You’ve been waiting for, asking for it, wishing for it.  And Full Tilt Poker listened.  A new mixed game is now available on the Full Tilt Poker site – 7 game poker.  Just when everyone was thinking that they couldn’t keep up with Poker Stars, Full Tilt proved that they are back in the game with this mixed poker variation that combines seven of the most often played poker games into one exciting hybrid.  7-game mix is only available on the Full Tilt Poker site and is becoming one of the site favorites.  Let’s take a better look at this 8 game spin off (no triple-draw makes it a better fit for many poker players).

What is 7 Game Poker?

The 7 game poker mix is made up of fixed versions of holdem, seven card stud high/low, razz, Omaha high/low, seven card stud, no limit Texas holdem and pot limit Omaha.  The game is officially called HEROSHA, which stands for:

(H) - Fixed Limit Hold’em

(E) - Fixed Limit 7 Card Stud H/L

(R) - Fixed Limit Razz Poker

(O) - Fixed Limit Omaha H/L

(S) - Fixed Limit Seven Card Stud

(H) - No Limit Texas Hold’em

(A) - Pot Limit Omaha

7 Game Stakes

The 7 game poker tables are filling up fast and staying that way – and with players like Gus Hansen and Richard Ashby at the $1K/$2K tables – we can see why.  In mixed games that are similar to 7 game poker, oftentimes the site will make the pot limit and no limit stakes games lower.  This is in an attempt to make the average pot sizes for those games similar to the fixed limit games.  For example, if the stakes are $.50/$1 on the no limit and pot limit tables, then the stakes for the fixed limit rotations will be $2/$4.  There are lots of higher stakes tables active on the Full Tilt site as well for those of you who like to play for more cash.

Promotions

Full Tilt Poker is a great place to find primo promotions – and they are beefing up in honor of their newly released mixed game. You can get a 100% up to $600 deposit bonus by using the code HORSE600 when you register for your account and make a deposit.  That will also enter you for private freerolls – so you really score with this code.  This is only good at Full Tilt- and Full Tilt is the only place you’ll find 7 game poker.

7 Game Tournaments

For those of you who are waiting for 7 game tournaments to be announced, they are in the works.  Get ready to beef up your tournament strategy by reading our strategy articles, including our newly added 7 game poker strategy article.  Additionally, it’s a good idea to head over to Full Tilt and play this mixed version of the game to get prepared for the tournaments.  Knowing Full Tilt, there’s likely to be a huge turnout for tournament action – so get ready now.  We also have published a guide to 7 game that goes over the rules in more details so that you can be better prepared and our 7 game mix poker tips article will give you some inside pointers for each of the games in the rotation.

I wanted to take a break from poker and casino posts to cover an emerging game that is taking the skilled game market by storm, online rummy. Rummy is one of the major international card games that is actually in the top 5 in terms of popularity online. Back in the day I would have loved playing rummy online but I now know that it is played quite differently than how me and my brothers played. I’m trying to learn the different forms of rummy, like gin. I’m having some trouble thought so it will be a while before you see me at the real money rummy tables.

I have also been converned about cheating in rummy but I read this article:

http://www.rummyguides.com/cheating-in-online-rummy.php

..and it has made me feel a lot better. I guess it makes sense that cheating in rummy is easily detected becasue is the same two player are always playing together and discarding cards the other player needs, depending on position, even a two-bit detection program would pick it up. It is also very easy to spot from a players point of view. The main rummy rooms always return the money to the effected players so I guess its no biggie. there will always be idiots trying to game the system when it comes to money.

Rummy isn’t actually considered gambling, even when you play for money. It is a game of skill so it is largely legal in the United States and many of the states that have old restrictions pertaining to online skill games have been considering legalizing it to bring in some much needed cash.

Check out this review of Rummy Royal to see how you can receive $5 to try out their program. It isn;t really a bad deal since you don’t have to give them any of your personal info.