Overview
Oakland Raiders is a seven-card stud game with three separate pots: the best high hand, the best low hand (8-qualifier), and the highest football score. Players compete for all three simultaneously, and a single hand can win multiple pots.
OAKLAND RAIDERS
Stud Game – Three Pots – 8 Players Max
Watch a Sample Hand
Three pots up for grabs — P3 wins High (Queens Full), P2 wins Low (7-low qualifies), and Hero wins Football (19 pts from A+A+6+6+3+2).
YOU (Hero)
🏈 Football: 19 pts!
Player 2
↓ Low: 7-Low
Player 3
BRING-IN
★ High: Queens Full
Ready to Deal
Press Next Step to begin dealing the sample hand. Oakland Raiders has three pots: best high hand, best low hand (A–8 qualifier), and highest football score (A=1, 2=2, 3=3, 6=6 pts).
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The Three Pots
- High Pot: Best five-card poker hand (standard high rankings).
- Low Pot: Best five-card low hand using the A–8 qualifier — must have five unique unpaired ranks all 8 or lower. Aces play low. If no one qualifies, the high hand winner takes this pot too.
- Football Pot: Highest cumulative football score from your seven cards. Only four card ranks score: Ace = 1 pt (PAT), 2 = 2 pts (safety), 3 = 3 pts (field goal), 6 = 6 pts (touchdown). All other ranks = 0. Ties split the football pot.
Deal Structure
- All players post an ante.
- Each player receives 2 cards face-down and 1 card face-up (the door card).
- The player with the lowest door card must bring in the bet.
- Four more cards are dealt one at a time: 4th, 5th, and 6th streets face-up; 7th street face-down.
- Maximum 8 players.
Betting
After the bring-in, betting follows standard stud structure. From 5th street onward, bets increase to the big-bet size. Best low hand showing acts first on 4th street and beyond.
Football Scoring Examples
- A♠ 6♥ 6♦ A♣ 3♠ 2♦ K♣ → 1+6+6+1+3+2+0 = 19 pts
- A♦ 2♣ 3♥ 6♠ K♦ Q♣ J♠ → 1+2+3+6+0+0+0 = 12 pts
- K♠ Q♣ J♥ 10♣ 9♦ 8♠ 7♥ → 0+0+0+0+0+0+0 = 0 pts
- A♠ A♥ 6♠ 6♥ 2♣ 2♦ 3♠ → 1+1+6+6+2+2+3 = 21 pts (maximum possible)
Strategy Note: Cards that score football points (A, 2, 3, 6) are also valuable for low hands. A player chasing football and low with the same hand can be very dangerous. High-hand specialists often concede the football pot entirely.
Maximum Football Score
The best possible football score is 21 points: two Aces (1+1=2), two 6s (6+6=12), two 3s (3+3=6), and one 2 (2) = 22? Let's recalculate: A+A+6+6+3+3+2 = 1+1+6+6+3+3+2 = 22 pts. Or A+A+6+6+6+3+2 (three 6s) = 1+1+6+6+6+3+2 = 25 pts maximum with A+A+6+6+6+6+2 = 28 pts if you could get four 6s — but in practice the theoretical max with all scoring cards is A+A+6+6+6+6+3 = 29 pts. Note that 2s are also scoring cards. The more A/2/3/6 cards in your hand, the higher your football score.