Re: Shorthanded stud
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shorthanded stud play is very read-dependent.
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I imagine that shorthanded poker play is very read-dependent. However, my questions don’t relate to reads. Rather than ask questions, I’ll make devil’s advocate statements.
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starting hand requirements don't change that much in shorthanded play since stud is an ante game
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Intuitively, that sounds correct. However, in short-handed play the average winning hand is of a lower quality than that at a full table. Therefore, people could play more hands when short-handed. Of course, playing lower-quality hands would result in higher fluctuations.
Heads-up players would surely play more hands than in a ring game. Otherwise, the small pots they’d win wouldn’t keep up with the antes. It seems that one would play more hands two-handed than four-handed, and more hands four-handed than eight-handed. There would be a sliding, nonlinear scale.
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