Re: Hand from a tough session - advice?
When I come in with a marginal hand in stud, I don't mind paying a 3rd st. completion because of the higher implied odds the extra bb round provides. However, when I brick 4th, now those same implied odds are working against me.
My hand will play very well when I catch good on fourth, if I make top pair I'm likely ahead and have three cards to improve. If I four flush, I've got a reasonably live draw to a likely winner. Now the others have three streets to pay me off.
But when I brick, now I'm the one chasing. I run the risk of catching just enough on fifth to chase down (as happened here), which is just too expensive versus the small size of the pot on fourth. These situations vary alot, and player types, live cards and pot sizes can change a fold to a play or vice versa. But in this hand, I think a fourth street fold is fairly easy.
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