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KA highroller
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 Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:57 am Post subject: 7 Stud: What hands do I play |
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When I get dealt my cards what should I play?
What should my general strategy be after that? |
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fluffyqueen
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| I would like to see the answer to this because although I won the stud tourney the other night I really do noy know exactly how I did it . I only played a few times but I do know I was like a calling factory but it was working(obviously over 4500 player) I basically was learning and seeing hands but I kept hitting. It was luck because I hit a lot by staying in. Is that a bad player? I think I was a bad player that won but I still don't know which hands besides the obvious nothing hands I should have folded. |
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Big Slick x13x
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IAmTheVietcong
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Joined: 14 Feb 2006
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Location: College
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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The key to Stud is memorizing mucked upcards so you know specifically where you stand in a hand. For example, if I have (JT)J rainbow and I see a jack and a ten out there on third street, I'll most likely fold to a raise because from that point, my hand has less room for improvement. If I have three to a nut flush and I see an ace and four diamonds out, I'm likely folding.
The key bits to look for in starting hands are:
1) Pairs
2) Three to a straight/flush
3) "rolled up" hands (trips)
4) High cards
You prefer to have much larger pairs since middle and small ones are very vulnerable at loose games. I'm not saying to not play them, but play them carefully. You're looking for big pairs, three high cards to a straight or flush and rolled up hands. You can play other hands, but I wouldn't recommend doing so too often. This is all of course affected by the upcards your opponents have, which could necessitate folding a big pair or three to a flush.
It's a true grinder's game. You have to be able to sustain some ridiculous lows to get the very highs of the game and a lot of novice players can't handle those ups and downs well enough.
The variance in Stud is much higher than in Hold'em for several reasons:
1) The pots are larger
2) More players are involved in pots, decreasing your chances of winning
3) Consequently, the bad beats you receive seem to happen more frequently and hurt much more
I think Ted Forrest summed up Stud pretty well (paraphrase).
Stud is a real roller coaster of a game. You can have incredible highs and awful lows. You can win ten hands in a row and lose ten hands in a row and you don't think it's really possible but it is. |
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