The fifth and final game in H.O.R.S.E is Seven-Card Stud Eight-or-Better (otherwise referred to as Stud Hi-Lo, Stud Hi-Lo Split or Stud 8/OB), which is similar to the other Stud games we’ve looked at (Razz/Seven-Card Stud; PP, Issue 18/19), except that in this format the pot will often be shared between a high and a low hand (see The rules of Stud Eight-or-Better, right for further explanation).

For this reason, it’s important to play hands that can win both halves of the pot (called ‘scooping’) as winning only half will rarely show a large profit and you may run into better hands that have a ‘lock’ for one side of the pot and a chance to ‘scoop’ you by winning your half as well.