This is because it’s competing against other low hands and doesn’t improve on later streets. While the wheel is a strong low hand in high/low games, it can be very weak in high only games. It’s also the nut low in split pot variants like Omaha hi/lo and Stud hi/lo, as well as the nuts in Razz. It’s often called a steel wheel, and it’s considered to be the strongest hand in almost all poker variants. One of these is the wheel, which refers to an Ace to Five straight flush. If you’re an avid poker player, you have heard of a number of colloquial terms to describe different types of hands.
