Lost (but RAISING!)

[Spladle Master]

7 Card Stud High-Low ($10/$20), Ante $1, Bring-In $3 (converter (http://j.1asphost.com/greenage))

3rd Street - (0.80 SB)

Seat 1: xx xx 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif___calls
Seat 2: xx xx K/images/graemlins/heart.gif___folds
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif___brings-in
Seat 4: xx xx T/images/graemlins/heart.gif___folds
Seat 5: xx xx A/images/graemlins/spade.gif___folds
Seat 6: xx xx 3/images/graemlins/club.gif___folds
Seat 7: xx xx J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___calls
Seat 8: xx xx 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif___calls

4th Street - (2.00 SB)

Seat 1: xx xx 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif___checks___calls
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif 8/images/graemlins/club.gif___bets
Seat 7: xx xx J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 5/images/graemlins/club.gif___checks___folds
Seat 8: xx xx 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/club.gif___checks___folds

5th Street - (2.00 BB)

Seat 1: xx xx 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif Q/images/graemlins/club.gif___bets___calls
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif 8/images/graemlins/club.gif J/images/graemlins/club.gif___raises

6th Street - (6.00 BB)

Seat 1: xx xx 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif Q/images/graemlins/club.gif 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif___checks
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif 8/images/graemlins/club.gif J/images/graemlins/club.gif 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___checks

River - (6.00 BB)

Seat 1: xx xx 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif Q/images/graemlins/club.gif 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif xx___bets___calls
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif 8/images/graemlins/club.gif J/images/graemlins/club.gif 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif___raises

Total pot: (10.00 BB)

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[Spladle Master]

7 Card Stud High-Low ($10/$20), Ante $1, Bring-In $3 (converter (http://j.1asphost.com/greenage))

3rd Street - (0.50 SB)

Seat 1: xx xx 4/images/graemlins/club.gif___folds
Hero: 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif___completes___calls
Seat 4: xx xx 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___raises
Seat 5: xx xx 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif___brings-in___folds
Seat 6: xx xx 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif___folds

4th Street - (4.80 SB)

Hero: 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___bets___raises
Seat 4: xx xx 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___raises___calls

5th Street - (5.40 BB)

Hero: 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 3/images/graemlins/club.gif___bets
Seat 4: xx xx 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif T/images/graemlins/spade.gif___calls

6th Street - (7.40 BB)

Hero: 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 3/images/graemlins/club.gif 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif___bets
Seat 4: xx xx 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif T/images/graemlins/spade.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif___checks___folds

Total pot: (7.40 BB)

[Andy B]

I like your approach on third. I think I take the freebie on fourth. You might have the best hand, but especially with a dead Eight, I wouldn't know what to do if someone had the audacity to call you.

I'd fold fifth. You have junk. Presumably, the other guy has something to call you on fourth and bet out on fifth. What, I don't know, but it probably beats a pair of Eights. Perhaps he decided to slow-play a set of Fives. I'm guessing that he stayed in with a three-flush and the Queen paired him. Anyway, call me weak-tight, but I let this go.

I'd definitely take the free card on sixth. On seventh, I think the raise is OK, but it is a little dubious, because the other guy could easily have a low. I think that will be the case more often than he will be value-betting Queens-up or some such.

[Andy B]

I'd chicken-call fourth.

I'd post this in a different thread.

[Spladle Master]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm guessing that he stayed in with a three-flush and the Queen paired him.

[/ QUOTE ]
Holy [censored] you're good.

[Andy B]

Y'know, hand-reading has never really been my forte, but this one is pretty straightforward. It's about the only thing that makes sense. Well, I think that if he was going to call on fourth, he should have bet, and he probably shouldn't have played a three-flush with two spades out, but a three-flush is the hand that comes the closest to making sense.