Except for one difference hi-low is also played just like the other games of poker. Before the final wager or just before declaring (dealer’s decision), the players have to state whether they are going for the high or low hand.
Usually the players declare it by placing chips in his hand. Only the players are going for the high hand, hold a chip in their hands, and those going for both hands hold two chips in their hands.
The players sit at the table with a closed fist, which they open when the dealer asks them to show whether the player is going for the low or high hand. If there is only one player going for either the high or low game, he walks away with the kitty.
All the players show their cards after they’ve declared. (The declaration differs in some cases. In some cases the players declare in order, in this case the player who was last to raise gets to be the first player to declare.
The last person to declare is benefited in this manner since he knows what other players are declaring and consequently he can appropriately his declaration. On the other hand in some games all the online poker players show their cards at the same time after the last wager, that way it is apparent to all the players, who has won.)
If the kitty can’t be shared equally, then either the player with the high hand keeps the kitty or it could be put towards the next games’ kitty.