A quick poker puzzle

Suppose that there are 100 chips in the pot at the end of a game of baseball. Baseball is a high/low seven-card stud game in which 3's and 9's are wild and hands are created from 5 of one's available cards. When going high/low, the high and low hands need not consist of the same five cards. In addition, when a four is dealt face-up, a player receives an additional card, which is why some hands contain more than seven cards.

Puzzle: How many chips does each player receive?

Different sets of house rules might decide differently. The solutions according to John Scarne's Scarne's Guide to Modern Poker are here.


Puzzle 1

Player 1 declares HIGH with

Player 2 declares HIGH/LOW with

Player 3 declares HIGH/LOW with

Player 4 declares HIGH/LOW with




Puzzle 2

Player 1 declares HIGH with

Player 2 declares HIGH/LOW with

Player 3 declares HIGH/LOW with

Player 4 declares LOW with