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Some math help.....

Love your website, and all the info you provide!! Here's an interesting question for you...In
playing another version of 3 card poker, called 3 card lowball poker, whereby the objective of the
game is to have the lowest point, ie: best possible hand is A, 2, 4, unsuited, equal to 7 points.
Aces are 1 point, face cards are 10, and others are face value. No pairs, straights or flushes
wanted/played. There's another difference in lowball; the players are allowed 2 draws/swaps
(rounds of betting) up to 2 cards on the first draw, but only 1 card on the second (if needed/
taken). After all bets are placed and final, cards are shown for payoff, lowest hands wins.
Seems pretty straight forward, right? Not necessarily, my question is this: What number would
the dealer have to stay and play as a qualifier? Is it 3, 4, 5....Relative to the mandatory "Queen
qualifier" in regular 3 card poker to afford the house an edge of between 3-4%? Hoping you can
provide that "magic" number to keep the house edge competitive in this lowball version. Thanks
so much!