If the player who drops is not the low scorer, the dropper pays everyone's stake to the low scorer. The dropper pays the basic stake to everyone who has the same or a lower score, and in addition the player with the lowest score collects a basic stake from each other player. This is equivalent to saying that the dropper pays a double stake to the winner, plus a single stake to the winner for everyone who had an equal or better score, and the winner collects a single stake from everyone who had a worse score than the knocker. The player who dropped simply pays a double stake to each other player. Some play that if the stock runs out, the hand is dead and there are no payments.
Many people play with waiting .
This provides a way of delaying someone you think is about to drop until you can improve your own hand. Also, if you hit your own spread, then you yourself cannot drop at your next turn, buyt must wait another turn. Waiting does not stop you from winning by getting rid of all your cards - any time that you have no cards in your hand, you automatically win without needing to drop. There are variations on the number of rounds you have to wait. For example, some play that if you are hit you must wait three extra rounds, not one.