Razz Rules

How a hand plays

1. Everyone posts an ante.
2. 3rd street: two cards face down and one face up (your door card). The highest door card brings it in, then a betting round.
3. 4th street: one more card face up, then a betting round. From here on, the lowest hand showing acts first.
4. 5th street: one more card face up, then a betting round.
5. 6th street: one more card face up, then a betting round.
6. 7th street (the river): your last card, face down, then the final betting round.
7. Showdown: the lowest five-card hand from your seven cards wins.

Bring-in and acting first

• On 3rd street, the player with the highest door card must start the betting with the bring-in. Aces count low, so a king is the highest card, and an ace brings it in only if every door card is an ace.
• If two door cards have the same rank, suit breaks the tie. From highest to lowest: spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs. So K♠ brings it in ahead of K♥.
• The bring-in player can post just the bring-in or complete it to a full small bet. By default the table posts the bring-in for you; turn off "Post bring-in automatically" in your settings to choose. Players after them can fold, call, or complete (or raise once someone has completed).
• From 4th street on, the player whose face-up cards make the lowest hand acts first, aces low. Any unpaired cards count as lower than a pair: showing 7-4 acts before showing 2-2.

Winning

• The lowest five-card hand from your seven cards wins the whole pot.
• Aces are low. Straights and flushes do not count, so 5-4-3-2-A is the best hand even when it is all one suit.
• Pairs count against you. Any hand with no pair beats any hand with a pair.
• Compare hands from the highest card down: 8-5-4-3-2 beats 8-6-3-2-A, because the 8s match and 5 is lower than 6.
• There is no qualifier: someone always wins. Equal hands split the pot.

Betting

• Fixed limit: small bet on 3rd and 4th street, big bet on 5th, 6th and 7th street.
• Each betting round allows one bet (or completion) and up to four raises.
• In cash games, a betting round that starts with only two players has no raise limit. In tournaments that applies only once the last two players are heads-up.

Good to know

• Super Razz deals five cards on 3rd street and makes you throw two away. Its rules are under Super Stud on the Stud page.

How a hand plays

1. Everyone posts an ante.
2. 3rd street: two cards face down and one face up. The highest door card brings it in, then a betting round.
3. 4th, 5th and 6th street: one more card face up each time, each followed by a betting round. The lowest hand showing acts first.
4. 7th street: your last card, face down, then the final betting round.
5. Showdown: the lowest five-card hand from your seven cards wins, using 2-7 rankings.

Bring-in and acting first

• On 3rd street, the highest door card brings it in. Aces count high here, so an ace is the highest card and does bring it in.
• Door-card ties are broken by suit: spades are highest, then hearts, diamonds and clubs.
• From 4th street on, the lowest hand showing acts first, with aces high. Unpaired cards count as lower than a pair.

Winning

• The lowest five-card hand from your seven cards wins the whole pot.
• Aces are high, so A-5-4-3-2 is an ace-high hand, not a straight and not a good low.
• Straights and flushes count against you. 7-6-5-4-3 is a straight, and five cards of one suit are a flush.
• Pairs count against you too.
• There is no qualifier: someone always wins. Equal hands split the pot.

Betting

• Fixed limit: small bet on 3rd and 4th street, big bet on 5th, 6th and 7th street.
• Each betting round allows one bet (or completion) and up to four raises, with no limit in cash games when the round starts heads-up.

Good to know

• Super 2-7 Razz deals five cards on 3rd street and makes you throw two away. Its rules are under Super Stud on the Stud page.

How a hand plays

1. Everyone posts an ante.
2. 3rd street: two cards face down and one face up. The highest door card brings it in, then a betting round.
3. 4th, 5th and 6th street: one more card face up each time, each followed by a betting round. The lowest hand showing acts first.
4. 7th street: your last card, face down, then the final betting round.
5. Showdown: half the pot to the best A-5 low, half to the best badugi.

Bring-in and acting first

• The same as Razz: the highest door card brings it in, aces low, so a king is the highest card, and an ace brings it in only if every door card is an ace.
• Door-card ties are broken by suit: spades are highest, then hearts, diamonds and clubs.
• From 4th street on, the lowest hand showing acts first, aces low.

Winning

• Low half: the best A-5 low from any five of your cards, as in Razz. Aces low, straights and flushes ignored, best hand 5-4-3-2-A.
• Badugi half: the best badugi from any four of your cards, aces low. Best hand A-2-3-4, one of each suit.
• A badugi needs cards of different suits and different ranks. Four such cards beat any three, three beat any two, and so on.
• Neither half has a qualifier. A three-card badugi can win the badugi half if nobody has a four-card one.
• You can use different cards for each half, and one player can win both. Equal hands split their half.

Betting

• Fixed limit: small bet on 3rd and 4th street, big bet on 5th, 6th and 7th street.
• Each betting round allows one bet (or completion) and up to four raises, with no limit in cash games when the round starts heads-up.

Good to know

• Holding a pair never costs you your best badugi: the game picks the best set of four cards from all of yours.

How a hand plays

1. Everyone posts an ante.
2. 3rd street: two cards face down and one face up. The highest door card brings it in, then a betting round.
3. 4th, 5th and 6th street: one more card face up each time, each followed by a betting round. The lowest hand showing acts first.
4. 7th street: your last card, face down, then the final betting round.
5. Showdown: half the pot to the best 2-7 low, half to the best badugi.

Bring-in and acting first

• The same as 2-7 Razz: the highest door card brings it in, aces high, so an ace does bring it in.
• Door-card ties are broken by suit: spades are highest, then hearts, diamonds and clubs.
• From 4th street on, the lowest hand showing acts first, aces high.

Winning

• Low half: the best 2-7 low from any five of your cards, as in 2-7 Razz. Aces high, straights and flushes count against you, best hand 7-5-4-3-2 not all one suit.
• Badugi half: the best badugi from any four of your cards, with aces high. Best hand 2-3-4-5, one of each suit; an ace is the worst card in a badugi.
• A badugi needs cards of different suits and different ranks. Four such cards beat any three, three beat any two, and so on.
• Neither half has a qualifier. You can use different cards for each half, and one player can win both. Equal hands split their half.

Betting

• Fixed limit: small bet on 3rd and 4th street, big bet on 5th, 6th and 7th street.
• Each betting round allows one bet (or completion) and up to four raises, with no limit in cash games when the round starts heads-up.

Good to know

• Razzdeucey is 2-7 Razz plus badugi. It is not a 2-7 and A-5 split: the ace is high everywhere in this game.