HOSE Poker (H.O.S.E.)

HOSE Poker Game - How To Play and Rules

HOSE Poker

HOSE (Mixed games)

HOSE is actually an acronym describing a combination of poker games:

Hold'em (Limit)
Omaha high-low
Stud (Seven card stud high)
Eight-or-better (Seven card stud high-low)

Playing HOSE
HOSE is played as one "round" of each of its component games. It begins with limit hold'em, then limit Omaha high-low, seven card stud, and finally seven card stud high-low. When the seven-card stud high-low round is complete, the game goes back to limit hold'em, and so on.

All the component games in HOSE are played fixed limit - there are no pot-limit or no-limit games. The limits (such as $5-10) are kept throughout the game rotation, and you play $5-10 fixed limit hold'em, $5-10 fixed limit Omaha high-low, etc.

Summary
HOSE is great ways to develop expertise in multiple games, and break up the monotony of playing a single game throughout a session. We encourage you to get comfortable with each of the component games first so you'll know what's going on, and then jump right into the HOSE games.

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