Favourite game other than holdem?

[jacklevel06]

Don"t really play anything but hold "em at the moment, as I"m still yet to hit my first year as a poker player, and would rather get loads of hands under my belt (!) before branching out.  Ultimate aim is HORSE.

I wouldn"t invest too much into HORSE tourneys until you have are reasonably adept at each discipline.

I"ve been thinking of learning Razz, though, and it seems quite popular in this thread - I know PLO seems to be everybody"s second fave game, but the idea of wild swings in my bankroll would drive me nuts.  I"ve played some 5 card stud and enjoyed it, but it seems a bit one-dimensional, compared to hold "em.  For somebody who can do odds and outs, is Razz a way to go?

Both 7 card Stud (Hi only) and Razz are good safe games to start branching out with. Odds and outs are important in all forms of limit poker, but with stud games you have the obvious advantage that you can improve your knowledge of the odds and outs as you can see so many cards face up. You"ll find that a lot of players simply don"t pay attention to the upcards and chase draws for which they aren"t getting the correct pot odds. Therefore, so long as you are patient and play correctly, Stud Hi and Razz are reasonably easy to turn a profit at the low/med stakes cash tables.

Razz is easier than stud because you don"t need to worry about the suits.

My favourite poker variant is PLO, but the variance can be a killer.

ignore everything from this point on

For example today I was playing on a short handed table and full table simultaneously.

Almost at the same time I flopped the nuts on both tables - bet the pot on the flop and the turn (after some pretty hefty pre flop betting) - and on both tables both boards paired on the river to give the opponent with trips a full house. should have pretty much doubled my stack on both tables but instead had to reload on both.

I did tell you to ignore it

£1 in the tin please.

[HaworthBantam]

Golf

Same. Golf and Poker - two frustrating "sports" I give up at least twice a month!

I gave up golf years ago. Anyone interested in purchasing my full set of left handed golf bats ?

Oh, and Jon, that"ll be £1.

[Jon MW]

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Oh, and Jon, that"ll be £1.

Does it really count as 2 bad beats when it was actually just the same one on 2 tables?

[HaworthBantam]

Oh, and Jon, that"ll be £1.

Does it really count as 2 bad beats when it was actually just the same one on 2 tables?

2 stories in 1 paragraph = 2 x 50p

Pay up or the horse gets it  

[kinboshi]

ignore everything from this point on

We will.  

[oneill1970]

I wouldn"t invest too much into HORSE tourneys until you have are reasonably adept at each discipline.

There"s no rush at all!  Slow and steady does it.

Therefore, so long as you are patient and play correctly, Stud Hi and Razz are reasonably easy to turn a profit at the low/med stakes cash tables.

I"m pretty good at being patient in cash games.  Maybe this is something to look at later in the year.  Thanks as always for the advice.