Adjustments for no qualifier

[senjitsu]

Hi all...

I recently played a stud H/L game at a BM cardroom where the low does not have to qualify. I've played some stud/8 before, and i feel pretty comfortable with hand selection, and having an idea where im at on 4th and 5th street.. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on how to adjust to the no-qualifier aspect of the game.

If specifics matter, its a 4/8 game with a .5 ante and a $1 bring in (on the high card-- perhaps because low hands are stronger). The game was very loose-passive on 3rd street (might have been 6 completions in 3 hours, but an average of 5-6 players s4eeing fourth) but tightened up a lot on 4th and 5th.