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• H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Defending the Bring-in Bet in Razz

  David Behr

  Razz -- the game that poker players love to hate. Razz is a game so universally reviled that once upon a time in some areas, H.O.R.S.E. mixed games were transformed into S.H.O.E. solely for the purpose of eliminating razz from...

   

• H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Outdrawn and Quartered in Omaha Hi/Lo

  David Behr

  Last week we took a look at a situation that happens all too frequently in seven-card stud hi/lo -- a player with no qualifying low hand who gets freerolled for the high half of the pot by a player with a made low. The long and short...

   

• H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Freerolling the High (Stud Hi/Lo)

  David Behr

  Stud games are typically the games that beginning mixed-games players struggle with the most. They require much more attention to detail than flop games due to all of the cards that are exposed during the course of a hand. For example...

   

• H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Squeezing an Opponent on Hold'em's Big Streets

  David Behr

  For the last few weeks we have considered why now is the time to start playing mixed games, what some basic considerations are when playing a mixed-game tournament, and what basic adjustments should be made when playing in a mixed-game...

   

• H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Basic Cash Game Considerations

  David Behr

  Last week I set forth a few basic concepts and strategies to consider before signing up to play in a mixed game tournament. This week I want to turn to cash games, as mixed games are quickly becoming a mainstay at poker rooms around...

   

• H.O.R.S.E. Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Basic Tournament Considerations

  David Behr

  As mentioned last week, non-hold'em events and mixed game events saw large field increases at this year's World Series of Poker. The knowledge base in many of those games remains woefully underdeveloped, due to the focus on hold'em...

   

• Poker Strategy: In the Mix -- Get Up on the H.O.R.S.E.

  David Behr

  One of the trends that emerged from the 2008 World Series of Poker when compared to the 2007 WSOP was an increase in the number of entries for non-hold'em events. Entries into hold'em events remained relatively constant in 2008...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: 17 Tricks of the Trade

  Ashley Adams

  There are hundreds of strategy considerations in stud. Most are based on a few broad principles: 'Good starting hands turn into winning hands.' 'Don't chase without sufficient pot odds or implied odds.' 'Be aggressive when you're...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Fifth Street Quiz, Part 2 of 2

  Ashley Adams

  In the last column I asked you what your best betting action would be with a certain hand on fifth street. Let's reprise the hand situation: The game is $20/40 stud with a $3 ante and a $5 forced bet from the low card. It's a casino game...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Fifth Street Quiz, Part 1 of 2

  Ashley Adams

  Let's focus on fifth street for a while. For me, it's the trickiest street to play, since one frequently has difficult decisions about how to play one's hand. Third street might be a more important decision, but in my book it's...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Playing on the Road

  Ashley Adams

  I've been staying and playing poker in Las Vegas. It's a long way from my home in Boston; I've been here for about a week now. It's longer than I normally stay – and it comes with certain risks to my game. Let me outline them...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: K.I.S.S. -- Keeping it Simple, Stupid

  Ashley Adams

  I'm leaving for the World Series of Poker today, June 28th. I'll be playing in the H.O.R.S.E. tournament tomorrow, Sunday. I'm excited, but realistic. Even so, it's a heady thing to contemplate – playing among the best...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Take a Card Off? — Part 2 of 2

  Ashley Adams

  In my last column we looked at an extreme case when it made sense to 'take one off.' Here we'll look at the other extreme and then look at some guiding questions to help you figure out what to do in less extreme cases....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Take A Card Off? – Part 1 of 2

  Ashley Adams

  Hold'em players say, 'Let's see the flop.' Stud players say, 'I'll take a card off.' They mean roughly the same thing: They'll pay to see the next round. But the decision is very different. In hold'em, by calling preflop and then seeing...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Rotation Tips

  Ashley Adams

  I've been playing in a lot of home games lately. That's a product of the price of gas. As the price goes up I am less willing to drive the 200 miles or so round trip to play at Foxwoods, my nearest major poker room. I've got to get...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Saving Money is Earning Money

  Ashley Adams

  To be a winning 7-card stud player, you need to develop a winning poker strategy. 95% of my columns are devoted to that -- the math, psychology, and analysis necessary to make you better than the folks you are likely to be...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Multi-way Hands, Part 3

  Ashley Adams

  The strategy for multi-way stud games on fifth street and beyond varies significantly from heads-up play. There is a new dimension introduced – the importance of getting the pot heads-up. Let me explain...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Multi-handed Pots, Part 2

  Ashley Adams

  Multi-way games can diverge from heads-up games in two significant ways. First of all, they can be passive -- meaning that you will be unlikely to have to call more than one bet per round -- much as in a heads-up game. Generally...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Multi-handed Pots, Part 1

  Ashley Adams

  I've recently read through my stud-poker literature. There isn't a whole lot out there. What there is focuses almost exclusively on heads-up situations. At the higher levels of stud, that's typically what good players face...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Recovery

  Ashley Adams

  I made the greatest mistake anyone has ever made in a high/low declare stud game. Little children learning this game for the first time don't make this error. Old people, infirmed from Alzheimer's disease, with the few remaining intact...

   

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