You only want to draw to 7's or good 8's ie 85432 or 86432. 2's and 7's are super valuable cards a hand like 247 is a much better drawing hand than 3456 for the first draw.
Be carefulll drawing to any card with a 6 in it unless you have a 2 and a 7 to go with it. Draws like 2456 are a little blinding because it looks like you have a good draw. You really dont, if you hit your perfect 7 you still have made the worst possible 7, still a strong hand but if you are going to draw to a money card make it be a money card for the nuts. If you make an 8 you have a decent hand but still not great.
Calling raises I wont call a raise without having 2X7 or 234. Reraising is very rare before the first draw so you can actually steal some pots by reraising before the draw from some agressive players. Beware though because of the game weakness there are a lot of people who just call call call.
At this point with 2-7 TD it reminds me of when I first started playing NLHE. I didnt really have to outplay anyone, the majority of players were so bad that all I had to do was be patient enough to play better hands and better draws than my opponants and I win in the long run. Again with these style opponants tight is right, my VPIP is about 20% according to my PT numbers and this is in a 6 handed game. In games where people call raises and then draw 3 to 56 there is no reason to get fancy or try to bluff. Wait ot make hands and let them pay you off when you do.
Postion is more important in tripple draw than any other poker game I have played. This might not be as true for limit but in PL and NL this is huge. A mediocre hand like a made J is a favorite vs any 1 card draw. Position give you the ability to not really hit a great draw say you have the best possible 1 card draw 234710 with one card left to draw. In postion you can see what your opponant does, if they stand pat you have a very nice redraw 2 cards to make a good 7 and 1 card to make a decent 8. If they draw 1 you can stand pat and know you likely dont need to impove to win the hand.
Again I dont know about Limit but in PL/NL very few people bluff. When someone makes a big bet into OOP it is almost always a made hand with a few exceptions. There are also a large majority of people that are 100% straight forward, they raise preflop and draw 2, good chance they have something like 2X7, or 234. If they bet again good chance they improved and are now drawing 1 or are made.Statistics: Posted by Rhound50 — Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:33 am
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