Razz

I decided to try out the game of razz. I enjoyed playing HORSE tournament and I seemed to do pretty well in it, but I really wanted to try out a razz cashgame. Well I did, and it turns out it's not very hard to win. Just be observant and patient, and start with 3 low cards, unless your opponents are all showing higher cards and you're showing the lowest and have 2 lower cards in the hole, and you should be fine. In fact, you currently have the best hand in that situation. Also, you can go for an ante steal when the high card brings it in, and you have 1 low card showing and at least one other low card in the hole, and it folds around to you with no one but you left to act, or maybe a player or two that are also showing high cards left to act.

I think I probably could use a little work after the first 3 cards, but for the most part, it's pretty straight forward. Perhaps it is harder in the higher limits, since I was just learning the game I decided to try the lowest limits I could, and I will continue to do so until I continue to show winnings. I'm also patient in waiting for situation where the average pot size is large, so I would like to first successfully play when the potsize is smaller on average.

But this game certainly seems like it could be a great game to fall back on when the varience of no limit holdem tournaments and cash games is a little rough.

Learning mixed games can be a nice change of pace, and if you learn all the mixed games, you could end up doing very well in HORSE tournaments, where themore skillful players usually come out ahead, and there's a little less luck involved.

Give it a shot, who knows... you may find a new game that you love as much as holdem