Hand #8513668-8705 at Maracaibo ($.25/$.50 7-card Stud)
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Started at 29/Sep/05 17:43:00

JuStClay is at seat 0 with $27.25.
saz02 is at seat 1 with $4.55.
twin128 is at seat 2 with $12.90.
knarf36 is at seat 3 with $16.25.
simplej is at seat 4 with $17.55.
Slartibartfst is at seat 5 with $9.70.
FCPZachH is at seat 6 with $35.05.
FloridaSun is at seat 7 with $32.35.
The button is at seat 3.

3rd street:

JuStClay: -- -- 9d
saz02: -- -- 2d
twin128: -- -- 3c
knarf36: -- -- 4s
simplej: -- -- Jc
Slartibartfst: -- -- 3d
FCPZachH: Qs Ah As
FloridaSun: -- -- 9c

saz02 brings in for $.15. twin128 calls. knarf36
calls. simplej folds. Slartibartfst raises to $.25.
FCPZachH calls. FloridaSun folds. JuStClay folds.
saz02 calls. twin128 calls. knarf36 calls.

4th street:

saz02: -- -- 2d 8d
twin128: -- -- 3c 4d
knarf36: -- -- 4s Ac
Slartibartfst: -- -- 3d 7s
FCPZachH: Qs Ah As Qd

FCPZachH checks. saz02 checks. twin128 checks.
knarf36 checks. Slartibartfst bets $.25. FCPZachH
calls. saz02 calls. twin128 calls. knarf36 calls.


5th street:

saz02: -- -- 2d 8d Ts
twin128: -- -- 3c 4d 7c
knarf36: -- -- 4s Ac 6d
Slartibartfst: -- -- 3d 7s Kh
FCPZachH: Qs Ah As Qd 9s

FCPZachH bets $.50. saz02 calls. twin128 calls.
knarf36 calls. Slartibartfst calls.

6th street:

saz02: -- -- 2d 8d Ts Js
twin128: -- -- 3c 4d 7c Th
knarf36: -- -- 4s Ac 6d 6s
Slartibartfst: -- -- 3d 7s Kh Ks
FCPZachH: Qs Ah As Qd 9s 3h

Slartibartfst bets $.50. FCPZachH raises to $1.
saz02 calls. twin128 folds. knarf36 calls.
Slartibartfst calls.

7th street:

saz02: -- -- 2d 8d Ts Js --
knarf36: -- -- 4s Ac 6d 6s --
Slartibartfst: -- -- 3d 7s Kh Ks --
FCPZachH: Qs Ah As Qd 9s 3h Td

Slartibartfst checks. FCPZachH bets $.50. saz02
folds. knarf36 folds. Slartibartfst calls.



Showdown:

FCPZachH shows Ah Qs Td As Qd 9s 3h.
FCPZachH has Qs Ah As Qd Td: two pair, aces and queens.
Slartibartfst mucks cards.
(Slartibartfst has Qh 8c 8h 3d 7s Kh Ks.)


Hand #8513668-8705 Summary:

$.50 is raked from a pot of $10.80.
FCPZachH wins $10.30 with two pair, aces and queens.
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Sorry if this isn't posted in the right format.

Please critique my play. I've never really played much Stud before, but I'm attempting to learn a little bit, because I hear they are very soft games.

Thank You.

Zach

why would you check/call on 4th if your not going to check/raised on 5th. Why not bet out both times? thats the only problem I really saw with it.

You did not play this very well in my opinion. This is an automatic re-raise on third street, by just calling, you are just asking to be outdrawn. Same on fourth street, play this very aggressively. In fact, you should be betting and raising until someone starts to reraise you. You will get alot of value by playing this aggressively and having someone with a smaller two pair call you down. In this hand, maybe you were trying to slowplay here, but you should almost never slowplay a big pair in stud. Especially in a multiway pot.

Thanks for the replies.

It seems like I should basically always be betting my hand when I have a good one in stud. There are always chasers on here.

I'm not a good stud player by any means, I'm very new to the game, I was just having a bit of a down session in LHE, so I figured I'd try playing Stud, and play tight.

It seems like if I could learn any amount, I'd be able to be a winning player here. Playing .25/.5, I'm up about 5-10 dollars in a couple short sessions, and that usually includes me donking off a few bucks before I quit.

Anyways,

Thanks.

Zach

Here are my thoughts:

Third Street - three limpers, then a raise in front of you by a 3 showing. Depending on the table/opponents, I don't mind just a call there, to keep the limpers in, with our ace doorcard. A little bit of deception doesnt (automatically) hurt with a pair of aces.

Fourth street - nobody appears to have helped their hands any (unless they are all going for low straights), except sazo2 (two to a flush showing). Again, I would just check here, as you want the limpers to call one bet, but they most likely wont call two bets. We have a monster here, so why scare out the hands that are going to pay us off.

Fifth street - We now have the high hand showing, which sucks, due to our position to the bettor. I think I would have checked here also, hoping to have someone else bet for us, so we could raise. I just don't see the bettor giving any of us a free card here, so he is sure to bet IMO, if nobody else does.

Sixth street - with an open pair showing like that, you have to raise him (which you did), to see if he has trips. If he re-raises, you can call and see 7th. If he just calls, unless he improves to trips, we should have him. Didnt expect the other two to call 2 cold, but it looks safe for us.

7th street - bet/call to a raise.

Not a terribly bad hand IMO, but as you can see I would have played it a little differently (what do I know though...lol) 8)

raise third street. a pair of aces UI is gonna have a hard time winning in a multiway pot, you want to thin the field a bit

4th- cr it at least, you now have aces up, I'm fast playing this

5th-why bet out when you can cr, your logic is pretty off on this hand



the rest is okay, don't include the results next time dude, and try to write this out in a more linear format