Playing Hi Low Poker

Position Play

Particularly on the last round your position in poker at the table is of great importance in determining your course of action. For instance, a bet is made and you have a doubtful call. If there is anyone back of you who is likely to rise, it is pretty good policy to drop. Conversely, if there is no one in back of you, you can afford to call.

Two Handed Play

If at any stage of the game you are left in the pot with one other player, always endeavor to build up a situation where you have a cinch for one way. Once you have attained this position, you can tap in a Table Stakes game or bet the limit in a limit game. Now if he calls you, you get your money back; while he may fail to call for fear that you can win both ways.
Conversely, when you realize that the other player has a cinch for one way against you it is advisable to get out unless the amount of money already in the pot warrants your risking the additional amount you may be forced to bet. The following examples will show how you act:

Examples

It is a Table Stakes game. Your first four cards are three kings and a six, while the only other player in the pot shows the seven and six of spades. There are fifty chips in the pot and each of you has over a thousand left. He bets the size of the pot. You should drop the reason for this being that if you don't drop he will bet more and more until finally all your chips are in. Then if you do win high your gain is but twenty five chips, represented by half the pot before it became two handed. But if you don't win high (and there is a good chance that he will come out with a straight or a flush and that you won't make your full house preparation), then you have lost over a thousand.
However, suppose it is down to the last card and you are the last man to act. There are about fifteen hundred chips in the pot, and a player showing the king, three, and deuce of diamonds and seven of hearts taps. Everyone drops until it comes to your turn, and you find you have but two hundred chips left. Here the percentage favors calling with even a pair of jacks, since if you do win one way; your gain is almost four times what you have risked.