Re: Stud 8 newbie marginal 6th street decision
5 BB pot, or 2.5 BB if you win high only.
I'd normally fold, but the two other high hands give you implied odds for a call; your cards are pretty live too. If the guy with a straight gets there, you'll get him to call a raise, and he might even jam. You could also jam with the low hand.
Seat 4 may be passive/being sneaky to get callers, but he may also be paired/two paired. At this limit, theres no guarantee he started with a 3 card low hand.
Raise with a flush, call with a 7 low, call with an 8 low if its only one bet to you. (You should probably toss the 7 low if seat 4 raises.) It'll be about 8 BBs on the river when it gets to you, so you need to win half more than 20% of the time for it to be worthwhile. You will lose often because seat 4 rivers you or had a weak 8 or 7 low on 6th, but you can't give him too much credit.
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