7 Card Stud Hi-Lo Strategy

April 30, 2009

When playing 7 card stud  hi/lo the main thing to remember is: there is always a high hand. Not always a low hand. This is important as chasing a low hand when you start for instance with A-2-3 it starts off good, but if the next cards are a 9 and a J there are only two more cards left to come and they both need to be lower then 8 and not pair your cards to have a chance of taking low. Vital is that you try to get involved when you have a chance of picking up both or 75% of the pot. This can for instance be 3-4-5 as a starting hand or A-3-6 with the Ace being suited. These marginally bigger and better playable hands give you a few %% more chance of taking either both the pots or splitting one whilst taking the other.
If you manage to hit either Nuts then the risk to take is to bet hard at the pot. This could be to either take both pots there and then or to get 50% of some other players chip if you get 75% of the pot.

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HORSE Poker Rules

April 30, 2009

HORSE poker is a mixture of 5 different poker games. Texas HoldEm, Omaha, Razz, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud hi/lo (eights or better).  The standard HORSE poker rules say every 6 hands/raising of the blinds/ante the game changes. The most important thing to know if that all HORSE games are of the LIMIT variation. Unless otherwise stated. The betting for Texas HoldEm and Omaha goes as you are used to in a normal game, but for Razz and the 2 stud versions every single player will need to post an ante. This is followed by two cards face down and an upcard on show for everyone. In Stud the person with the highest upcard will need to make a forced bet and in the other 2 games the player with the highest card will have to post this bet. If two players tie then suit will determine the bring in player.  Spade,heart,diamond,club is the rule in descending order. When switching from Omaha to Razz the button will be frozen so that when the game reverts to HoldEm no one has missed or posted extra blinds.

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