High-Low Poker Dictionary
Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand
and best lowball hand .In high-low split games, half the pot
goes to the best hand (the high), half to the worst (the low).
The criteria for deciding the low vary see low. Split games
are also often played with a qualifier that the low hand must
be "8 or better. " This means that the low hand must
have five unpaired cards 8 or lower. Omaha and Seven Card Stud
are the most popular high-low split games.
