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I don't mind the third and fourth street play. If you're gonna play this hand on third then I think you need to take one off on fourth. If the 3 or 7 seat would have completed on third I could seriously think about folding fourth, but as no one has shown much strength I would take on off here.

Anyway, fifth is clearly the interesting spot. I think a reraise could def be in order depending on the opponent. If seat 7 is a player who wont make this raise without the low then there isnt much point raising because you want to keep the other low draw in now. If he has a flush draw then he probably isnt going anywhere but thats not the worst thing that could happen to us. Now the reraise becomes very useful when Seat 7 will make this play with just some type of draw ie maybe a four low+pair, two pair maybe, four low+gut shot, etc. When he can do this, a raise would accomplish a ton if it will knock out seat 7. If seat 7 calls again then he is either an idiot or probably has a flush draw to go along with a low draw. The raise makes your equity go way up when you knock him out. Im not that worried about seat 7 scooping me because 1) spades are pretty dead. 2) I have all of his straight cards and 3) I have outs to fill up still. I think the raise is very player dependent though, but a very interesting spot.

The rest of the hand I play the same. Not a whole lot you can do really, cross your fingers and hope for the best.

Mike