Why you should always raise with nut high hands in 8/B

[mscags]

This is why you should always get in as many bets as you can with nut high hands even if you suspect your opponent has a made low.

7 Card Stud High-Low ($3/$6), Ante $0.5, Bring-In $1 (hand converter (http://www.geocities.com/greenage22/7StudConverter.hta.txt))

3rd Street

Seat 1: xx xx 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif___folds
Seat 2: xx xx 8/images/graemlins/club.gif___folds
Seat 3: xx xx Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___folds
Hero: 9/images/graemlins/club.gif 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___calls
Seat 5: xx xx Q/images/graemlins/club.gif___folds
Seat 6: xx xx J/images/graemlins/club.gif___folds
Seat 8: xx xx 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___brings-in

4th Street

Hero: 9/images/graemlins/club.gif 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif A/images/graemlins/heart.gif___bets___raises
Seat 8: xx xx 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___raises___calls

5th Street

Hero: 9/images/graemlins/club.gif 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif A/images/graemlins/heart.gif A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___bets___raises
Seat 8: xx xx 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 3/images/graemlins/club.gif___raises___calls

6th Street

Hero: 9/images/graemlins/club.gif 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif A/images/graemlins/heart.gif A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif___bets___raises___calls
Seat 8: xx xx 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 3/images/graemlins/club.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif___raises___raises

River

Hero: 9/images/graemlins/club.gif 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif A/images/graemlins/heart.gif A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___bets___raises___calls
Seat 8: xx xx 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 3/images/graemlins/club.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif xx___raises___raises

Hero: Full House Nines over Aces
Seat 8: Full House Eights over Twos

[Alchemist]

Yup, I'm guilty of not jamming it with a lock way too often and I feel like such a rookie when it turns out they have no low after all and I've missed a bunch of bets.

[Andy B]

He could have quads! I'd wait until eighth street to slow down, though.