HORSE

[mudbuddha]

anyone know how to setup for HORSE at a home game
changing of blind to ante structure screws everything up

[nuclear500]

How does it screw everything up? You mean the dolts you play with can't grasp the change?

[mudbuddha]

haha yeah including myself

do you take hte button out and just switch and then continue where the button would b?

[Lottery Larry]

I'm not sure how the casinos do this. I would suggest that the dealer (yes, keep moving the button around to mark the rotation and force everyone to put in the same amount) puts in the BB amount as dead money for the stud games and the forced bring-in is the SB amount.
That might give the bring-in a big advantage, or force any other players to always raise, not call. That just has to be accepted.

If you don't want to deal a shared card or two at the end (for a full 10-player table, with loose stud players), then force the player or players to the left of the button to sit out until the button hits them, and they deal.

[Quicksilvre]

Ideally you'll only have eight players to each table, since that will allow every player to play every hand without the play becoming too distorted in stud.

The structure depends on how you guys feel about having low-denomination chips on the table for antes. If you're playing $2/$4, you can do either of two things:

1. Have a load of quarters on hand and have everyone ante $.25 during the stud games.

I don't think this is too terrible; after all, when you play HORSE, you are going to play a seven-card stud derivitive 60% of the time.

2. Keep the button from the community-card games in play, have the button ante $2, and make the low-card bring in for $1.

The nice part about using this system is that you'll just keep the button on the table and play on, and the amount the button antes is the same as the amount everyone in total would ante. It also allows you to play with increments no smaller than the SB for Omaha and Hold'em.

If you do use this system, there's no need to give the button extra benefits for anteing in stud as long as everyone takes the burden equally. If you switch games after every orbit, that won't be a problem.

[Not4You]

Just play one game for one full rotation. For blind games, no difference, SB & BB. For stud games have the dealer ante for everyone at the table and then the usual bring in bet. It's not rocket science, pretty simple.

[Lottery Larry]

You really haven't said anything different.

And I would suggest two rotations, since it's tough to get a flow going with just a few hands of any game, but particularly the stud games.