This is a S8 hand in a micro 8 game on stars. I am TomBrownlee. Minholdem is tight and obviously has queens. Buffalo is a maniac with tendencies to cap with any cards because he gets bored.

I feel like I'm ahead but i don't like the three way action and i'm fairly convinced buffalo will max out betting to leave me all in. Do I wait for a better spot?

PokerStars Game #33031600624: 8-Game (7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit, $0.20/$0.40 USD) - 2009/09/19 17:59:39 WET [2009/09/19 12:59:39 ET]
Table 'Rana V' 6-max
Seat 1: bufalopoker ($7.74 in chips)
Seat 2: Myrddin84 ($10 in chips)
Seat 3: TomBrownlee ($7.95 in chips)
Seat 5: x_mnholdem_x ($6.78 in chips)
Seat 6: bananazi ($17.76 in chips)
x_mnholdem_x: posts the ante $0.04
bananazi: posts the ante $0.04
bufalopoker: posts the ante $0.04
Myrddin84: posts the ante $0.04
TomBrownlee: posts the ante $0.04
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to bufalopoker [Js]
Dealt to Myrddin84 [5c]
Dealt to TomBrownlee [4c Ad Ac]
Dealt to x_mnholdem_x [Qd]
Dealt to bananazi [Ks]
Myrddin84: brings in for $0.06
TomBrownlee: raises $0.14 to $0.20
x_mnholdem_x: calls $0.20
bananazi: calls $0.20
bufalopoker: raises $0.20 to $0.40
Myrddin84: folds
TomBrownlee: raises $0.20 to $0.60
x_mnholdem_x: calls $0.40
bananazi: folds
bufalopoker: raises $0.20 to $0.80
Betting is capped
TomBrownlee: calls $0.20
TomBrownlee said, "once"
x_mnholdem_x: calls $0.20
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to bufalopoker [Js] [Kc]
Dealt to TomBrownlee [4c Ad Ac] [9s]
Dealt to x_mnholdem_x [Qd] [6s]

what better spot could you possibly be hoping for than (A4)sA???

Given your characterization of opponents, no, you can't fold this. If the guy with the Jack in the door has any real sense, he has rolled Jacks. This is a game that a lot of people play poorly, especially in mixed games, and especially at the lowest limit a major site offers for that mixed game. I would gleefully cap third and fourth.

By my count you have 20bb, how are you going to get put all in?

If minholdem isn't going to raise, also, you can't be forced to put in more than 1 bet per street. I would def raise 4th, personally, but if you don't want to cap it, you don't have to, same with any of the other streets. I'd raise 4th mostly because of equity but also because hopefully it'll slow people down a little bit. Throw in an extra small bet early to prevent extra big bets later imo.

Full speed ahead. In a micro mixed game you have the best hand almost always and you occasionally backdoor a low draw for protection. I agree with Andy that the Jack should be presumed to be putting his money in bad until he proves otherwise.

You almost certainly have the best high hand, with almost certainly the only possible low draw (yes, it is a runner runner runner low draw, but that's better than what they have). Only two low cards are out. Only two clubs are out and you have the backdoor clubs as well (again, lots of runners). So basically, you have the best high hand, there is no low draw against you, your hand is very live to improve, and there is even a tiny chance you will improve to a free roll for half the pot against a maniac and one person who's hand you can read very well. So no, I wouldn't fold

jam until it looks like trouble is developing. you have a great hand and need to have the courage to jam pots and make them big sometimes and just go to the river.

This is where a lot of micro players have trouble imo. They don't want to jam without being sure they have the best hand (and in some games like razz, they wind up jamming with the "best" hand that's actually an underdog equity wise). Once you realize that a slim possibility of being beat shouldn't deter you from jamming a pot in a hugely profitable spot, you will stop beating the games and start crushing them.

How many bets will the software allow me to put in again? I'll do that.

The only semi-interesting question to me is how can I play the hand to maximize the chance of the third guy tagging along, and is that a good idea to do so?

Meh, it's .20/.40. I'll go back to paragraph #1.