Jackpot was decimated tonight thanks to five separate jackpot-winning hands (which ties a single-night record).
How decimated? Well, Lyndon got a royal flush in Omaha Hi-Lo at the end of the night. That entitled him to 100% of jackpot. So, for the first time in Card Night history, the jackpot carryover is $0.00.
We played a new game tonight called Scarney Hi-Lo. At showdown only Jason and Glen were left, and Jason ended up scooping the pot when Glen went both ways but lost to Jason’s high.
We heard about the game through an email from a You Can Bet on That podcast listener named Jeff. Here is Jeff’s explanation of Scarney Hi-Lo:
1) Everyone gets five cards, face down, like in five card draw.
2) Two, five-card boards are dealt in the center of the table. Imagine two hold’em flops, but face down, and parallel to each other. The top board is the “poker row.” The bottom board is the “discard row.”
3) A round of betting.
4) The first two cards on the boards are turned over. The top card is now a community card, just like in hold’em. As for the card in the “discard row,” if any player has a card of that rank in their hand, they MUST discard it.
5) A round of betting.
6-9) Repeat steps 4 & 5 until all cards are exposed.
10) After the last round of betting, the five cards in the “poker row” can now be used by any player, in conjunction with any cards left in the players’ hands, to form the best five card poker hand. The best poker hand will win the high portion and get half the pot.
The winning low hand is based on points, not low poker hand (like in lowball or Omaha8). The low hand is comprised of the point total of the cards that are left in your hand after discarding any cards, as dictated by the cards in the “discard row.” Each card is worth its rank, i.e. a 5 is worth 5 points, a 10 is worth 10 points. Face cards are also worth 10 points. Aces are worth 1 point for low, but are still high cards for poker. These are obviously very strong cards.
11) Each player decides if he or she will go “high,” “low” or “hi-lo.” Each player will secretly put 1 (low), 2 (high) or 3 (hi-lo) chips in his or her hand. The dealer will count to three, and everyone will drop their chips. This is the declare round.
All players who chose to go high (2 chips) will now showdown. The highest poker hand wins half the pot.
All players who chose to go low (1 chip) will showdown. The lowest point total of the cards in the player’s hand, wins half the pot for low.
If someone goes hi-lo (3 chips), that player MUST win (not tie) both sides or he or she loses everything. For example, let’s say the player was dealt four kings and an eight. The eight was discarded, as one appeared in the discard row. The player unwisely declared hi-lo. No one could beat his four kings, but with 40 points, he was easily defeated for low. The lowest low splits the pot with the second best high, as the four kings are now disqualified for high, because they didn’t win low.
Obviously four aces is a very strong hand for hi-lo. Only straight flushes can beat it for high, and it is 4 points towards a low. Anyone who discards all their cards is zero points, which is the nuts for low, obviously. If multiple people discard all their cards, then they all share the low side of the pot.
To compete for high, you must make a five card hand from some combination of the board and your hand. If you go for low, you only have to count the cards actually in your hand, unless you are going hi-lo, then any cards used from the board for your high hand must be included in the point total for the low.
| Mark D | ‑$15.00 |
| Mary | +$39.00 |
| Bill | +$30.00 |
| Chris | +$22.00 |
| Jeff | ‑$86.00 |
| Lyndon | ‑$29.00 |
| Jason | +$93.00 |
| Glen | ‑$13.00 |
Jackpot is now $0.00.
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Interesting point at end: if you go hi-lo, your low hand is made up of what you used for your high, so no separating hands per se.
Not necessarily. Theoretically you could be playing only the cards on the board for your high hand, and only your down cards for your low hand.