These books combined should give you a solid base to start from. Are high only hands (pairs below aces) even playable in very loose stud hl games or shoud i just fold queens if three players with a low upcard are already in for a limp Similarly, seven card stud high low can be played with no qualifier and a bad low hand still wins the low half of the pot so long as it is still the best low.
In stud hi/lo regular (no qualifier), i understand that starting hands such as akk (king door card) should be routinely folded when it looks like the action will be heads up. So if a 2c brings it in and i'm right behind him with an ac, i'm forced to raise it to $20 (or $30) the first time, without any other choice. When i play stud, i don't look at my hole cards on 3rd until it's my turn to act
It is seven card stud with an interesting variation Once the first two cards are dealt, and the third card for utg is exposed, the next player can take (1) the next card from the deck, (2) an up card from any specified player, or (3) any down card from any specified player If utg takes a card from any player, the player whose card is taken gets a replacement from the. I have a tough plo spot early
I call a raise pre with jt78 We have open ended and 8 high flush. In stud/8, the killer is last to act on 3rd street
