Re: 10-20 Stud8 Hand
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No, people do not call two big bets cold if they think they are behind in both directions unless they are very loose/stupid.
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You must not play on Party much, or else you would know that players are indeed "stupid" and "loose" - even at 10/20. No, people won't call 2 bets if they think they're in bad shape in both directions...in fact, they'll probably dump for 1 bet. Thing is, people severly misread the value of their hand (e.g., raising an open pair of aces with two medium pair into 2 other low draws). Seat 1 and/or Seat 2 might think they've got a good draw for low and call - particularly if, as you suggest, the pot is big.
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Look at the boards on 5th and tell me which of the other two is likely to call two cold in say a 8BB pot.
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Both could easily have draws to what *they* think will be the winning hand. Hell, seat 8 might already have an 8 low. Again, under your proposed hypothetical that the pot were bigger, either might call.
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When the pot gets big you need to maximize your chances of winning it if you have decent equity.
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Indeed, this is true, but is irrelevant to the current discussion, where hero has piss poor equity. 2 pair will likely not take high, and will very likely not take low.
If you're gonna try to suck out a boat, you want those 2 drawing for low to contribute to the pot. If you catch the miracle, your half will be that much bigger. Heck, you might even scoop if the other players don't catch their draws for low.
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