Hey,
Am I correct by jamming here on 3rd and raising on 4th? I feel like this isn't the best spot to be in with so many ppl in the hand. On 4th it's like a value/protection raise (thin out the field)

PokerStars | Limit 7 Stud H/L Cash - $3/$6 $0.45 Ante - 8 players
Hand #129988399335 - delivered by Pokeit

Seat 7: $67.80 (22.6 bb)
Seat 6: $148.28 (49.4 bb)
Seat 5: $77.19 (25.7 bb)
Seat 4: $68.87 (23 bb)
Seat 3: $299.15 (99.7 bb)
Hero: $145.48 (48.5 bb)
Seat 1: $263.16 (87.7 bb)
Seat 8: $36.47 (12.2 bb)

Third Street: ($4) Hero is in Seat 2
Xx Xx 4♠ SB brings in for $1____SB calls $5____SB calls $3
Xx Xx Q♠ UTG calls $1____UTG folds
A♠ A♣ Q♦ Hero raises $2 to $3____Hero raises $3 to $9
Xx Xx 9♥ MP folds
Xx Xx A♥ MP+1 folds
Xx Xx 8♠ LP calls $3____LP calls $6
Xx Xx 7♣ CO calls $3____CO calls $6
Xx Xx K♦ BTN raises $3 to $6____BTN calls $3

Fourth Street: ($50) (5 players)
Xx Xx 7♣ 7♠ CO checks____CO calls $6
Xx Xx K♦ 5♥ BTN bets $3____BTN calls $3
Xx Xx 4♠ 5♠ SB calls $3____SB calls $3
A♠ A♣ Q♦ 9♦ Hero raises $3 to $6
Xx Xx 8♠ 7♥ LP folds

Fifth Street: ($74) (4 players)
Xx Xx 7♣ 7♠ 6♣ CO checks____CO calls $6
Xx Xx K♦ 5♥ T♠ BTN checks____BTN calls $6
Xx Xx 4♠ 5♠ 8♥ SB checks____SB calls $6
A♠ A♣ Q♦ 9♦ 8♦ Hero bets $6

Sixth Street: ($98) (4 players)
Xx Xx 7♣ 7♠ 6♣ 6♥ CO checks
Xx Xx K♦ 5♥ T♠ 6♦ BTN checks
Xx Xx 4♠ 5♠ 8♥ J♦ SB checks
A♠ A♣ Q♦ 9♦ 8♦ J♥ Hero checks

Seventh Street: ($98) (4 players)
Xx Xx 7♣ 7♠ 6♣ 6♥ Xx CO bets $6
Xx Xx K♦ 5♥ T♠ 6♦ Xx BTN folds
Xx Xx 4♠ 5♠ 8♥ J♦ Xx SB folds
A♠ A♣ Q♦ 9♦ 8♦ J♥ 8♣ Hero calls $6

Final Pot: ($106.60 | rake $3.00) (2 players)
Seat 6 shows 3♦ 2♣ 7♣ 7♠ 6♣ 6♥ A♦ HI: two pair, Sevens and SixesLO: 7s,6c,3d,2c,Ad +$25.85
Hero shows A♠ A♣ Q♦ 9♦ 8♦ J♥ 8♣ HI: two pair, Aces and Eights +$25.85

I would call third and raise 4th when the K leads (which should happen very often). You got the raise in on 4th anyway, but our hand should be pretty face up after we reraise a Q vs. the K's raise on third. That reraise also bloats the pot, almost never folds one of the low hands behind you, and extracts significantly less value with the dead A and Q. So I'd rather play the hand in a way that is more deceptive vs. the other high hand and gives us a better chance of thinning the field.

Edit to add: Just learning the game, so hopefully a more authoritative voice weighs in.

Bravo to the the call third, raise fourth line. Deceptive, can convince the K that you have a flush draw and not AA; instead of a line where you convince him you have AA. Any merit to betting sixth street? 7766 won't fold on 6th, but with your deceptive line, he may fold seventh unimproved. Thoughts?

Standard, nice hand.

You are likely better off jamming 3rd in such a situation and you are overestimating opponents that will:

1. think his hand is face up
2. thinking they will fold anything on 4th (field will be thinned (no low and often no bricked low will even fold.))

i think jamming is very bad since two of our cards are dead. even if they were live, i wouldn't jam for value because of horrible RIO.

our hand probably has the worst or 2nd worst equity in most scenarios. im sure this goes against all intuition since AA is like the nuts in holdem...

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600,000 trials (Randomized)

dead cards: q9a

Hand	Pot equity	Scoops	Wins Hi	Ties Hi	Wins Lo	Ties Lo
asac qd	18.15%	43,865	160,656	15	14,493	82
$L$L 8s	19.34%	38,979	81,278	408	124,778	1,472
$L$L 7c	21.60%	46,543	92,876	510	139,905	1,713
$L$L 4s	21.91%	50,184	85,850	506	155,609	1,855
k* kd	18.99%	44,760	178,602	37	5,049	83

our hand is in the gutters on 4th

ProPokerTools Stud Hi/Lo Simulation

600,000 trials (Randomized)

dead cards: q9a

Hand	Pot equity	Scoops	Wins Hi	Ties Hi	Wins Lo	Ties Lo
asac qd 9d	14.97%	31,679	147,993	2	0	0
$L$L 8s 7h	21.59%	36,711	74,343	469	163,133	1,430
$L$L 7c 7s	18.13%	35,418	108,607	252	82,347	1,285
$L$L 4s 5s	28.95%	76,822	112,971	549	215,212	1,054
k* kd 5h	16.35%	34,654	155,425	53	7,155	153

the above is also very quick-liberal ranges. our true equity is definitely poorer.

5th is somewhat interesting to me.

as played, you might as well bluff 6th, intending to bluff brick rivers to fold out two pair hands in a humongous pot.

On my first look, I thought only a Q was dead so my first assumption is wrong. And now you have me convinced that calling is the right play, the equities are closer than what you have here (although not by much), given that the ranges have all hands on non-pair lows, which most certainly cannot always be true.

Call 3rd, tiger for the reasons tiger has stated, it's true our equity is not as good as I thought:

Allowing our opponents to have paired-hands:

ProPokerTools Stud Hi/Lo Simulation

600,000 trials (Randomized)

dead cards: q9a

Hand	Pot equity	Scoops	Wins Hi	Ties Hi	Wins Lo	Ties Lo
asacqd	18.87%	76,193	124,226	4	26,901	29
LL 8s	20.58%	77,465	111,269	45	63,404	206
LL 7c	21.15%	80,137	115,266	54	66,463	203
LL 4s	19.64%	73,632	104,335	37	68,039	222
k* kd	19.76%	81,645	144,824	20	11,703	46

When an Ace is not dead:

ProPokerTools Stud Hi/Lo Simulation

600,000 trials (Randomized)

dead cards: q9

Hand	Pot equity	Scoops	Wins Hi	Ties Hi	Wins Lo	Ties Lo
asacqd	22.11%	88,542	153,925	29	23,681	84
LL 8s	19.93%	69,263	104,253	32	70,930	194
LL 7c	20.52%	72,243	108,468	41	73,257	216
LL 4s	19.39%	67,280	99,341	35	76,701	209
k*kd	18.05%	70,484	133,930	29	13,261	57

How often do we think Hero can get the (xx)8 and (xx)7 to fold on 3rd by jamming tho? This would be a huge win for Hero (slightly smaller with the given dead cards), so it wouldn't have to happen much for jamming to be correct. Also, he doesn't have to fear getting capped since his equity will go from worst to first!

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600,000 trials (Randomized)

dead cards: q9a87

Hand	Pot equity	Scoops	Wins Hi	Ties Hi	Wins Lo	Ties Lo
asac	qd	37.10%	191,152	228,361	6	29,889
LL	4s	31.34%	152,075	166,944	10	76,418
k*	kd	31.55%	162,644	204,679	16	13,037

Good point, it's def non-0 but the reason why I always say "your opponents dont fold" is the effort to get them to fold is often to costly and frequency severely overestimated.

It's one of those frequent strategies you see in the older books, where it's just not as true in online poker. Opponents in stud games, online, do not enter pots to fold on the same street, and, quite often, do not fold on the next street.