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Ace-to-five low is the most common method for evaluating low hands in poker. As in all lowball poker games, pairs and trips are bad: that is, any poker hand with no pair defeats any hand with a pair; one pair hands defeat two pair or trips, etc.

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No-pair hands are compared starting with the highest ranking card, just as in high poker, except that the high poker hand loses. In ace-to-five low, straights and flushes are ignored, and aces play as the lowest card.

Ace-to-six low is a method for evaluating low poker hands. As in all lowball poker games, pairs and trips are bad: that is, any hand with no pair defeats any hand with a pair; one pair hands defeat two pair or trips, etc. No-pair hands are compared starting with the highest ranking card, just as in high poker, except that the high hand loses. In ace-to-six low, straights and flushes count for high (and are therefore bad), and aces play as the lowest card.

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Deuce-to-seven low is a method for evaluating low poker hands. It is often called Kansas City Low Poker or just low poker. It is almost the direct opposite of standard poker - high hand loses.

As in all lowball poker games, pairs and trips are bad - that is, any hand with no pair defeats any hand with a pair; one pair hands defeat two pair or trips, etc. No-pair hands are compared starting with the highest ranking card, just as in high poker, except that the high hand loses. In deuce-to-seven low poker, straights and flushes count for high (and are therefore bad). Aces are always high (and therefore bad).

In community card poker games, each player is dealt privately an incomplete poker hand (hole cards) which is then combined with the community cards to make a complete hand. The set of community cards is called a board, and may be dealt in a simple line or arranged in a special pattern; rules of each poker game determine how the community cards may be combined with each player's private poker hand.

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The most popular community card poker game today is probably Texas hold'em (and variants thereof), originating sometime in the 1970s. In home games, it is typical to use an ante, while casinos typically use only blinds for these poker games. Fixed limit games are most common in casinos, while spread limit games are more common in home poker games. No limit and pot limit games are less common, but some poker games play particularly well with those structures.

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As with stud poker, later betting rounds often have a higher limit than earlier betting rounds. Each betting round begins with the player to the dealer's left (when blinds are used, the first round begins with the player after the big blind), so community card games are generally positional games.