How To Play HORSE

HORSE is played as one "round" of each of its component games. It begins with limit Hold'em, then limit Omaha High-Low, Razz (seven card stud low), Seven Card Stud, and finally Seven Card Stud High-Low. When the Seven-Card Stud High-Low round is complete, the game goes back to limit Hold'em, and so on. You can tell which game is being dealt by looking at the top border of the table window. When switching from Omaha High-Low to Razz, the button is frozen. That way, when the game switches back to Hold'em (after seven card stud high-low), nobody skips blinds or pays extra blinds.

All the component games in HORSE are played fixed limit - there are no pot-limit or no-limit games. The limits (such as $5-10) are kept throughout the game rotation, and you play $5-10 fixed limit Hold'em, $5-10 fixed limit Omaha High-Low, etc.

Summary

HORSE and HOSE (HORSE without the Razz) are great ways to develop expertise in multiple games, and break up the monotony of playing a single game throughout a session. Get comfortable with each of the component games first so you'll know what's going on, and then jump right into the HORSE and HOSE games.

HORSE is one of many popular mixed game variants that are offered online.