Re: Shorthanded Stud/8, Only Low Card Completes Bring-In
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I don't play QT9 or QJT or KQJ either. Ever.
[/ QUOTE ] As a default strategy that's fine. If the bringin completes with *every* low card 3 or 4 handed, you're very likely losing a bit by not considering playing them. The major deciding factor is how well the bringin plays on later streets. Will he peel after bricking 4th? How about 5th? Will he call down with a small 2pr? The more mistakes he makes from 4th on the more we lose by not playing the KQJ and QJT type hands (I could never fault someone for forever folding QJ9).
Consider this, here's how the following hands do heads up vs. a few of the bringin's likely completing hands.
Js Ts Qh .547
Jc 6s 7s .453
Ks Jc Qh .451
6s 8d 3h .549
Js Ts Qh .507
Ah Jc 6h .493
Remember, we're referring so someone who completes *every* time. As you can see, there is opportunity for profit against this sort, provided they make sufficient mistakes later in the hand - which virtually all of these donks, who comlete every time they're the sole low card on board, do. I've found the weak players are there for a reason - and attacking them is a reasonable course of action. If one doesn't have the stomach for the variance involved then simply folding doesn't lose all that much, but it certainly won't maximize EV.
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