Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Why Position Matters in 2-7 Triple Draw

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:10:00 -0600

Last week I described a few of my experiences playing in an eight-game mix tournament on PokerStars. To refresh your recollection, eight games are played in rotation in an eight-game mix tournament...

H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- The Future of Mixed Games?

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:13:00 -0600

There were several new events added to the 2008 World Series of Poker. Some of them, like Event #4 "Mixed Hold'em", don't really qualify as mixed games in my book. While it's true that two different variations...

H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Figuring Out Stud Hi/Lo

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:37:00 -0600

Seven-card stud hi/lo, like razz, is a game that tends to bewilder mixed-games players. At first glance, it seems simple enough -- it's a hybrid of seven-card stud and razz, with the wrinkle that a low hand must be made with five...

H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- The Importance of Fourth Street in Razz

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:54:00 -0600

Razz is one of the most poorly understood of all of the games that typically find their way into a mixed-game rotation. As opposed to other lowball games like deuce-to-seven triple draw and badugi, razz (like most stud variants)...

H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy -- In the Mix: Playing the River in Limit Hold'em

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:10:00 -0600

Four weeks ago I wrote about some of the difference between playing no-limit hold'em and limit hold'em, a game which is the cornerstone of many a mixed-game rotation and one of the primary games in most mixed-games tournaments...

H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Getting the Most Out of Omaha Hi/Lo

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:48:00 -0600

Most beginning mixed-games players tend to play conservatively in the stud games, play somewhat decently in limit hold'em (due to its overlap with the game of choice for the past four years, no-limit hold'em), but become...

H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- A Closer Look at Deuce-to-Seven

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:09:00 -0600

Survey the poker landscape in the hole-card-camera era, and you'll be convinced that only two types of poker are played anymore: flop poker games such as hold'em and Omaha, and stud poker games such as razz and seven-card stud...

H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Starting Hands and Dead Cards in Razz

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:30:00 -0600

A few weeks ago I discussed the importance of looking for the proper conditions to defend the bring-in bet in razz and how absent incredibly ideal conditions, the bring-in is usually better off folding most of the time...

H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Limit Hold'em for No-Limit Players

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:23:00 -0600

The lament of the no-limit hold'em player forced to play limit hold'em is often that "opponents can't be forced to fold." There is some merit to this sentiment; with betting limits structured into fixed amounts, the best weapon...

H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Fifth Street in the Stud Games

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:41:00 -0500

Those pesky stud games. In addition to requiring more from players in terms of attention, memory and reading ability, they also have one more round of betting than flop games. Hold'em and Omaha have four rounds of betting...