I got hooked on this hand.

How do you play it?

BTW, I have not been sleeping well the last few weeks, so I am playing on autopilot.

PokerStars Game #6207713572: 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/07 - 21:59:45 (ET)
Table 'Phyleus IV' 8-max
Seat 1: Shelbster ($14.65 in chips)
Seat 2: beavis68 ($19.50 in chips)
Seat 3: yiasou ($4.90 in chips)
Seat 5: Luigi_3 ($8.55 in chips)
Seat 6: professorTM ($19.95 in chips)
Seat 7: Sarhilla ($8.50 in chips)
Seat 8: foster51 ($30.10 in chips)
Shelbster: posts the ante $0.05
beavis68: posts the ante $0.05
yiasou: posts the ante $0.05
Luigi_3: posts the ante $0.05
professorTM: posts the ante $0.05
Sarhilla: posts the ante $0.05
foster51: posts the ante $0.05
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to Shelbster
Dealt to beavis68 [Th 9h Jh]
Dealt to yiasou
Dealt to Luigi_3
Dealt to professorTM
Dealt to Sarhilla
Dealt to foster51
professorTM: brings-in low $0.25
Sarhilla: calls $0.25
foster51: folds
Shelbster: calls $0.25
beavis68: calls $0.25
yiasou: calls $0.25
Luigi_3: folds
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to Shelbster
Dealt to beavis68 [Th 9h Jh]
Dealt to yiasou
Dealt to professorTM
Dealt to Sarhilla
Sarhilla: checks
Shelbster: bets $0.50
beavis68: calls $0.50
yiasou: folds
professorTM: calls $0.50
Sarhilla: calls $0.50
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to Shelbster [5h 7d]
Dealt to beavis68 [Th 9h Jh 3h]
Dealt to professorTM [2s 6d]
Dealt to Sarhilla [3s Kh]
Sarhilla: checks
Shelbster: bets $1
beavis68: calls $1
professorTM: raises $1 to $2
lender222 joins the table at seat #4
Sarhilla: folds
Shelbster: calls $1
beavis68: calls $1
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to Shelbster [5h 7d 4h]
Dealt to beavis68 [Th 9h Jh 3h Qs]
Dealt to professorTM [2s 6d 4c]
professorTM: bets $1
Shelbster: calls $1
beavis68: calls $1

ok,. I thought they could be played as long as your outs were fairly live. I had been tossing them but something on 2+2 made me start playing them. Time to reread Brusnon again I guess.


Thanks - back to the basics!

*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to Shelbster
Dealt to beavis68


I had 4 to a flush on 4th.

You know, I do pretty well in Stud/8 MTTs by really playing tight and only playing a high hand in extreme situations.

My Stud/8 ring results, on the other hand, aren't so good. And I know it's because I play a bit looser than I do in MTTs because ... well, I don't know why. But I can't help myself sometimes. I don't play high straights or flushes, but sometimes I have a hard time throwing away high pairs or mucking fourth when I brick. And once I take those hands into fifth street, it's damn near impossible for me to throw them away even if I suspect I'm behind.

That's one reason why I don't like Pete's strategy on the high draws. It's too easy to get committed to them and fall into the trap of throwing away good money on a bad chase.

I would love to be able to sit down at a Stud/8 table and force myself to only play low hands, like I do in tourneys. Thanks for bringing that up, DF, because it just helped me realize a big leak in my ring game.