Loose Players and Game Selection

[Clarkmeister]

Holy crap Jimbo, now THATS a poker game. PLIP.

I'll have to try it sometime. I'm a degenerate like that, lol.

[Andy B]

I'm going to go with seven card stud high-low with a declare. I think Sklansky wrote somewhere that this is the game where the good player has the biggest edge. It's certainly the game where I have the biggest edge. Whether or not I'm a good player is perhaps debatable. If you have to have casino games, high-low cards speak and stud/8 are also good games. Of course, you have to know how to play high-low games, and a lot of "good" players don't.

In 7/27, I become the live one. Do you just never play for high or something?

[Billy LTL]

Clarkmeister, in answer to your question - 6.5 beats 7.5, and 26.5 beats 27.5. Though I'll go with what the dealer calls of course.

The optimal rules as far as I'm concerned allow the option of passing a draw only three times - after that you live with what you've got, or fold.

Billy

PS - Oh yeah, if you are ever in a situation where you have introduced the game and it received rave reviews, you might consider dealing 7-47 towards the end of the night.

[Walter]

in 7-27, your aces can go both ways, so you can make 7-27 or 7.5-27.5

it is lucrative in the same way that other hi-lo games are when you have people risking lots of money for a decent shot at 1/2 the pot.

call it after everyone has had a few beers and are looking for some action.

[Billy LTL]

it is lucrative in the same way that other hi-lo games are when you have people risking lots of money for a decent shot at 1/2 the pot

It's even more lucrative than normal hi-lo game because in the first couple of rounds there is often a little war of domination and unless an opponent has the nuts or near nuts you can many times drive him off his low. Most opponents don't know to quit here and will start drawing for high, getting face card after face card, with the betting being capped after each draw.

[snakehead]

could you please explain why you think razz is a good choice?

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Snakehead:

In razz, since there are no flushes or straights, it's much easier to read someone's hand. Furthermore, bad loose players will frequently start with a bad one versus your three good ones. Thus you frequently get to play seven cards versus their six and the hands are easy to read, and yes they will sometimes start with that bad one up.

By the way, assuming you are an expert, against decent players razz becomes a terrible game to play. But against live ones it can be great.

Best wishes,
Mason