HORSE

HORSE poker strategy columns

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 14: More Stud Starting Hands

  Lou Krieger

  Last time, we talked about the importance of starting hands in seven-card stud, and began our examination...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 13: Starting Hands in Seven-Card Stud

  Lou Krieger

  Starting standards are important in seven-card stud, just as they are in any form of poker. Those first three...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 12: Stud, the Old School Game

  Lou Krieger

  Seven-card stud is old school. In fact, it’s about as old school as it gets, unless you consider...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 11: Razz Hands

  Lou Krieger

  Earlier we discussed some general concepts about razz, and the myriad advantages accruing to poker players who take...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger Vol. 10: Let’s Keep Playing Razz

  Lou Krieger

  When we left off last time, I was playing razz against a well-known tournament pro who had raised...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 9: Let’s Play Razz

  Lou Krieger

  I love playing razz. Sometimes it’s my favorite game...but only sometimes, and I’ll tell you why...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 8: Omaha/8 Starting Hands, Part 2

  Lou Krieger

  The first episode of this short, two-part exploration of hands you ought to consider playing during...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 7: Omaha/8 Starting Hands, Part 1

  Lou Krieger

  Stop me if you’ve heard this one: “I like Omaha/8 because you get four cards and can play more...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 6: The Hold’em and Omaha/8 Playing Zone

  Lou Krieger

  In case you missed it, please go back and read the first article in this two-part look...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 5: The Hold’em Playing Zone

  Lou Krieger

  The concept of a playing zone is one that’s frequently alluded to by poker players, theorists, pundits...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 4: Reading Your Opponents

  Lou Krieger

  One of the first things every successful poker player learns to do is get a read on his opponents....

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 3: Adjusting to Fixed-limit Games

  Lou Krieger

  HORSE, as pointed out previously, is an unbalanced game because most competitors are primarily Texas hold’em...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 2: An Unbalanced Game

  Lou Krieger

  HORSE is played at fixed limits as a rotating sequence of five games, and is played eight-handed to minimize the chances of running out of cards during the stud games...

   

• Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 1

  Lou Krieger

  I’ll be writing a new column about HORSE for PokerNews. It will appear here each and every Saturday, and I plan to continue writing this column until the subject is exhausted...