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H.O.R.S.E |
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H.O.R.S.E. is a
relatively new poker
game that is becoming
very popular. The word
H.O.R.S.E. is an acronym
describing a combination
of poker games: H for
Hold’em, O for Omaha
Hi/Lo, R for Razz, S for
Seven Card Stud and E
for the Eight in Seven
Card Stud Eight or
Better. The World Series
of Poker recently added
H.O.R.S.E. events,
including the Chip Reese
Memorial $50,000 buy-in
tournament (the largest
buy-in event at the WSOP.) |
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This game is attractive
to many people because
it emphasizes a player’s
ability across multiple
poker variants; many
experts feel that mixed
games such as H.O.R.S.E.
determine a player’s
true poker ability. This
poker game is played as
one round of each of its
component games; it
begins with a round of
Texas Hold’em and
proceeds in turn to the
rest of the games. The
time to switch over to
the next poker game is
predetermined; it can
take place after the
dealer button makes a
complete rotation around
the table or every time
the blinds go up. |
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When the final round is
complete (the Eight or
Better round) the game
goes back to Hold’em,
and the rotation starts
again. |
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At the 2006 World Series
of Poker the games in
the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.
event rotated every hour
until the final table,
where No Limit Hold’em
was played until the
end. Minimizing your
weaknesses, while
maximizing your
strengths, is an
excellent strategy for
H.O.R.S.E.; for example,
if you are good at Omaha
Hi/Lo, but not as good
at Razz, use that to
your advantage against
the weaker Omaha Hi/Lo
players, while being
more careful during the
rounds of Razz. |
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"Poker is a game of people... It's not the hand I hold, it's the people that I
play with." |
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"Look around the table. If you don't see a sucker, get up, because you're the
sucker." |
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"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or
doesn't play poker." |
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"They anticipate losing when they sit down and I try my darndest not to
disappoint one of them." |
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