Razz can be played with two to eight players. Like seven-card stud, it does not involve a flop (like hold’em or Omaha) nor any community cards. Unlike seven-card stud, the object in razz is to make the lowest possible five-card poker hand out of the seven cards.
Each player will receive seven cards throughout the course of the hand. The first two cards will be dealt face down and one card face up. There are three betting rounds after that, where players will receive another card face up after each round. After those four cards have been dealt, there will be a last round of betting followed by a showdown.
In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against you for low, so the best possible hand is A-2-3-4-5. If two or more players make the same low hand, then the pot is split between them equally.
Razz Poker Rules
Razz is a variation of stud poker that only differs in the fact that players are attempting to make the lowest ranking hand instead of the highest ranking hand.
Razz poker is a “low” game, meaning the lowest (or worst) hand possible wins the pot. Because Razz Poker is almost identical to Stud Poker in all but a few ways we won’t rehash the setup of play and rules for Stud here.
Razz can be played with two to eight players. Like seven-card stud, it does not involve a flop (like hold’em or Omaha) nor any community cards. Unlike seven-card stud, the object in razz is to make the lowest possible five-card poker hand out of the seven cards.
