Razz Poker - Strategy


1. Most hands with three cards are playable

Determining a playable card in razz is simple. You need three cards of different ranks, with no card being higher than the eight. Keep in mind that the ace counts as the lowest card. The only exception to playing three small cards is when you have an eight as your up card, and several small cards remain to act behind you. In this case, you should fold

2. Three cards to a wheel is a very strong starting hand and should be played as such.

Any time you have three different ranks of cards lower than a six, you have a very strong starting hand. Always raise, and if someone has already raised, you should re-raise

3. If you receive a bad card on fourth-street, and you opponent receives a good card, you should fold.

The only exceptions to this rule are if you started with an unusually strong hand or if a lot of money is already in the pot.

4. a one card draw to a wheel or a six is a favourite over a made nine-eight on fifth street.

If you have four cards to a wheel or a six, and your opponent shows two down-cards plus 7 of hearts, 8 of clubs and 9 of spades you are not the favourite to win. If he checks, you should bet, and if he bets, you should raise.

5. if you go to sixth street, you should almost always go to the river.

By this point, the pot is usually large enough that you need only a small chance to win for your call to be correct. The only exception to calling is when you think you opponent has a monster hand and you have absolutely no chance of winning.

6. Bluff on the end if you have three or four low cards showing and your opponent needs a good card to make his hand.

Even if your hand is of little value, if you have three or four low cards showing, it appears as though you have made a hand. Likewise, if your has two low cards and two high cards on board, he was obviously drawing to a decent low. You should bluff virtually every time in this situation. Unless your opponent receives a good card, he will have difficulty justifying a call with something like a queen for low.

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