Hold em Hi/lo

[Dice Man]

How come nobody ever plays this game? In fact I've never heard of it being played anywhere.
Secondly, if it were a real game, what would be the worst starting hand since 72o wouldn't be that bad a hand anymore, and 32o would be pretty good.

[neildowse]

I don't think this would really work, low hands would be simply too unlikely. With only two cards in your hand, the odds of getting an eight or better low that doesn't pair your hand is pretty low, and how can you play those odds against someone trying to protect JJ or TT preflop. Might be fun though nonetheless, lets play it next time we can.

[Prowler]

for holdem hilo8 and most other variations........

http://simulator.pokertips.org/simulator.php

[Dice Man]

That simulator won't tell you what the worse hand is, well not directly. I'm electing 9Jo as the worst pre-flop hand. Or maybe 8Jo, depending on how likely it is an 8 low will be good. I don't think it's that likely.