My head is at $3/$6 and $4/$8, where my home is. Bringin is $1, and full bet is three times or four times the bringin. In that case, I'll play it for $1, but I'm not going to for $3 or $4.
But ED, even that is too loose a play according to most every pro I've read on 7 Stud. Ansley Adams in Winning 7 Card Stud and columnists I've read in Card Player tell you not to play three-card straights at all lower than JT9 and to not fool with three-card flushes that don't include at least one Broadway card. The idea is that you'll have to spend a lot of money chasing flushes/straights and watching them go bust, but with the higher cards, you have a chance to make a hand without hitting the flush/straight.
I just read a column in Card Player a couple of months back where the writer (I don't remember his name, but he's a 7 Card Stud expert) said he won't even play a baby three-card straight flush for that same reason.
I used to ignore that advice, but the more I play, the more I realize that they do most of the time only spell trouble, and I've backed way off those things.Statistics: Posted by flafishy — Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:04 pm
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