7 Card Stud High-Low ($0.25/$0.50), Ante $0.05, Bring-In $0.10 (converter)

3rd Street - (1.60 SB)

Hero: 5 A 4___completes___calls
Seat 2: xx xx J___calls___calls
Seat 3: xx xx 8___folds
Seat 4: xx xx 3___brings-in___raises
Seat 5: xx xx 7___folds
Seat 6: xx xx 6___calls___calls
Seat 7: xx xx Q___folds
Seat 8: xx xx T___folds

4th Street - (9.60 SB)

Hero: 5 A 4 Q___checks___calls
Seat 2: xx xx J A___checks___calls
Seat 4: xx xx 3 7___bets
Seat 6: xx xx 6 6___checks___calls

5th Street - (6.80 BB)

Hero: 5 A 4 Q K___checks___calls
Seat 2: xx xx J A K___checks___folds
Seat 4: xx xx 3 7 3___bets
Seat 6: xx xx 6 6 4___checks___calls

6th Street - (9.80 BB)

Hero: 5 A 4 Q K K___checks___calls
Seat 4: xx xx 3 7 3 2___bets
Seat 6: xx xx 6 6 4 8___calls

River - (12.80 BB)

Hero: 5 A 4 Q K K A___checks___raises___calls
Seat 4: xx xx 3 7 3 2 xx___bets___raises
Seat 6: xx xx 6 6 4 8 xx___calls___folds

Total pot: (19.80 BB - $9.90)

...And what a nice hand you had.

Your hand fell apart on 4th street, esp. compared to the raiser who caught good. This was the time to fold - early and cheap and correctly.

If the low is made, you're basically just getting back your own $$. But if he's full, you lose it all. Obviously a -EV situation.

Stud/8 is a very bad game to do this type of chasing.
- Marty

This is the type of hand that loses lots of big pots as you are drawing to the flush with two paired boards against you that also have potential lows. Fold 4th and 6th. I am tempted to keep playing on 5th, but you should probably fold there, as well.

Folding 4th is awful. I might raise 4th. You caught on OK card on 4th.

The calldown on 5th and 6th seems standard.

betgo: OK card on 4th? He has a three flush against a paired board and a low that is betting. Why do you think that you either have odds or some other reason to raise on 4th? Am I missing something?

Playing a locked low three handed is profitable. On 6th, that is exactly what OP is up against. OP's draw to the high is by no means clean. There are better spots in S8.

On the later streets I am never putting either on trips from the action ... BI never r/r with split 3s / pocket 7s / pocket deuces. The other guy might limp 66, but that would be bad ... and c/c with it even worse.

Anyway, the main point is on 4th we're getting 13:1 to peel for a diamond / wheel card / Ace - that's easy, 1sb and take it from there.

I play it the same.

I reraise 3rd making 4th a snapcall

As played I still lean toward calling 4th.

This.

If you want to get more in depth, then this.

This worries me. Reasons to raise 4th would be for value or isolation. Value is out the window since its very obvious that we're behind on both sides.

And if we try to isolate, the only real viable isolation we'd be achieving is to get it 3-handed up against the xx37 and xx66. The only place we've gotten ourselves after isolating is between a probable low and a high that has us beat.

I know that you said MIGHT raise 4th, so I guess it isnt that bad, but I'd just like to know why.