hand and the best 8-or-better low.

• High
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Limit

Omaha Hi-Lo with the 8-or-better qualifier removed, so the low half always gets paid, even if it's a 9-high ugly duckling.

• High
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Hold'em with three hole cards where you throw one away before the flop. Everyone's hand is just a bit better.

• High
• No-limit
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Hold'em with four hole cards, exactly two of which you must use, and a max bet equal to the pot.

• High
• Pot-limit

Hold'em with the 2s through 5s removed, so flushes beat full houses and aces make the low straight.

• Other
• No-limit
• Pot-limit

Omaha Hi-Lo where the low half is played deuce-to-seven with a 9 qualifier, so A-2 is suddenly the worst thing in your hand.

• Other
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Six hole cards split into a Hold'em hand and an Omaha hand; each plays the same board for half the pot.

• Other
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Omaha with three boards. After the rivers the board with the lowest river card is eliminated and the other two split the pot.

• Other
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Big O with two boards, one high half and one low half to the best hands on either board, so a pot is never split four ways.

• Other
• Pot-limit
• Limit

Five-card Omaha with three boards, but the pot goes to whoever wins the most boards, not split by board.

• Other
• Pot-limit

No-limit lowball with one draw. You get one swing at your five cards, and the worst-looking hand wins.

• 2-7 Low
• No-limit
• Pot-limit
• Limit

Five cards, three chances to draw, and the worst-looking hand wins, with aces high and straights and flushes counted against you.

• 2-7 Low
• Limit
• Pot-limit

California lowball with big-bet betting. One draw, ace-to-five low, no sevens rule, check-raise allowed.

• A-5 Low
• No-limit
• Pot-limit

Triple draw where the ace is your best card and straights and flushes are harmless. The nuts is A-2-3-4-5, any suits.

• A-5 Low
• Limit

Five-card triple draw where one half of the pot goes to the best high (needs a pair of nines) and the other to the best A-5 low (needs an eight), and the same five cards play both ways.

• Other
• Limit

Archie with a pip-count half instead of poker hands: face cards are zero, ace is one, and the sheet says 49 beats 0 or vice versa, depending on who you ask.

• Other
• Limit

Archie with one community card that plays for the high half only, so low draws suddenly have straight outs to scoop with.

• Other
• Limit

A-5 triple draw where half the pot goes to the best ace-to-five low and half to the best badugi, with the ace low in both.

• Badugi
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Limit

2-7 triple draw where one half of the pot goes to the best 2-7 low and the other to the best badugi, with aces high in both.

• Badugi
• 2-7 Low
• Split pot
• Limit

Four cards, three draws, and you want four different suits and four different ranks, all as low as possible. A pair or a repeated suit costs you a card.

• Badugi
• Limit
• Pot-limit
• No-limit

Badugi with the pot split between the lowest badugi and the "highest" one, which is judged by its lowest card, so a hand can be great one way and dead the other.

• Other
• Limit

The old Gardena favorite. One draw, ace-to-five low, usually with a joker, and a "sevens rule" that makes you bet a good hand.

• A-5 Low
• Limit
• No-limit
• Pot-limit

The poker you learned at your cousin's kitchen table. Five cards, one swap, best normal poker hand wins.

• High
• No-limit
• Pot-limit
• Limit

Badugi's evil twin where four different suits is still the goal, but pairs are good, quad aces are the nuts, and the whole pot goes to the highest hand.

• Other
• Limit

Razz with deuce-to-seven rules: aces high, straights and flushes count against you, and the ace of spades is the automatic bring-in.

• 2-7 Low
• Limit

Razz, except your seven cards need a jack, queen or king to qualify, so the wheel can lose to queens full of kings.

• Other
• Limit

Stud with one hidden card and four showing, so nearly every bet is a tell. A history lesson more than a mixed-game staple.

• High
• Limit
• Pot-limit
• No-limit

Razz with the straight-and-flush penalty added, played pot-limit, almost never seen outside London clubs and BARGE.

• Other
• Pot-limit

Five-card stud with a 41-card deck, a joker, and the freedom to choose whether to turn your hidden card face up.

• Other
• Limit

Seven-card stud played backwards: lowest hand wins the whole pot, aces are low, straights and flushes don't count against you, and the king brings it in.

• A-5 Low
• Limit

Stud-style Badeucey: half the pot to the best 2-7 low, half to the best aces-high badugi, from the same seven cards. Despite the name, there is no A-5 razz in it.

• 2-7 Low
• Badugi
• Split pot
• Limit

Razz where the pot splits between the best A-5 razz low and the best badugi, both made from your same seven stud cards.

• A-5 Low
• Badugi
• Split pot
• Limit

No community cards, no blinds, no button; seven cards each, four face up for everyone to read, best five-card high hand wins.

• High
• Limit

Seven-card stud where half the pot goes to the best high and half to the best 8-or-better low, and an open pair gets you nothing.

• High
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Limit

Stud Hi-Lo where the low half has no 8-or-better rule, so a ten-low or even a pair can drag half the pot, and the low board acts first.

• High
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Limit

Seven-card stud, except you start with five cards and have to throw two of the hidden ones away before the fun starts.

• High
• Limit

Stud 8 where you start with five cards, throw away two, and the high card (not the low) has to bring it in.

• High
• A-5 Low
• Split pot
• Limit

Drawmaha with a deuce-to-seven low for the draw half. Your perfect 7-5-4-3-2 is also a terrible Omaha hand.

• 2-7 Low
• High
• Split pot
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Drawmaha with an ace-to-five low for the draw half. The wheel is a monster, and the ace has two jobs.

• A-5 Low
• High
• Split pot
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Drawmaha where the draw half is the best badugi from your five cards. Rainbow low cards are great, except at Omaha.

• Badugi
• High
• Split pot
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Drawmaha where the draw half is a four-suited "dugi" ranked high. The nuts is four aces, not A-K-Q-J.

• Other
• Limit

Five cards, a flop, one draw. Half the pot goes to the best five-card hand, half to the best Omaha hand.

• High
• Split pot
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Drawmaha where the draw half goes to the hand closest to 21. Blackjack with five cards and a flop.

• Other
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Drawmaha where the draw half goes to the highest pip count. Tens and nines are gold, kings are worth nothing.

• Other
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Drawmaha 49 flipped: the lowest pip count wins, so the kings, queens and jacks you wanted nothing to do with are now your best friends.

• Other
• Limit
• Pot-limit

Drawmaha with a Nordic twist: draw exactly one card and it comes face up, and you may reject it.

• High
• Split pot
• Pot-limit
• Limit