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The
standards for raising are quite different when there are only
two active players, both drawing, cards. When a player draws
one card, the odds are even that he will not finish with better
than ten high. If you make a fair nine high and are first to
act, you should not check and allow your opponent a cheap showdown.
Similarly, if you are second to act, and the first player has
checked, nine high will win unless he is aiming to trap you,
and in general you should take this risk and raise.
If your opponent has drawn two cards, it is 6 to 4 against his
finishing Jack high or better.
Once again, if you yourself make a Jack high you probably have
the best hand, and should therefore raise. In a tight large-limit
game these tactics may have to be applied with a little discretion,
but it is in these sharp exchanges after the draw in Lowball
that the good player has his main advantage.
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