In high/low split games (Omaha or stud), half of the pot is paid to the player with the highest ranked hand and the other half is paid to the player who holds the lowest ranked hand. If two players tie for either high or low winner, they split that half-pot stake and win a quarter of the pot. The tying players are said to have been quartered.
The quarter log is mounted on the flitch table so that the growth rings of the log strike the knife at approximately right angles, producing a series of stripes. These stripes vary in width from species to species. A natural distribution of ray flake is a characteristic of this cut in red and white oak.
The sliced cut of a log as near to true radial as possible, which results in the stripe effect of one type or another, as mentioned herein. (see graph Fig. 4 ) (example 1,2,3,4)