Low Seven

Small is beautiful

Low Seven turns the usual card ranking upside down. You are dealt five cards and the aim is the lowest hand you can make: no pairs, no straights, no flushes, and the smaller the top card the better. Aces are always high here, so an ace is the worst card you can hold. The best hand of all is 7-5-4-3-2 in mixed suits, the perfect seven.

You get two draws. Tap the cards you want to throw away and press Draw; replacements come from the same shuffled deck. You can keep all five at any time. After the second draw, or as soon as you keep, the hand is read against the pay table. There is no house hand to beat: only the pay table.

What to expect

A clean hand with a nine or lower on top returns something; eight-low and seven-low return more. Most hands end up with a pair, a straight or a high card and return nothing, which is normal for this game. The rule of thumb is to keep different small cards and throw away pairs and anything above an eight. If you are unsure, the Suggest button marks the cards our helper would throw away.

Low Seven is a slower face. Nothing times your decisions, so give each one the thought it needs. Our guide Lowball in five minutes explains the hand names and a simple drawing plan.