SEVEN CARD STUD, HIGH-LOW SPLIT (SCS/HL)
(a.k.a. Seven Card Stud Eight-or-Better) DEFINED. In this game the high hand and the low hand each win half the pot.
  1. SCS/HL - STUD RULES APPLY. Seven-card Stud High-Low Split is played by the same rules as Seven-Card Stud except that the high hand and the low hand split the pot.
  2. SCS/HL -- QUALIFIERS. A qualifier of eight-or-better for low is necessary to win the low half of the pot, unless a table sign advising otherwise is posted. If no player's hand qualifies to win the low, then the high hand shall win the whole pot.
  3. SCS/HL - THE BRING-IN. The low card initiates the action on the first betting round. If the low card is tied, then the low card by suit brings it in. (Alternate Rule. The high card initiates the action.) On subsequent rounds the high hand initiates the action. If the high hand is tied, the first player clockwise from the dealer initiates the action. (Alternate Rule. If the high hand is tied, then the highest card by suit as between the tied hands initiates the action.)
  4. SCS/HL - PLAY ANY FIVE CARDS. A player may use any five cards to make the best high hand and any five cards to make the best low hand, whether the same cards or other card.
  5. SCS/HL - ACES, STRAIGHTS, FLUSHES. Aces may be used for high or low and straights and flushes do not affect the low hand in any way. Sometimes, however, the game is played by Kansas City Rules, with Aces playing as high only, and straights and flushes counting against the low hand. (See Article 8 for more details regarding Kansas City Rules.)
  6. SCS/HL - OPEN PAIRS. In limit games, an open pair on fourth street does not affect the limit.