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The hardest game to learn in terms of poker must be the one of H.O.R.S.E. Here the player must master not just one or two kinds of poker but five different ones. Regular Texas Hold’em, Omaha eight or better, Razz, Seven card stud and seven card stud eight or better. And because there are so many different games to learn it’s considered to be the game with the most prestige. Mainly because amateurs often have trouble learning the games well and pros can therefore outplay the amateurs. Of course you can get very lucky and get far in a tournament with different games that are being played but it’s a harder task.

In this years event of WSOP the 10 000 dollar-buy in main event was not the most expensive one and instead the five times pricier H.O.R.S.E event was the easiest way to spend your money in one tournament. It’s not exactly free poker and therefore doesn’t attract as many people. These types of tournaments does not attract as much people since they are harder to do well in and are more liked by the pros.

Compared to regular Texas many of the games played in the H.O.R.S.E events are hard to learn and even harder to master. Razz is much like seven card stud with the twist that you are trying to get the lowest hand possible. Instead of pairs and flushes you are trying to get the best hand that in Razz are ace to five in different colors, also known as the wheel.

Omaha is played just like Texas with the difference that you are dealt four cards instead of two and you have to use two of them and with the help of the flop build the best five card hand. And in eight or better it gets even more complicated because the pot is divided so that the lowest hand gets half and the best hand gets the other half. The low hand is only possibly if the flop, turn and river only give card that are lower than eight. And that’s also why the game is called eight or better.