$10/20 -18bb/hour session!

[FishyWhale]

...that lasted only ten minutes (so perhaps that´s why the result is so extreme?! [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] )

Well, anyway, no free seat at $3/6 hold´em, so I give $10/20 stud ($2ante, $3bring-in) a try for five hands, because after that five hands I got called up for my hold´em game. Two hands I got involved in:

1) [JJ]A rainbow. Three limp to me, the second one showing a queen, but he was to the left of the bring-in so I guess he would have raised with a queen. I think about just calling along what with three already in the pot, but I remember how one or two players folded to a complete after having already paid the bring-in, so I complete myself, hoping that this folding stuff will happen again. Opponent on my left calls, the other three call too. Oops, methinks I should have just called.

4th: [JJ]As2s (limper No3 gets an ace, other boards as non-threatening as before). I bet and get called by everyone (perhaps the bring-in folds)

5th: [JJ]As2s8d. (now the player with the queen gets an ace and is first to act). Checked to me, my bet gets called in three spots.

6th: [JJ]As2s8d5c. (the player on my left pairs sevens, seven isn´t door-card; player on my right pairs sixes which ain´t door-card either). Checked to me, I check too.

7th: I don´t get any help and it gets checked through.

Comments (especially on 3rd street)?

2) [8d3c]Ad. (I just got called up for $3/6. The low card is to my immediate right, and the aces and diamonds are completely live. There is a K and a Q or J showing after me.) The low card brings it in for $3, I complete. Comments?

This, in fact, is as far as I got, because I *saw* how the player with the K was thinking, and I just got the very strong feeling that he was thinking about whether to raise or just call (don´t ask me why I´m so sure, I just saw something in his face, surprise perhaps?), so I was very sure I was up against kings when he called; another player called too.

4th: [8d3c]Ad5h. I check, KcJc bets, other player calls, I fold saying "can´t beat kings".

5th: KcJc gets the Ks, bets, other player folds. KJK shows KJ for a full-house.

[Dynasty]

What are you doing playing stud? [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

In the first hand, you definitely raise. I'd say you played it right on every street.

In the second hand, you should fold on 3rd street (unless you made a typo and started with a 3-flush. If you had the 3-flush, I would see 5th street for one bet.

[FishyWhale]

Well, as I said, no seat at my hold´em table, and stud is a game you should be able to play, so I thought why not jump right into $10/20 which, after all, isn´t much higher than $3/6, and give that game a go, after all I was properly bankrolled with $200-and-something... [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] (I also happen to have 7CSFAP on my bookshelf, but I simply prefer to play hold´em because the $3/6 stud structure where I play features a $1 ante, and that sucks, doesn´t mean I´m not open to playing stud though [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img], just that I don´t have as much experience)

About the second hand: No, not a typo, I only had a two-flush, but since my no aces or diamonds were out, I thought I´d give a steal a try with the low to my immediate right (I now can remember 7CSFAP says not to steal early, only don´t remember under what conditions, loose game most likely).

Oh, and why not limp and wait to raise on 4th or 5th with the JJA?