new to 7card stud hi/lo split, need help starting out

[dibbs]

I wouldnt try and steal too much in this game, but its my new hobby and only have bout 2k hands logged so I dont know much.

SS2 has a stud8 section in it.

Zee's book is better IMO however, and diving into this game without solid basics is financial suicide, I tried it.

Good Luck.

[sexdrugsmoney]

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the time you spend while playing a losing game would be better spent reading and getting a handle on the basics at least so you will lose slower.

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I'd hearken to this advice.

I feel comfortable with lo games I feel, and therefore tried my hand at S8/B at 1/2 and got hammered!

With so many players chasing straights (because busted straights can be the winning lo) I was finding out pumping up the pot with my premimum hands mean't only two outcomes:

1) Some Yahoo splits MY pot with his crappy lo.
2) Some Yahoo Scoops MY pot with his crappy straight.

Both scenarios displease SDM. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]