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Thinking Outside the Hold’em Box: Razz

In this series I am discussing some of the poker variants other than no-limit hold’em you’ll probably hear about during coverage of this year’s World Series of Poker. If a game piques your interest, think about taking some time to explore it further. Who knows — you just might find a new game to love!

Razz

If you followed the updates from last year’s WSOP, you might remember one of the most exciting stories of the summer playing out in the $1,500 Seven-Card Razz event. There we witnessed the “Poker Brat” himself, Phil Hellmuth, entering the final table as one of the chip leaders, vying for what would have been a record-extending 14th bracelet.