# Highest poker hand ever beaten by a higher one **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [May 7, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-poker-hand-ever-beaten-by-a-higher-one/538576 "2010-05-07T01:12:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-poker-hand-ever-beaten-by-a-higher-one/538576/41 "2010-05-16T04:02:01Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > Usually in Lowball or Hi-Low games, straights and flushes are ignored. Is that correct? I’ve only ever played poker in simulation on my computer, but in the games I played a straight or a flush would be a losing hand. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-poker-hand-ever-beaten-by-a-higher-one/538576/42 "2010-05-16T05:33:46Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Is that correct? I’ve only ever played poker in simulation on my computer, but in the games I played a straight or a flush would be a losing hand. Yeah. Usually… [QUOTE=Wiki for Lowball] **Ace-to-five low is the most common method for evaluating low hands in poker, nearly universal in U.S. casinos, especially in high-low split games.**. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![kfraser34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@kfraser34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kfraser34)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-poker-hand-ever-beaten-by-a-higher-one/538576/43 "2010-05-22T00:12:42Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Is that correct? I’ve only ever played poker in simulation on my computer, but in the games I played a straight or a flush would be a losing hand. I was oversimplifying it in my first post… in the Lo hand of Hi-Lo games straights and flushes are ignored.. so 1 2 3 4 5 is the strongest hand… but in Lowball Aces are high and straights and flushes do count and are bad… so the best hand is an unsuited 2 3 4 5 7… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-poker-hand-ever-beaten-by-a-higher-one/538576.md?page=2)