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PLAYING TIPS for CROSS ROAD STUD POKER

HOW TO PLAY CROSS ROAD STUD Poker: 
Deal each player 3 hole cards.  9 board cards are placed face down and arranged in a cross shape with 5 vertical cards and 5 horizontal cards.   Players make their hand by selecting any five cards from among their hole cards plus the 5 cards in either the vertical row or horizontal row.  (Cards 12M34 or 56M78)   However, players must use at least 1 hole card to make their hand.  Reveal the 4 outer cards (1, 4, 5, 8), then the 4 inner cards (2, 3, 6, 7) and lastly the single middle card (M), with a round of betting between.  
May be played high-low split.
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                                                            1                                     
                                                     2           
                                         5   6   M   7   8
                                                     3
                                                     4
SUMMARY of ACTION
Deal 3 hole cards to each player. Arrange board cards.
Bet
Reveal 4 cards (1, 4, 5, 8).
Bet
Reveal 4 cards (2, 3, 6, 7).
Bet
Reveal middle card (M). 
Bet
High only or Hi-Lo Cards Speak: Showdown
High-Low Declaration: Declare
Bet
Showdown​
PLAYING TIPS for CROSS ROAD STUD POKER
Your hand in Cross Road Stud poker is taken from 8 cards: the 3 hole cards dealt to you, plus 5 of board cards.  You may use any combination of hole and board cards to make your hand (3 hole & 2 board or 2 hole & 3 board or 1 hole & 4 board), so long as you use at least 1 hole card.  It is highly desirable to have at least 2 and preferably 3 well-coordinated hole cards to play. 

STARTING HAND SELECTION
One of the best high starting hands you could hope for is 3 of a kind.  You have a hand that stands a very good chance of becoming a full house or 4 of a kind.  Unfortunately, you have less than a 400:1 chance of being dealt 3 of a kind.    Another uncommon starting hand is 3 to a straight flush, including gapped hands.   With this type of hand, you have a very unlikely draw to a fabulous straight flush but stand a decent chance of drawing a regular flush or straight.  Other playable starting hands that occur more frequently are 3 to a flush and 3 to a straight (especially if they consist of low cards) and a high pair or a low pair plus an ace.    With the exception of starting with trips, having these 3 card hands requires the help of 2 cards from one of the board rows.  But if they include multiple possibilities like a pair or 3 low cards they may be worth playing.
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Excellent starting hands for low are obvious:  3 cards of 6 or lower.  Such a hand will also include straight possibilities, vulnerable though it is.  Having 3 to a flush (including the ace) gives an additional possibility.
Having only 2 low cards will take help from 3 of the board cards.  So, something like A2 or A3 with an uncoordinated third card is not a reasonable low hand. ​  ​ However, when it includes other possibilities, like A♣ A♦ 2♣ or A♣ K♣ 2♣ or A♣ 2♦ 2♣, it is certainly very playable.
​PROBABILITY or ODDS TABLES
Probabilities of being dealt hands with 3 cards.  These are the probabilities of these hands being dealt as your 3 hole cards.
​3 CARD HIGH HAND PROBABILITY or ODDS
Approximate chances of being dealt the following HIGH cards as your 3 hole cards.  
3​ CARD LOW HAND PROBABILITY or ODDS 
Approximate chances of these LOW hands being dealt to you as your 3 hole cards.

​​3 Card High Hand
3 of a Kind
3 to Straight Flush*
3 to Flush
3 to Straight*
1 Pair

*includes 1 & 2 gappers

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​Probability/Odds

0.24%  (424:1)
1.16%  (85:1)
4%  (24:1)
17%  (4.7:1)
16.9%  (5:1)
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3 Card Low Hand
A2X
A3X or 23X
4AX or 42X or 43X

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A23
42A or 43A or 432
Any 5-low (3 cards)
Any 6-low (3 cards)
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Probability/Odds
2.4%  (40:1)
4.8%  (20:1)
​7.2%  (13:1)

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0.3%  (332:1)
0.9%  (110:1)
1.8%  (55:1)
​3%  (33:1)
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