Acknowledgements ......................................................................................6
Introduction ..................................................................................................7
Chapter 1: What to Know Before You Go ..............................................8
Getting Started .............................................................................................8
The buy-in ..................................................................................................10
Keep your cool ...........................................................................................11
Know the cards that are out .......................................................................12
Know the odds ...........................................................................................13
Know your opponents ................................................................................17
Position ......................................................................................................19
Low vs. High ..............................................................................................21
Example Hands ..........................................................................................21
Chapter 2: Third Street ...........................................................................22
Trips ...........................................................................................................24
Three to a Small Straight Flush .................................................................26
Aces............................................................................................................27
Three to a Small Straight and Three to a Small Flush ...............................28
Playable Low Hands ..................................................................................30
Pairs: 8s and Lower with an Ace or Small Kicker .....................................34
Big Pairs: Kings and Queens .....................................................................37
Three-Straights to the High ........................................................................43
Quiz on Third Street Play ..........................................................................43
Summary of Third Street Play ...................................................................47
Chapter 3: Fourth Street .........................................................................49
Quads .........................................................................................................50
Four-Straights and Four-Flushes to a Low ................................................52
Trips ...........................................................................................................54
Four-Flushes – Three or Fewer to a Low ...................................................58
Four-Straights – Three or fewer to a Low .................................................62
Two Pair .....................................................................................................64
Aces............................................................................................................69
Big Pairs .....................................................................................................74
Low Draws .................................................................................................77
Low Draws with a Pair ..............................................................................84
Three-Lows ................................................................................................87
Quiz on Fourth Street Play .........................................................................90
Summary of Fourth Street ..........................................................................95
Chapter 4 – Fifth Street ...........................................................................96
Monster Highs ............................................................................................98
Monster Lows ..........................................................................................101
Made Lows...............................................................................................104
Flushes .....................................................................................................110
Full Houses ..............................................................................................114
Straights ...................................................................................................116
Trips .........................................................................................................121
Four-Lows ................................................................................................126
Two Pair ...................................................................................................134
Pairs..........................................................................................................140
Flush Draws .............................................................................................144
Three-Lows ..............................................................................................148
Quiz on Fifth Street Play..........................................................................148
Summary of Fifth Street Play ..................................................................153
Chapter 5 – Sixth Street ........................................................................154
Monsters ...................................................................................................156
Small Straights .........................................................................................159
Made Lows...............................................................................................163
Full Houses ..............................................................................................169
Flushes .....................................................................................................171
High Straights ..........................................................................................176
Trips .........................................................................................................180
Two Pair ...................................................................................................183
Pairs..........................................................................................................185
Low Draws ...............................................................................................189
Flush and Straight Draws .........................................................................192
Quiz on Sixth Street Play .........................................................................192
Summary of Sixth Street ..........................................................................196
Chapter 6 – Seventh Street ....................................................................197
Monster Highs and Lows .........................................................................198
Flushes .....................................................................................................201
Straights ...................................................................................................203
Trips .........................................................................................................205
Two Pair ...................................................................................................207
Pairs..........................................................................................................209
Low Hands ...............................................................................................211
Quiz on Seventh Street Play ....................................................................214
Summary of Seventh Street Play .............................................................218
Chapter 7 – Additional Concepts .........................................................219
Shorthanded Play .....................................................................................219
Tilting .......................................................................................................220
Only Going Low ......................................................................................221
Semi-Bluffs and Pure Bluffs ....................................................................222
What Level? .............................................................................................223
Online or Brick-and-Mortar? ...................................................................224
Multiple Tables ........................................................................................225
Ante Structure ..........................................................................................225
Tight vs. Loose Games ............................................................................226
Reading Hands .........................................................................................227
The Last Word .........................................................................................228
Appendix A – Odds Information ..........................................................229
Odds for Hitting a Low Qualifier.............................................................230
Flush Odds ...............................................................................................232
Straight Odds ...........................................................................................235
General Odds for Hitting Various Hands.................................................240
Appendix B – Glossary of Poker Terms ..............................................241
Appendix C – Ranking of Low Hands .................................................247