I play a lot of different games, and feel comfortable in most- even other stud games. But i really feel lost in stud regular. Any good reads on this game?

Chip Reese's section in Super/System pwns ORLY?

7 Card Stud by Roy West.

Never heard of that one. Might have to go searching for it sometime.

Roy West (apparently) is well known in Vegas and California as a pro stud player and teacher. I really liked how the book was formatted - broken up into 42 distinct lessons.

It's a Cardoza book.

stud for advanced players from 2+2 is the bible of studpoker, second is lynda johnson's book ( if you can find it) and chips section in ss1 is a pretty good read
but i will warn you Sklansky will put you to sleep

I picked this one up and it was really good. I personally thought it was easier to get through then some of his other books.

sklansky always puts me to sleep. it's now a bedtime ritual.

I have literally been put to sleep reading Sklansky on more than one occasion.

how to win at stud hi thru 5/10 or so:

any time you have a scary board relative to your opponents, bet until you face aggression, then reevaluate.

that's it. not joking.

so people fold too much in stud?

in general, yeah. most semi-competent players will call through 4th with a lower pair and fold 5th if they don't catch 2p or some sort of draw to go with it, no matter how often you just bet, bet, bet. this obviously changes if players adapt to you or are just really bad, but in general it's definitely true.

hahaha sklansky...i thought 7-card stud for advanced players was riveting and engaging compared to other sklansky books like the theory of poker.

7 Card Stud For Advanced Players- Great book, delves into a lot of the philosophy and underpinnings of the game. This one is a must. Dry as a popcorn fart to read, but so is the aspects of stud it serves to address.

Championship Stud- OOP so you're going to get boned when you buy it (expect to pay $100+) unless you get lucky and find one on the cheap. This addresses a lot of the organic elements of tournament stud play. A few criticisms. I've found that stud tournaments are more aggressive today than they were when this book was written. Also, Tom McEvoy is a primary contributor, and he's a real nit. Overall I think it's worth reading and if you're hardcore about bettering your stud game, you probably should get a copy, if for no other reason than to further your understanding on how tight nits play tournament stud (nits seem to exist in far greater numbers in stud than in almost any other game, so it's important to understand them so you can humiliate and destroy them)

Stud Chapter in SS- Contrary to popular belief, this wasn't "written by Chip Reese". For christs sake, it starts out with an anecdote about being a young man playing in "Sweetwater, Texas". Isn't this enough to cue the mentally retarded reader that it just maybe isn't Chip talking? Doyle says in Supersystem that the only one to write his own chapter was Caro. Reese advised on the stud chapter, but it was clearly written by Doyle. Still- the opinions of Doyle Brunson and Chip Reese aren't anything to scoff at. IMO, this is probably the best place to start. It's written in a such a way that's really easy to digest... then move to 7CSFAP and then if you really are feeling the groove, get a copy of Championship Stud.

(I cannot comment on the Roy West book, as I've never read it)

(Note: I am a losing mid-high stakes stud player, so take any of my advice with a grain of salt. Stud is my vice. I love it like a junkie loves the junk that kills him. I am a winning No Limit Hold Em player (cash, SnG and MTT) but I usually piss about 70-80% of it back playing above my head in the bigger stud games. Matter of fact, right now I am nearly entirely poker-robusto because of Stud. ****ing stud... )