HORSE Poker Rules

HORSE Poker has become a lot more popular over the past couple years and lately there have been more televised HORSE events such as the $50K buy in event at the WSOP. The best poker players in the world have trouble mastering this poker game so it’s not the poker game for any beginner. There are five different variations of poker played in HORSE poker and you’ll need to know how to play all of them before heading to the HORSE table at a site like Full Tilt Poker (one of the few sites spreading this game, believe it or not.)

The five games played in HORSE poker are:

· Holdem
· Omaha
· Razz
· Seven Card Stud
· Seven Card Stud Eights or Better

As you can see you’ll need to be able to play the five different poker variations listed above to be able to effectively compete in this poker variant.

In a cash table HORSE game the game would start with Holdem with the dealer button starting to the immediate left of the dealer. The dealer button moves around the table clockwise one player at a time until it reaches back around to seat one. Once it reaches seat one again the game changes to Omaha and the game continues changing every time the dealer button reaches seat one.

This is the only rule you really need to know for HORSE poker and other then that you just need to know how to play the five poker variations. It’s not a difficult game to learn once you have the five poker variations under your belt, but mastering this game takes years of practice and not many people have done it. The competition for HORSE poker is very difficult to beat as well because you won’t find many new poker players trying out H.O.R.S.E poker. Most people who play HORSE poker are already great poker players in individual variations.

I find HORSE poker to be the most exciting poker game out there, but winning money in this game is very hard to do whether you’re in a casino or online. Normally online most poker games have a lot of fish players, but in HORSE this changes and you won’t find these fish players. I recommend playing for low stakes until you’re confident that you can beat the competition you’re playing against because you don’t want to go broke playing this game. HORSE poker is fast paced and high action betting so put your strategy cap on and get ready for some heavy betting. You may also see a pro poker player when playing HORSE as many of them right now are playing HORSE poker to become better at the game.