Heretic Joker and hand rank

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See this thread for current ruling

How Does Hand Rank Manipulation Affect Lowball?

Coming from a Discord conversation, I’m a little unclear on how HRM affects lowball. To start with, I’ve seen this post, and specifically this within that post. And I’m not quite sure it lines up with core rules as they exist now (might have been different back then?). Starting with the core rules; the lowball rules never actually call out how HRM affects it. You have to jump into shootout rules to get an idea. On page 23, under Takin’ Yer Lumps: When a card effect increases your hand ran…