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Tiera Starr
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 Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:56 am Post subject: Practicing, and would like some advice. |
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I've been playing high stakes play money RSE games (HORSE, but I sitout HO).
And I'm finding that I'm not doing so well in the Stud Hi phase.
I believe starting hand selection is the key. But what starting hands should I use:
Something like:
any set 222-AAA
suited royals: eg AcQcTc
high pair: QQx-AAx
mid pair with a suited connector: eg 9h9sTs
suited connectors: eg 5s6s7s
mid-high connectors: 89T - QKA
What about at short-handed table: 2-3 players? Should more starting hands be considered? |
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Strasse
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| Read Perry Friedman's latest tip from the pros. It is a terrific article on this subject. |
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mathman1115
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Starting hand selection as you mentioned is ok. I would add low pairs with high kickers to that (ie 33A, 66K - especially if you are two suited and/or your cards are live and the risk of a complete or raise after you is small)
Shorthanded, almost any hand is playable, as long as you don't overplay or underplay what you have given the situation.
Of course, as strasse said, Perry is the man for this kind of stuff. I don't play shorthanded much, but if i did, i know betting, raising, and folding is much better than calling. |
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Perry Friedman
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Shorthanded stud is all about playing your opponent(s), but in general, you want to be very aggressive. If, however, your opponents catch on and start playing back at you, you need to be a little trickier. Try to find out their weaknesses.... are they folding too often? Chasing too often? Then come up with a strategy to defeat them. If they fold too often, be very aggressive. If they chase too often, only play strong hands. If they are overly aggressive, punish them with your good hands.
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griffinlord
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| I can't tell you nothin' about playing stud well, but I can tell you to take the advice you are getting here and go sit at a stud only table a few steps below your normal game and practice a bit to make sure the lessons are learned before you implement at the HORSE tables. |
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dmoore1998
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| griffinlord wrote: |
| I can't tell you nothin' about playing stud well, but I can tell you to take the advice you are getting here and go sit at a stud only table a few steps below your normal game and practice a bit to make sure the lessons are learned before you implement at the HORSE tables. |
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Stud is the trouble game for many players, learning to beat players who also dont' know how to play stud isn't necessarily going to make you a good stud player. Play the stud only tables where you'll at least find people who hopefully have an idea how to play the game. Get your practice in against people who want/like to play stud, not against HORSE players who often are just trying to "get through" the stud levels. |
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Tiera Starr
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Play money table setup doesnt allow that. The Razz, Stud, and Stud8 tables only go up to 100/200, which anyone can buy into after reseting their playchips.
Whereas there is a 2500/5000 HORSE tabke, wth HOSE and HO tables to draw away the people that dont want to play the stud format games. |
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