Community Card Game · Blinds · Split Pot · 8-or-Better Low Qualifier · River-Suit Fallback
Overview
Stumpler is an Omaha Hi-Lo 8-qualifier game with a dynamic fallback: if no low is possible on the board, the player with the highest hole card matching the suit of the river card wins the low half. Unlike Stampler's fixed spade fallback, the winning suit changes every hand based on the river card — making every river card consequential.
Watch a Sample Hand
Step through a live deal — the board runs out all high cards, triggering the river-suit fallback. River = 10♦ → highest diamond in hole wins!
POT: $60
YOU (Hero)
THREE ACES · HIGH WIN!
Player 2
A♦ MATCHES RIVER SUIT · FALLBACK!
Player 3
Ready to Deal
Press Next Step to begin dealing the sample hand.
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Key Rules
IMPORTANT: Hand formation is Omaha — exactly 2 individual cards + exactly 3 community cards. If no qualifying low (8-or-better) is possible, the player with the highest hole card matching the suit of the river card wins the low half. The suit changes every hand!
Number of Players
Up to 8 players
The Deal & Flow
Pre-Flop: Each player receives 4 face-down cards → Bet
Flop: 3 community cards face up → Bet
Turn: 1 community card → Bet
River: 1 community card → Bet → Showdown
Split Pot
HIGH HALF: Best 5-card Omaha hand (exactly 2 individual + 3 community)
LOW HALF: Lowest 5 unique ranks A–8 using exactly 2 individual + 3 community
FALLBACK (no qualifying low): Highest hole card matching the suit of the river card wins the low half
If tied on fallback rank, the player with the higher card wins; ties split the fallback half
Stumpler vs Stampler
Stampler: Fallback is always the highest spade in the hole — fixed suit
Stumpler: Fallback suit is determined by the river card — changes every hand
In Stumpler, river card selection creates suspense: players watch what suit lands for the fallback
High-card holders in the river's suit become sudden candidates for the fallback half
