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POKERSTARS HORSE POKER TOURNAMENTS

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Remember when you had your friendly games of Friday Night Poker? Well Horse Poker is a variation of that concept utilizing a combination of poker games. Horse actually stands for, holdem, Omaha high/low, Razz, Stud and Eight or better. Hence the combination of the first letters of those poker games spells H.O.R.S.E.

Some land casino's would offer this option in large cash poker games to even out the odds for all players to reduce a particular edge one player might have. Some view HORSE poker as the ultimate test of one's poker skill! It has gained much notoriety with the inclusion into the WSOP this year in Las Vegas.

Horse is played by rounds each one a different component beginning with Limit Holdem then Limit Omaha high/low, Razz ( which is a variation of 7 Card Stud Low) then 7 Card Stud and finally 7 Card Stud high/low. (8s or better). Once the players have completed the 5 rounds the game goes back to Holdem and so on.

The poker game of Horse is played with all components being "Limit"; there is no "all in" in this type of poker game.

Several online poker rooms are beginning to offer HORSE as an option to a single form of poker. This particular game will help hone your overall poker skills in multiple games. Sign-up today at PokerStars.com and try your luck at one of the many HORSE poker tables. See how you stack up against the best "real poker players".

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