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It is common, especially in cards speak games, to require a certain hand value or better to win the low half of the pot, called a qualifier.

For example in an " eight or better to qualify low " game, a player with an eight-high hand ( or better low such as seven-high ) is entitled to win the low half of the pot ( assuming his hand defeats all other low hands ), but a player with a 10-high or 9-high hand cannot win, even if his hand is the lowest.

In this case, the high hand wins the entire pot.

There is generally no qualifier to win high, although one common variant is any pair / no pair, where a hand of at least a pair is required to win high and any hand with no pair is required to win low.