Tips For Razz Poker

October 27th, 2009 by admin

Razz is a very fun and exciting twist to 7 card stud. If you always seem to have low cards when playing stud, you might want to have a try at Razz where the worst hand always wins. In Razz, straights and flushes don’t count against you, you are looking for the lowest hand you can make without and pairs, trips or boats. Because you are looking for the worst hand, many players will keep calling and calling, without realizing their hand is dead. Some players make the mistake of not betting when they should. Now we are going to give you the top 5 tips to playing Razz Poker!

1. Know the Hand Ranking

Although this is played a lot like 7 card stud with each player being dealt 7 cards, starting with 3 hole cards and then fourth street, fifth street, sixth street and the last card which is sometimes referred to as the river and sometimes seventh street. The twist is that you are trying to make your best low hand. In Razz, straights and flushes don’t count, so the best possible hand in razz is A, 2, 3, 4, 5. This hand is also known as the wheel and since straights don’t count, you can’t get a lower hand. Although straights and flushes don’t count, pairs, trips and quads do. Although it is possible to win a hand with a small pair, it is not likely.

2. Be Aggressive

If you are a Hold’em player, don’t get your skills or knowledge get in the way. Where as in Hold’em, slow playing is a good thing in many cases, it is less likely to work out in your favor when playing Razz. The problem is that there are too many possibilities when playing Razz and too many players don’t really know what they are doing (unless you are fortunate enough to find a higher stakes Razz table or tournament). Slow playing will work every blue moon, but it isn’t something you should get in the habit of doing or else you will end up in the red.

3. Watch the Cards

Whenever you play a poker game where you can peek into the other players hand is a great advantage to you if you know how to use it. Unfortunately, too many players never quite understand the point of watching other players cards. I will tell you why this is important. If you have a pretty good hand to start with, but on 4th and 5th street you get high cards. Take a look around the table. How many low cards do you see out there? Add those with the 3 in your hand and figure out how many low cards could be left in the deck. If you see most of the low cards in other players’ hands, recognize it because it could end up saving you a lot of cash in the end.

4. Be Whoever You Want to Be

Don’t sit back and let the other players bully you around. When you first sit down at a table, you are a brand new player to most if not all of the other players at the table. They don’t know about that hand you bet and shouldn’t have and had to show you were bluffing, they don’t know that you are scared to lose money, so you call instead of raising even with the best hand. Well now is your turn to change that! Before you take your seat, make a game play. Whether it is to come in aggressive or to act like a tight player at first. The possibilities are endless. So don’t mess it up by not moving when you should and letting players steal pots away from you. Make yourself someone the other players respect. If you accomplish this, you will notice that when you really bet or raise a hand, you have something and are trying to protect it. Make them think of a mama bear and her cubs with you as the mama and your cards as your cubs.

5. Know Your Bankroll

The most common mistake of all that is made by almost every first time player is not knowing their bankroll and not buying in for the right amount. Many new players come to the table and ask the dealer what the minimum buy in is. This is such a big mistake if you are truly a new player because now you have just let every other player at the table know that you are new and now they will look at you like a fish. The only thing you could do worse is to actually buy in for the minimum amount. When learning a new game, you need room for trial and error. The average minimum buy in is 10x the big blind. When you buy in for that much it makes you short stacked as soon as you play a hand. This means you better be ready to put it all in for that hand if you want to play it at all! You should never buy in for less than 30 times the big blind. This will allow you room to breathe and give yourself a name at the table.

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