is it worth betting 6th?

[djr]

two questions...5th and 6th.
5th, I figure I'm still ahead for making a low and the pot is reasonably big at this point so I cold call two?
6th, didn't get my low but I could have bluffed it...should I have?

7 Card Stud High-Low ($1/$2), Ante $0.25, Bring-In $0.5 (hand converter (http://www.geocities.com/greenage22/7StudConverter.hta.txt))

3rd Street

Seat 1: xx xx 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif___folds
Seat 2: xx xx 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___calls
Seat 3: xx xx K/images/graemlins/spade.gif___calls
Seat 4: xx xx 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif___calls
Seat 5: xx xx T/images/graemlins/heart.gif___calls
Seat 6: xx xx 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif___calls
Seat 7: xx xx 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___brings-in
Hero: A/images/graemlins/heart.gif 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif___calls

4th Street

Seat 2: xx xx 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___calls
Seat 3: xx xx K/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif___checks___calls
Seat 4: xx xx 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___checks___folds
Seat 5: xx xx T/images/graemlins/heart.gif 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___bets___calls
Seat 6: xx xx 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___folds
Seat 7: xx xx 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___folds
Hero: A/images/graemlins/heart.gif 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif___raises

5th Street

Seat 2: xx xx 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___raises___calls
Seat 3: xx xx K/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif___folds
Seat 5: xx xx T/images/graemlins/heart.gif 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif A/images/graemlins/club.gif___bets___raises
Hero: A/images/graemlins/heart.gif 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif___calls___calls

6th Street

Seat 2: xx xx 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif T/images/graemlins/club.gif___checks
Seat 5: xx xx T/images/graemlins/heart.gif 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif A/images/graemlins/club.gif J/images/graemlins/spade.gif___checks
Hero: A/images/graemlins/heart.gif 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif___checks

River

Seat 2: xx xx 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif T/images/graemlins/club.gif xx___folds
Seat 5: xx xx T/images/graemlins/heart.gif 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif A/images/graemlins/club.gif J/images/graemlins/spade.gif xx___bets___calls
Hero: A/images/graemlins/heart.gif 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif___raises

[tacklebox]

HI,

I would also check 6th. If you bet, and seat 2 raises again, then what? He way have a flush a be free rolling on a low. I'd just call 7th a hope S2 has a higher low.

Hope you at least split it. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[Jacob_Gilliam]

On whether to bluff on 6th i would say no. Seat two has a flush draw or low draw or both. Seat five probably has a high hand (or is betting really agressivly with 3 low on fourth). Either way youre not ahead on 6th and your two opponents arent folding. (seat two bricked his flush draw on seventh).

5th street cold call is okay because of the pot odds.

[Andy B]

I would at least consider making it a full bet on third. The raise on fourth street is fine, although you can certainly make a case for keeping people in. You should have enough equity to call all those bets on fifth. If you think you can con both of them into folding, bet sixth. Good luck with that. I would probably have gone for the over-call on the river.

[djr]

I debated completing on 3rd. It seems everytime I do with a hand like this I catch bad on 4th...I know, supersticious, but hey what the heck. Had the ace been showing I would have definately raised 3rd.

When seat 2 raised 5th but checked 6th I figured he was betting his board on 5th, not his hand (ie a 4 flush, representing a made flush). I was hoping a raise would knock him out so that *maybe* my 5s would win hi. I figured I had a good enough chance of winning low to make this worth attempting.

As it turned out I was right (lucky), my pair of 5s won the high and my low was good enough for a scoop (the other guy had a 8 in his low).