Hey guys first post...
As a general rule i never play split big pairs in Stud8 but here rolled up trips obviously has huge value

Is it correct to just jam all the way?

This is the first time this spot has come up for me (thru 10k hands)

Poker Stars $2/$4 Limit Stud Hi/Lo $0.25 Ante - 8 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

3rd Street: (1 SB)
Seat 1: xx xx 5____Seat 1 folds
Hero: K K K___Hero completes___Hero 3-bets___Hero calls
Seat 3: xx xx 5____Seat 3 raises____Seat 3 caps!
Seat 4: xx xx 8____Seat 4 calls____Seat 4 calls
Seat 5: xx xx 3____Seat 5 calls____Seat 5 calls
Seat 6: xx xx 9____Seat 6 folds
Seat 7: xx xx 3____Seat 7 folds
Seat 8: xx xx 2____Seat 8 brings in for $1____Seat 8 calls____Seat 8 calls

4th Street: (21 SB) (5 players)
Hero: K K K 7___Hero bets
Seat 3: xx xx 5 J____Seat 3 calls
Seat 4: xx xx 8 2____Seat 4 calls
Seat 5: xx xx 3 8____Seat 5 calls
Seat 8: xx xx 2 4____Seat 8 calls

5th Street: (13 BB) (5 players)
Hero: K K K 7 4___Hero bets___Hero 3-bets___Hero calls
Seat 3: xx xx 5 J 6____Seat 3 calls____Seat 3 folds
Seat 4: xx xx 8 2 Q____Seat 4 calls____Seat 4 calls____Seat 4 calls
Seat 5: xx xx 3 8 2____Seat 5 raises____Seat 5 caps!
Seat 8: xx xx 2 4 J____Seat 8 calls____Seat 8 calls

6th Street: (30 BB) (4 players)
Hero: K K K 7 4 A___Hero bets___Hero raises all in
Seat 4: xx xx 8 2 Q 8____Seat 4 checks____Seat 4 raises____Seat 4 calls
Seat 5: xx xx 3 8 2 7____Seat 5 checks____Seat 5 3-bets____Seat 5 calls
Seat 8: xx xx 2 4 J A____Seat 8 checks____Seat 8 calls____Seat 8 calls

7th Street: (45.75 BB) (4 players - 1 is all in)
Hero: K K K 7 4 A T
Seat 4: xx xx 8 2 Q 8 xx____Seat 4 bets all in
Seat 5: xx xx 3 8 2 7 xx____Seat 5 calls
Seat 8: xx xx 2 4 J A xx____Seat 8 calls

You played it perfect

this is a bad general rule

+1

everything is situational and there are plenty of times those hands are playable.

+2

but yes, you played it fine. Please PM screen name and typical playing times of seat 4, I need a new flatscreen TV.

Yea I'm sure you can increase your hourly by 3 dollars with seat 4 in the game!!!

does pokerstars shuffle hole cards?

nope

That should get it up to $2.50 or so, I'll take it!

The OP did not say he never plays split big pairs. He said "as a general rule", which I take to mean under normal circumstances, which I strongly agree.

IT IS A VERY GOOD GENERAL RULE!!

-Marty

The king of no content strikes again.

For those of you confused on Chips comment, High-only hands hold great value when played well. They play:

1. Better HU
2. Live to make strong hands
3. When low are dead
4. And against weak low boards (82,83,72,73 etc), that have trouble making highs.

High only hands scoop pots when our opponents miss their lows, and show great profit.

No it is not, please see my above post.

actually, he did:

you should not interpret that as under normal cirumstances. that would be something like "usually I don't play big pairs" or "as a general rule, I'm super cautious with big pairs".

regardless, it is a really bad general rule. if you can't figure out how to make money generally playing big pairs, you're doing it wrong.

...and what do you do when one of those "one-way" lows hits an Ace and bets... muck or pray?

Either sh|t or wind my watch, depending.

Although I'm a man of many skills, decoding your last message is not one of them (although I did sense a hint of sarcasm?)

- Marty

The two options you offered in your original query were not sufficient so I suggested a couple more.

An Ace on board is a piece of information, that's all. It needs to be interpreted before deciding what to do, and while the range of options is dependent on my opponent, I'm not about to get religion over it, nor reflexively surrender what can be considerable equity.

I play poker. it's what you do after you don't fold 3rd street.

Mostly fold especially if all the Aces are live.

When I said I don't play big pairs, I meant in my head I tell myself not to play them, but as Joe Tall said: they do have great value in plenty of spots.

Just looking at my stats, I've played big pairs 29.4% of the time they are dealt to me with a 11.38 BB/100 win rate so I guess you can scrap my original comment

Thanks for the thoughts guys

I guess its ok if i release his screen name, prob won't be checking here

Interesting, I just do the math.

I can do two things at once.

If you got a new watch, you could leave time for the math....

QFT. If I was into signatures and such, I'd put this one in there.