Joined: Oct '08
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ive seen this $0,10 horse freerolls on BBP and played some for fun. i never thought im gonna like this kind of game but it seem to be pretty funny when it changes from holdem to omaha and so on. it turned out thatt 85% of the players have no clue about the other variants and when it comes to stud or razz they are lost so actually you still can win even if your down to 1k and play vs a 10k bigstack. i admit i my self am not aware of the rules but 5min google were enough to win 10-12 sng´s. fun pure ! i wonder if anyone here plays horse? theres definatly some pros when it comes to real money games but what about the majority? players with only 25% knowledge about horse as on BBP?
Joined: Mar '08
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All but stud I spend that time folding or losing, im a compleat stud donk, so it kinda makes HORES hard for me to play so tend to skip the game, might have to play some 10c games get a feel for it.
Posted by T3ddyKGB: i wonder if anyone here plays horse?
Yes I do, sometimes in cash games but mostly MTTs, but the difference between you and me is that I play vs guys who know how to play HORSE so like you said above "so actually you still can win even if your down to 1k and play vs a 10k bigstack" is not true for me.
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quote:"have to play some 10c games get a feel for it."
dont expect to much mostly its just 90% going all in with any 2 cards, but if you like a challenge then play normal and try to beat the bigstack by normal play. sometimes you might find a table with players who try to play serious, rarely though.
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Those big bet poker tourneys are unique, as they are NO LIMIT games. Usually Horse is played as fixed limit. And if you think NL holdem is cruel, it is nothing against NL razz.
Joined: Feb '08
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just after posting a thread asking what types of poker games people play, i love horse probably as i am a big fan of Razz and omaha h/l so i will be looking forward to playing this tourney when i get my Big Bet account up and running
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Posted by shokaku: Those big bet poker tourneys are unique, as they are NO LIMIT games. Usually Horse is played as fixed limit. And if you think NL holdem is cruel, it is nothing against NL razz.
No limit razz? You must joking. I play sometimes HORSE on pokerstars. Even limit Razz can be brutal. I like Horse, exept limit holdem. That time i usually sitou and go smoking.
Joined: May '09
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i am fine with all but razz, have no idea whats happening in it. so i tend to avoid horse unless its a freeroll. maybe i will try those freerolls at bigbet to learn more about it
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Posted by T3ddyKGB: quote:"have to play some 10c games get a feel for it."
dont expect to much mostly its just 90% going all in with any 2 cards, .
guess you are talking about me
goggled five minutes for the rules and then played but forgot the rules and sometimes didn't notice the game has turned from homaha to stud and then to stud 8 and so on
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im also a donk at it magatt, or not that good anyways, but the guys i played were completly lost so to me it looked like horse has been invented 2 days ago and none knows the rules yet lol
think horse is funny if you multitable, one table omaha hi/lo other stud, razz etc ...btw i find pot/fixed limit cruel and not no limit.
so actually you still can win even if your down to 1k and play vs a 10k bigstack.
mostly its just 90% going all in with any 2 cards, but if you like a challenge then play normal and try to beat the bigstack by normal play.
