HORSEPerfect For Non-Pros
HORSE is actually an acronym describing a combination of poker games: Hold'em Omaha high-low Razz (Seven card stud low) Stud (Seven card stud high) Eight-or-better (Seven card stud high-low)
The background of HORSE In large cash games in brick-and-mortar casinos, the players often agree to play a mix of poker games rather than a single game. This reduces the edge that a single-game specialist has, and emphasizes a player's breadth across multiple versions of poker. Many people feel that HORSE and other mixed games are the best judge of a player's true poker ability. HORSE has also gotten a lot of publicity because it was added to the 2006 World Series of Poker as a $50,000 buy-in event - the largest buy-in event at the WSOP. And it is now part of WCOOP, the World Championship Of Online Poker, held annually on PokerStars.
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