Stud 8 equity calculator

Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, eight or better. Enter each player's down cards and upcards, and see each hand's share of the pot, counting the high half and the low half.

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Worked examples

We computed these with the same engine as the calculator, by counting every possible deal. Hand A is the first hand in each spot. Equity is the share of the pot a hand takes on average if no one bets again; it isn't advice on how to play.

1. Four low cards against a pair of kings

Hand A has the ace, two, three and four, all low cards, plus a nine. Hand B has a pair of kings with a queen and a jack.

Fifth street. Each hand shows five cards; two cards are still to come for each player.

Four low cards against a pair of kings: each hand's equity
HandCardsEquity
Hand ADown Ace of spades Two of diamonds Up Three of hearts Four of clubs Nine of spades49.1%
Hand BDown King of spades King of diamonds Up Queen of hearts Jack of clubs Seven of diamonds50.9%

Exact: we counted all 671,580 possible deals. A qualifying low appears in 59.2% of deals. Open this spot in the calculator

2. Trips against a low draw

Hand A holds three eights. Hand B holds the ace, three, four and five.

Fifth street. Each hand shows five cards; two cards are still to come for each player.

Trips against a low draw: each hand's equity
HandCardsEquity
Hand ADown Eight of hearts Eight of diamonds Up Eight of clubs Six of spades Two of hearts71.5%
Hand BDown Ace of spades Three of diamonds Up Four of hearts Five of clubs Nine of diamonds28.5%

Exact: we counted all 671,580 possible deals. A qualifying low appears in 52.4% of deals. Open this spot in the calculator

3. Two low hands against each other

Both hands lean low. Hand A holds the ace, two, six and seven; hand B holds the three, four and five.

Fifth street. Each hand shows five cards; two cards are still to come for each player.

Two low hands against each other: each hand's equity
HandCardsEquity
Hand ADown Ace of hearts Two of hearts Up Six of diamonds Seven of spades Nine of clubs65.2%
Hand BDown Three of spades Four of clubs Up Five of diamonds King of hearts Queen of diamonds34.8%

Exact: we counted all 671,580 possible deals. A qualifying low appears in 58.4% of deals. Open this spot in the calculator

How Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo (eight or better) works

The deal is the same as Seven Card Stud. The pot splits between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand. A low is five different ranks, none higher than an eight, made from any five of your seven cards; an ace counts low and straights and flushes don't hurt a low. If no hand makes a low, the best high hand takes the whole pot.

What the calculator does here. Later streets are usually exact. The results also show how often a qualifying low appears.

Disclaimer

Poker equity calculator (educational). This tool shows each hand's equity: the share of the pot it would win on average if all the remaining cards were dealt with no more betting. It uses only the cards you enter and treats every unknown card as equally likely. It ignores betting and how anyone plays, and it cannot tell you what will happen in a hand or what to do. “Exact” results count every possible deal. “Simulated” results are estimates; the plus-or-minus figure means each player's true value is very likely (95% confidence) within that range. Nothing you enter leaves your device. Many card rooms and poker sites do not allow calculators during a hand; check their rules.

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