Razz Seven Card Stud Rules

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Razz is a variant of 7-Card Stud where the lowest hand wins. The rules are the same as 7-Card Stud except for the following differences:

The lowest hand wins the pot.
Aces are low only. A pair of Aces is always lower than a pair of deuces.
The high card is required to make the forced bring-in bet.
On subsequent rounds, the low hand, rather than the high hand, acts first.
If two Players have the same low hand then the suit of the lowest card determines who acts first. (suit rankings – highest to lowest Spades, Hearts, Diamonds then clubs)

Razz plays as follows:

An ante is placed on the table by each of the two to eight Players. The ante amount is set by the Poker room.
Players are dealt three cards, two hole cards and one face-up card.
The Player with the highest card showing, by suit, is forced to bring-in the betting by making a wager of either half the small bet, or a full small bet.
Suits are ranked as follows from low to high – Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts and Spades.
A round of betting begins moving clockwise around the table. Players can either:

After all the Players have contributed the same amount to the pot, the Fourth Street is dealt face-up. There is another round of betting started by the Player whose exposed cards have the lowest Poker value ignoring straights and flushes. Players can either check or bet.
In fixed limit games, Fourth Street betting is still at the lower limit
At Fifth Street, in fixed limit games, the bets are at the higher
At Sixth Street, the final face-up card is dealt. Again the first Player to act is the Player that has the lowest exposed Poker hand.
The last phase of the game is Seventh Street. The seventh card is dealt face down to all Players, followed by the final round of betting and the Showdown. The Player with the lowest five-card Razz hand wins the pot.