Pot Limit Superstud8 (Hi/Lo Eight or Better) is the best game I've ever played, when playing mixed games, even though it isn't the one I am best at.

The version I played was: dealt 5 cards and discard 2 before any betting starts to create your 3 card starting hand
which clearly means that there are way more playable hands, although hand selection is still incredibly important.

It was never, ever a dull game and had huge amounts of skill.

my experience is mostly in Vegas. obv big leak. I hear the more normal mixes out east are really really good.

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The Adam Carolla Show had (or has) a long-running segment called Totally Topical Tivo Trivia in which the hosts must identify the movie based on the one-sentence description provided by the DVR service.

Of course, ACS wasn't the first to do this: there have been Reddit memes and Twitter hashtags and such that boil down a movie plot to its most absurd core (e.g. "treasure hunters spend millions to find valuable necklace in the ocean, previous owner throws it back"). One of my favorites is for the original Star Wars trilogy, that it's ultimately about a deadbeat dad trying to get his son to take over the family business.

There could be a hilarious version in which people boil down 2+2 threads in similar fashion, and Clayton is already the early leader in the clubhouse.

7 Card Stud will making a comeback has about the same chance as horse racing has at making a comeback and overtaking the NFL and other forms of gambling.

post-covid, probably need significant ante's............... or even ante's same as blinds and small/big blind pay twice........... probably should have been this way, or something similar, before COVID

Stud plays too slow. Split pot draw games play even slower. Low ball deserves a comeback more than stud. The most consistently awesome and fun games I’ve played are o/8 big o and A-5.

fwiw, I have seen a table of stud8/O8 at MDLive! spring up in the last couple weeks...

That games goes almost every day. It’s 6-12 but a fun game with good action.

No one mentions the reason why I stopped playing stud. I can't track/count open cards which puts me at a severe disadvantage. "You were lucky -- you rivered the last queen in the deck!" Hearing comments like that made me realize I had no business playing stud. Having to stand up to see everyone's board is also irritating. At least in NLH there is only one board which sits in the middle of the table but even then with my aging eyes I have to stand to see. LOL

If they spread draw -- that I will play especially deuce-7 or A-5.

Unpopular opinion but anything over 10-20 limit is too expensive for most people. In NL a person buys in with 1k but they spend most of the time folding and average pot size is much smaller than even a 20-40.

In general the average limit pot is much larger than no limit, especially if the game is crappy. There are many times the pots at 4-8 next door are larger than 1-3 constantly but given the rake and how the games play one can be beaten for a decent number and the other can’t. I agree in general though that many people can’t afford to play 20-40 or don’t want to gamble so much. So while I’d much rather play 20-40 high low than 6-12 i play the 6-12 because it’s decent action and I enjoy the games and want to support them/see them continue.

Good points. It’s an unfortunate situation for poker enthusiasts. I think a lot of people are bored and tired of nl but as you said can’t afford 20-40 or plo and aren’t interested in playing rake trap games. They eventually stop playing and casino takes a big hit. Somewhere along the way casino management changed. I remember when casinos used to be ok with taking a loss in the poker room in exchange for getting people through door. Now they charge for anything they can get away with and stiff poker players whenever they can.

2-7 triple draw is the perfect 6 handed action extravaganza!

One plus with the 6-12 high low at live is that it’s a five dollar time charge instead of rake (and of course no jackpot drop). So it’s a reasonable deal compared to the 5+2 you see coming out of no limit cash games. And all their dealers are good at dealing the games pretty much.

+1. No limit triple draw is the funnest game around.

Thanks a lot for the look into the dynamics of that game as I am considering playing it...is it 5$ per down?

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Correct

Shuffle up and deal

tyvm

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The stud at Foxwoods is great. Can't there too often, but my experience playing 20/40 Stud there was that the pots got huge and the action was incredible.

For high stud, Borgata and Foxwoods are best in the country. Borg on weekends has 10-20, 20-40 and often 75-150 (sometimes higher). Borg also has 80-160 OOE on weekends (two rounds of Omaha 8, one round of stud8) and 10-20 Omaha8 with half kill. Been a long long time since I’ve been at Woods but their 20-40 was great and they have (or at least had) 75-150 as well (and other limits like 5-10 and 10-20 I believe). 20 has many recreational players that just like stud, it’s a lot of fun.