Kansas City Lowball Poker

The Authority Guide On Kansas City Lowball Poker

Kansas City Lowball is an old school poker game that is quite popular game in casinos and poker rooms. In the online arena Kansas City Lowball is only offered at one poker room but as luck would have it the room is Pokerstars, the world's largest and most popular online poker room. On this web site you will find rules and strategy articles exclusively about Kansas City Lowball. Also available is a review of Pokerstars with an overview of the Kansas City Lowball action found there. There is also a special bonus offer for those that use our Stars promotional code. Most KC lowball players also play the triple draw version known as 27 Triple Draw. You will find some links in the menu to the left that will direct you to web sites dedicated to a specific lowball poker game, including 27 Triple Draw, California Lowball, London Lowball, Razz poker and Badugi poker. As you can see I am quite the lowball enthusiast. I play other games as well but games like Texas Holdem can get so tedious after a while. A game like Kansas City Lowball offers much more variety and is much more challenging. Of course, challenging poker games are also the most rewarding for those few players that are up for the challenge. Check out this article on the 2-7 Draw rules for more info on that game.

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Poker Rooms That Offer Kansas City Lowball

As you can see the selection is very limited but I expect this to change as time goes on. Kansas City Lowball has a long history and is a very common game off the net. Kansas City Lowball's younger brother (27 Triple Draw) is really picking up speed at Pokerstars. The traffic at the single draw tables is much less but as one grows the only is sure to as well. Pokerstars hosts daily Kansas City Lowball tournaments and sitngo's including a $5,000 guaranteed every Sunday. Players from the U.S. are accepted at Pokerstars and have the ability to make deposits using their checking accounts. Instant e-checks are the most convenient deposit option I have ever used and unlike credit card deposits it boasts a 100% success rate. If you sign up through this site you will be entitled to a special bonus on to of the 100% match up to $50 they offer all players. Read the review for more information.

Poker Room	U.S.?	Bonus	Review
Poker Stars	Yes	100% ($50 max) + Freerolls	Pokerstars Review

Kansas City Lowball History

Kansas City Lowball has a rich history in the world of poker. It is one of the many offspring of that most classic poker game - 5 Card Draw. Five Card Draw is the father of all card games. In many circles it is simply called "poker". I don't know when or who but my guess would be a riverboat gambler on the Missouri River came up with the Kansas City Lowball variation and it just stuck. Throughout the 50-70's KC Lowball was common at casinos and private card games. It wasn't until 1973 that Kansas City Lowball made its first major appearance in the limelight. In that year it was 1 or the 7 events at the 4th World Series of Poker. There were 11 entrants each paying $3,000 for a seat. Aubrey Day took first and Jack Strauss was the runner up. One aspect that I've never quite understood is they each won the same amount, $16,500. Perhaps that's just how they did things back then but by today's standards that is an oddity.

The next year the buy-in fee was $5,000. Keep in mind that at this point in history only the wealthier professional players in the world competed in these events. Five grand in 1975 was a huge amount of money. In 1975 an average gallon of gas cost around 53 cents. Fast forward 34 years later and the buy-ins for the Kansas City Lowball tournaments have not changed, $5,000. The playing field has grown quite a bit however. Rebuys and add-ons are also allowed so the prize pools have swelled. In 2007 there were 78 players competing in the event and the prize pool was around $1,500,000. At 226, the rebuys and add-ons account for around 75% of the total prize pool. Kansas City Lowball is primarily played in no limit format and with all of the rebuys it is one of the fastest paced tournaments played at the WSOP. Below are some links to my other poker game websites:

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