Basically I am a fish at this game and I'm not really sure of what I'm doing.

I had notes of villain from non stud games that he is aggro and kind of spewy, but I don't really know of how he plays at stud8.

Should I have played this hand any different? And was my call on third street ok or I should have just folded?


PokerStars, $3 + $0.30 - 7 Stud H/L Limit - 250/500 (100 ante) - 8 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

Seat 6: 13,080 (26 bb)
Seat 7: 614 (1 bb)
Seat 8 (Hero): 11,054 (22 bb)
Seat 1: 12,885 (26 bb)
Seat 2: 2,760 (6 bb)
Seat 3: 12,314 (25 bb)
Seat 4: 2,560 (5 bb)
Seat 5: 8,212 (16 bb)

Third Street: (800) Hero is in Seat 8
Xx Xx 2♠ BI bring-in 150____BI calls 350
Xx Xx 3♦ UTG calls 150____UTG calls 350
Xx Xx J♣ UTG+1 raises to 500
9♥ T♥ K♥ Hero calls 500
Xx Xx T♠ MP+1 folds
Xx Xx 9♦ LP folds
Xx Xx 3♠ CO folds
Xx Xx 3♥ BTN folds

Fourth Street: (2,800) (4 players)
9♥ T♥ K♥ Q♥ Hero checks____Hero raises to 1,000____Hero raises to 2,000
Xx Xx 2♠ 7♣ BI bets 500____BI raises to 1,500____BI calls 500
Xx Xx 3♦ K♣ UTG folds
Xx Xx J♣ 8♥ UTG+1 calls 14 (all-in)

Fifth Street: (6,814) (3 players, 1 all-in)
9♥ T♥ K♥ Q♥ 4♠ Hero bets 1,000____Hero raises to 3,000____Hero calls 1,000
Xx Xx 2♠ 7♣ K♠ BI raises to 2,000____BI raises to 4,000

Sixth Street: (14,814) (3 players, 1 all-in)
9♥ T♥ K♥ Q♥ 4♠ A♥ Hero bets 1,000____Hero calls 612
Xx Xx 2♠ 7♣ K♠ 8♠ BI raises to 1,612 (all-in)

Hand starts to go off the rails when you 3! 5th, pretty much impossible for you to be ahead of a reasonable range

The guy is short stacked and trying to get it in. He could easily have a naked lowvdraw

Hero is not an equity favorite over many low-draws. for example, if the hand was hu and ignoring dead cards, hero would be behind something like a5k87 with 3 of any suit. Even against the most garbagey possible low draws hero would be at best something like a 3:2 equity favorite.

hero may also benefit from having more chips on 6th and river. For example, villain may miss his low draw and fold the winning hi hand to a bet on river he could not if he were all-in. Or maybe villain makes a lo on 6th and is free-rolling if hero bricks.