Lowball King's Court

This is a game where if a hand can be made such that the highest poker hand better than or equal to Pair Of Kings, but worse than Pair Of Aces, otherwise the lowest poker hand wins.

It is played with a standard poker deck of 52 cards.

Game Play

Round 1

  • Each player pays an ante.
  • A big blind, and typically a small blind are paid by the players to the left of the dealer.
  • Each player is dealt five cards, face-down.
  • There is a round of betting, starting with the player to the left of the big blind.

Round 2

  • Each player draws any number of cards.

Round 3

  • There is a round of betting, starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

Winning the hand

At the end of the hand, if a hand can be made such that:

the highest poker hand wins.

  • Each player must form the best poker hand from any five of the five cards from among their hole cards or the table
  • Aces can be high or low
  • Jokers are wild and may be substituted for any card
  • Straights and flushes are ignored.
  • Hand must be better than or equal to a Pair Of Kings, but worse than a Pair Of Aces

Otherwise,

the lowest poker hand wins.

  • Each player must form the best poker hand from any five of the five cards from among their hole cards or the table
  • Aces are always low
  • Jokers are wild and may be substituted for any card
  • Straights and flushes are ignored.

Hand types

Low Pot hands:

  • Royal Flush
    • Royal flush
  • Straight-Flush
    • Cards of the same suit and in sequence.
  • Quads
    • Four cards of the same rank.
  • Full House
    • Three of a kind and and a pair.
  • Flush
    • A set of cards in all in the same suit.
  • Straight
    • A set of cards in consecutive sequence.
  • Trips
    • Three cards of the same rank.
  • Two Pair
    • Four cards, with two pairs of cards of the same rank.
  • Pair
    • Two cards of the same rank.
  • High Card
    • Kickers