Son of Representing Stud for the 2+2 clan: the Online Years

Phat Mack · #1 09-08-2004, 07:10 PM

Count the mistakes.

I love to play stud, but never have an opportunity to do so: there are just no stud games near me. I am not an on-line player. My wife has some on-line accounts, and occasionally will let me play on her computer--as long as it's cheap. In this hand I've been given a bankroll of $5, and have decided to play hi-lo 8. Here is the hand history (cool feature) along with my comments .

PokerStars 7 Card Stud Limit ($0.25/$0.50)
(The first thing you'll notice is that I want to play hi-lo, but there is nothing about hi-lo in the title of the hand history.)
Seat 1: Mack($4.75 in chips) (OK, so I'm stuck a quarter. No biggie.)
Seat 2: seat 2 ($8.90 in chips)
Seat 3: seat 3 ($13.35 in chips)
Seat 4: seat 4 ($15.45 in chips)
Seat 5: seat 5 ($7.85 in chips)
Seat 7: seat 7 ($2.05 in chips)
Seat 8: seat 8 ($5.25 in chips)
Mack: posts the ante $0.05
seat 2: posts the ante $0.05
seat 3: posts the ante $0.05
seat 4: posts the ante $0.05
seat 5: posts the ante $0.05
seat 7: posts the ante $0.05
seat 8: posts the ante $0.05
(Good! We've all anted! No detail is omitted in these hand histories...)
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to Mack[4c 2h 3d]
(Three to a wheel! Wish there were some suits, but why be demanding?)
Dealt to seat 2 [8s]
Dealt to seat 3 [9c]
Dealt to seat 4 [9h]
Dealt to seat 5 [3s]
Dealt to seat 7 [7s]
Dealt to seat 8 [Th]
Mack: brings-in low $0.10
(I decide to slowplay. I'm drawing pretty good, why knock anyone out?)
seat 2: calls $0.10
seat 3: folds
seat 4: calls $0.10
seat 5: calls $0.10
seat 7: folds
seat 8: folds
(WhooHoo! Three customers.)
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to Mack[4c 2h 3d] [Jd]
(Uh oh, brick.)
Dealt to seat 2 [8s] [3h]
(Worrisome. Is this guy going high or low?)
Dealt to seat 4 [9h] [8h]
(I'm not sure what seat 4 has, but he's gotta love this card.)
Dealt to seat 5 [3s] [Tc]
(Good, the other sure low has bricked, too!)
Mack: checks
seat 2: checks
seat 4: checks
seat 5: checks
(Happy days! I get to see 5th street for free!)
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to Mack[4c 2h 3d Jd] [8c]
(A low card, barely.)
Dealt to seat 2 [8s 3h] [Kc]
(Brick, if he's headed downtown.)
Dealt to seat 4 [9h 8h] [5s]
(Probably no help. If he IS going low, I've got him beat.)
Dealt to seat 5 [3s Tc] [Js]
(Another Brick!)
seat 2: checks
seat 4: bets $0.50
(Pot for sale?)
seat 5: raises $0.50 to $1
(Who's he kidding?)
Mack: calls $1
(Hey, I'm alive for half this pot.)
seat 2: folds
seat 4: folds
(Just as I thought: snowing.)
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to Mack[4c 2h 3d Jd 8c] [Kh]
(Man, Can't catch a baby when I need one!)
Dealt to seat 5 [3s Tc Js] [2d]
(I've no idea what he raised with.)
Mack: checks
seat 5: checks
(Phew!)
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to Mack[4c 2h 3d Jd 8c Kh] [7h]
(At last. A smooth 8,7.)
Mack: checks
seat 5: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mack: shows [4c 2h 3d Jd 8c Kh 7h] (high card King)
seat 5: mucks hand
Mack collected $3.25 from pot

Seat 1: Mackshowed [4c 2h 3d Jd 8c Kh 7h] and won ($3.25) with high card King
Seat 5: seat 5 mucked [Qc 9s 3s Tc Js 2d 7d] - high card Queen

(I was watching the chat window, and I noticed that I won high with a dry King, but was surprised they didn't mention my low. It wasn't until 30 minutes into the session, after I had tripled my buy in, that I suspected something might be wrong. I had a lock low against two high hands, and failed to be shoved any part of the pot. I looked in vain for a time-out button. Finding none, I was forced to put my thinking cap on, and eventually figured out that I was playing hi-lo on an all-high table. I still managed to end the session up 14 BB's in 30 minutes. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]