Poker Review USA team of editors has come up with a poker strategy guide on Texas Hold'em, Omaha,

Omaha Hi/Lo, 7-Card Stud, 7-Card Stud Hi/Low and Razz; the most popular forms of poker today. We will

also teach you the basics of Pot-Limit and No-Limit poker.

Razz Poker: Top Razz Starting Hands and Strategy.

Razz Poker: Hand Rankings

The object of Razz poker is to make the worst possible hand.  Flushes and straights don't count (they

don't hurt you) and aces are considered low except when used as a pair.

Hand Rankings 5432A 6432A 6532A 6542A 6543A 65432 7432A 7543A 7542A 7532A 7642A 7643A 76432 7652A 7653A 76532 7654A 76542 76543 8432A 8543A 8542A 8532A 8642A 8643A 86432 8652A 8653A 86532 8654A 86542 86543

Razz Poker:  Strategy

The up cards will determine the strength of your hand, you can play more hands
when your opponents have big up cards.  

Players should automatically steal the antes, when they have the only low card on
the board.

Keep track of low cards already in play to determine if you have the best hand.  
Raise your strong 3 card hand to increase the pot and knock out weaker hands,
this can also decrease the bets when the 4th card shows up and you missed your
card.

Try to avoid trapping (giving free cards can be costly) unless you have a

extremely strong hand or just want to throw off your competition for later hands.

In Razz poker it is sometimes hard to figure out who is the favorite and who is the
underdog.  Many times a made hand is a underdog to a drawing hand with 2

cards to go, but it is a complete reverse with one card to go.

Deception is key in Razz poker, don't let players know what you are holding.

 When making a hidden low pair, it pays sometimes to bet out your hand if your

opponent hit a high card.

Always raise your opponents when there is no way for them to outdraw you.



Currently Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker are the only online poker rooms with Razz

Poker.  For the rules for Razz Poker, check out our Razz Poker rules.