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Lowerball Poker rules

Lowball is played like Five Card Draw, except in this game, the lowest hand wins. The best hand is 5-4-3-2-1, also known as a "wheel" or "bicycle". At Pokertropolis, we keep the old California tradition and use a Joker.

If you run across any concept or rules that seems unfamiliar to you, please visit at our Basic Poker Rules page for additional information on how to play poker.

	Before the Hand	The Hand	The Play	Order of Play	The Showdown	The Joker

Before the Hand

A small blind and a big blind must be posted. Click here for more information on blinds.

The Hand

Each player has a five-card hand, with all cards dealt face down. You may replace cards, but you do not receive more cards.

The Play

1- Each player is dealt 5 face down cards.
2- The first betting round proceeds at the lower betting limit.
3- Each remaining player may replace from 0 (none) to five of the cards in his/her hand. The player must decide which cards to discard before receiving the new ones.
4- The second betting round proceeds at the higher betting limit.
5- Showdown

Order of Play

Action starts to the left of the big blind and proceeds clockwise. When drawing cards, the player to the left of the Dealer Button draws first and the draw proceeds clockwise. For the 2nd betting round, action begins to the left of the Dealer Button and proceeds clockwise.

The Showdown

At the Showdown the high hand wins. Each player must use all five cards from his/her hand. Click here for more information on poker hand rankings .

The Joker

In a Lowball poker game there is one joker in the deck. The joker is completely wild and can be used as the lowest card not in your hand.

Online Lowball Poker rules are the same rules that you will find in brick and mortar poker rooms. Click here for more information on how to play poker and for poker hand rankings.