HORSE Poker Game Rules - - How to Play a H.O.R.S.E. Poker Game

Definition: In a H.O.R.S.E. poker game or tournament event, the kind of poker played in each round varies -- in this case, the five games are:

• H : Hold'em
• O: Omaha
• R: Razz
• S: Seven-card Stud high
• E: Seven-card stud high-low Eight or better, or hi-lo

If you are playing a H.O.R.S.E rotation game, the game would change every time the dealer button made a full round. In tournaments, the game changes at the end of each round, or after a set and predetermined amount of time.

In 2006, the World Series of Poker introduced a $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event, and rotated games after each hour-long round, until the final table, when they switched to no-limit hold'em until the end. See pictures of that event here.