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[QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1393873, member: 23910"]
Not so.  One of the most frustrating things about razz is that you're never, ever dealt a hand that's got instant showdown value.  A23 is the best starting hand but it's worthless if your next cards come KQQ.
 
Deuce-seven, ace-five and badugi are different because they're draw games where you can be dealt a starting hand with showdown value, without having to draw, and once ever however many thousand hands you [I]will[/I] be dealt the pat nuts.  How you think that affects the skill v luck balance compared to razz is up to the individual, but it does make them very different games.  Obviously the draw v stud structure is very different too in terms of the information you have about other players hands and memorising folded cards.
 
Anywho, IMO Divebitch got it right: the games that require the most skill are limit games because you need to be making close to optimal decisions all the time in order to profit.  In PL/NL games you can make a bunch of small mistakes then get dealt a monster, get yourself paid and still end up with a profit.  In limit games your winnings with your monster hands are capped so you can't necessarily make up for a bunch of small losses in a single hand.
 
That means I rarely play these games so I really couldn't give an intelligent opinion as to whether limit Omaha 8 takes more or less skill than stud or deuce-seven triple draw :p
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