General concepts
- The cards Don’t Know You are Losing
- Have a Plan
- Consider All Alternatives
- Choosing Your Game
- Thinking of the Future
- All Errors Are Not Created Equal
- Playing According to Your Bankroll
- A Little Mathematics
- Which Game Needs the Most Skill?
- The Three Levels of Expert Poker Playing
Points of Play
- The size of the Pot
- Implied Odds
- Middle Round Strategy
- After-the –Draw
- What Does He Read You For?
- An Example of Reading Hands
- The Protected Pot.
- Going For the Overall
- Saving the Last Bet
- The Cards That Are Out
- An Expert Play
- Extra Outs
- New Hold’em Rankings
- A Hold’em Situation
- The Rake
- Checking a Seven
Tournament Play
The Rules and Structure
Razz is simply seven-card stud for low. In the past, there has been six-card stud for low which has also been called razz but this game has almost totally died out.
This book will focus exclusively on the seven-card stud variety.
Since the ante structure and betting structure is extremely important in determining the correct strategy in the game of razz, I am going to give you the rules of the two typical games played in Las Vegas that have the normal extremes of structure.
These two games are the $ 15-$ 30 game and the $ 30 –$ 60 game.
In both games, each player starts off with three cards just as in seven-card stud with one card showing.
As long as he stays in he gets a total of four upcards and then one last down card. The best hand is A-2-3-4-5 and there is no joker.
In the $ 15-$ 30 of poker games, each player antes $ 1. The high card must start the betting off by betting $ 5.
In case of a tie, the high suit must start the betting off with spades being the highest followed by hearts, diamonds, and clubs.
A player wishing to raise the high card can raise $ 10 making it a total of $ 15. Every subsequent raise on third is $ 15 with 4 or 5 raises usually allowed.
The bet on fourth poker street is also $ 15. Fifth street on has a bet of $ 30.
Starting on fourth street the low board must bet first. If you bet you must bet the maximum.
The rules for the $ 30-$ 60 game are the same but the structure is different.
The ante is usually $ 5, the high card brings it in for $ 10, and the first raise makes it $ 30. $ 30 is also bet on fourth street and $ 60 is bet on fifth, sixth, and seventh poker street.
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- Introduction
- The Rules and Structure
- Third Street Play
- Fourth Street
- Fifth Street
- Sixth Street
- Seventh Street
Razz Problems
- Example of Third Street
- Example of Fourth Street
- Example of Fifth Street
- Example of Sixth Street
- Example of Seventh Street
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