Should I learn Stud?

[perfecto]

You're young and have poor short-term memory???

I say go for it!!! Even if you suck you won't remember sucking and you'll have years and years ahead of you to get better.

[zaxx19]

Perhaps I should clarify a bit...

I can remember like if my cards are dead or alive...approximately how many flushing cards are left and the like.

I cannot however envision a day were I like Ungar could effortlessly rattle off every exact card thats been out while high on crack....just isnt gonna happen.

[perfecto]

Ahhh...I see. You're afraid you'll never be as good as Stu Ungar!

I understand completely. Perhaps you'll be able to avoid crippling addictions and an early death too.

[Andy B]

The stud section of S/S is excellent and is the one section of that book that is relevant to poker as it is played today. You want 7CS4AP, though.

[MRBAA]

roy west's book has some good stuff on memory. It's actually pretty easy to remember dead cards -- there are only 8 players, let's say four fold, so that's four dead cards to remember. Now two more fold on fifth, so that's eight dead cards total to remember. sometimes it's a couple more, sometimes less. And, as you noted, you don't have to remember every one precisely -- just the ones that seem releveant to you or your opponents.