Bjorn
01-21-2006, 08:25 PM
Sorry if this is too much of a "newbie question". First of let me say that I'm usually a hold'em player but I like to mix it up with some stud from time to time as a change of pace.
Now I realize that starting hand charts and such are often considered "crutches" or "traing wheels" but since I'm quite inexperienced at stud/8 I feel that I need some kind of quideline.
The game I play is mainly the 0.5/1 at pokerstars that has a $0.05 ante and a $0.25 bring in. The game usually has about 50% seen 4th street and is quite passive.
My "Basic package" of playable hands is what I use more than two places from the bring in and when the betting is either just limped or at most completed. These are the hands i play:
* Rolled up trips
* Pair of aces
* A three card strflush or onegapper 8 or lower
* A three card flush 7 or lower
* A three card str 7 or lower
* A there card onegapper 6 or lower
* A three card low with an ace 6 or lower
I all cases of course assuming my hands are live, with special notice taken of gap cards.
Is this about an appropriate range of starting hands? Or should I play tighter still? Have I missed anything?
When I am in the last two position before the bring in I will add some hands in some situations. If no one has entered i will now raise with big pairs and also hands with a small pair and a small kicker to try and steal the blinds.
Also if no low upcards have entered but there has been two or more high upcards limping I will often "take a card of" with a weak 7 low (257 rainbow and such) or an 8 low that has some decent high potential.
I also call the additional half bet of a complete quite liberally if i'm the bring in given that I often get pot odds of 7-1 or more in those situations. Hands like 257, 334 and such I usually take one of with here but with the understanding that unless i catch good and more or less everyone else catches bad on 4th they're going in the muck.
Sorry if these thougts and questions was too trivial.
/Bjorn
Now I realize that starting hand charts and such are often considered "crutches" or "traing wheels" but since I'm quite inexperienced at stud/8 I feel that I need some kind of quideline.
The game I play is mainly the 0.5/1 at pokerstars that has a $0.05 ante and a $0.25 bring in. The game usually has about 50% seen 4th street and is quite passive.
My "Basic package" of playable hands is what I use more than two places from the bring in and when the betting is either just limped or at most completed. These are the hands i play:
* Rolled up trips
* Pair of aces
* A three card strflush or onegapper 8 or lower
* A three card flush 7 or lower
* A three card str 7 or lower
* A there card onegapper 6 or lower
* A three card low with an ace 6 or lower
I all cases of course assuming my hands are live, with special notice taken of gap cards.
Is this about an appropriate range of starting hands? Or should I play tighter still? Have I missed anything?
When I am in the last two position before the bring in I will add some hands in some situations. If no one has entered i will now raise with big pairs and also hands with a small pair and a small kicker to try and steal the blinds.
Also if no low upcards have entered but there has been two or more high upcards limping I will often "take a card of" with a weak 7 low (257 rainbow and such) or an 8 low that has some decent high potential.
I also call the additional half bet of a complete quite liberally if i'm the bring in given that I often get pot odds of 7-1 or more in those situations. Hands like 257, 334 and such I usually take one of with here but with the understanding that unless i catch good and more or less everyone else catches bad on 4th they're going in the muck.
Sorry if these thougts and questions was too trivial.
/Bjorn