LIVE HI LO
Live Hi-Lo is the latest table game to be turned into a live casino game. It's very popular in land-based casinos and like 3 card poker, has its own very dedicated followers.
At the moment, it's available at Betfred and Playojo.
In a nutshell, the game is all about predicting and betting on whether the next card dealt from the pack is higher, lower or the same as the previous one.
It's a straightforward game to understand, and if you play it carefully and avoid betting at certain times, you can do well.
On the flip side, it's a table game and you're gambling, so in the long term you're likely to lose.
The reported Return To Player (RTP) for the game played with 6 decks without 10's is 96.45%.
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How to play Live Hi Lo
As mentioned above, the aim of the game is to predict the value of the winning card in comparison to the base card which is dealt by the dealer at the beginning of the game round.
The result card becomes the next base card for the next round and so on until the deck is shuffled.
The game starts with the dealer burning the first 3 cards of the deck. The 4th card becomes the base card and is placed in front of the dealer.
Betting
The player (you) is given some time to select a betting option. You can bet on the next card being:
- Higher
- Lower
- The same (Snap)
- Red
- Black
- An Ace
- An Ace or King
- Two, three, four or five.
- Six, seven, eight, or nine.
- Jack, Queen, King, or Ace.
All of the different options have odds assigned to them and they are displayed in the picture.
The odds for higher or lower are calculated when the base card is known.
The Deal
The dealer then draws 4 cards from the dealing shoe. The 4th card dealt becomes the result card and is placed on the grid in front of the dealer. Winning payers are then paid out.
The cycle then repeats with the result card now becoming the base card and a new betting round is started.
That's the game. Simple.
It's currently only being offered by Playtech, so it'll be interesting to see whether it will be licensed so that other Live Casinos can use it.
Have a look at the game in action at the Playojo Live Casino.
Alternative Versions
A great alternative is the Playtech Hi-Lo Western Live game, which has a Western theme that fits nicely with the Sticky Bandits theme used in Roulette.
In this version of the game there's an additional side bet called the Wanted Card, which when picked as the drawn card can pay a multiplier of between 20x and 500x.
All other aspects of the game remain the same as Hi-Lo.