Schroedingers

Rules: Seven stud, high-low, fifth card is common. Aces round the corner; the common card is the high/low instead of the ace.

Less concisely: this is dealt and played mostly like Seven Card Stud. However, instead of dealing a fifth card to each player (what would normally be the third face-up card), it is revealed as a common card for the entire table. That rank is now "high", and the number just above it is now the "low" -- so if the common card was a 9, then the high straight is now 9-8-7-6-5, and 10s are now the low card. To make this work, Aces are "round the corner", so a straight can pass through the Ace. (That is, 3-2-A-K-Q is a legal straight.)

Variation: Amusingly horrible if played as an Omaha Eights.

Variation: Try as high only, because figuring the lie is a nuisance.

Analysis: Mechanically speaking, this is a very straightforward Seven Stud variant. But the variable high card means that it is much harder than usual to read your cards, and it takes some practice.

Most folks tend to stay in until the fifth card is revealed, and they have some idea whether their hand is any good.

Created by Bob

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