Trying HORSE - any tips

[Spike Forehand]

We ran HORSE at my place as a turbo tourney (15 min blinds) last month, and it was very slow moving first time through with the split pot games. I think on the first Omaha H/L level we played 4 hands in 15 minutes. However, it did pick up later, especially when it got short-handed. I think it would be best to play with 4-5 players - not a full table of 8.

One way we sped things up was by eliminating the ante on the stud games and just going with the bring-in. It's always a pain in the ass trying to find out who shorted the ante.

Good luck -

Spike