$11 HORSE SNG on FT. STUD Hi/Lo hand

[Honest_Rob]

Anything I can do different here?

Tournament - 7 Card Stud High-Low (80/160), Ante 15, Bring-In 25 (converter)

Seat 1: 1,315
Seat 2: 2,750
Seat 3: 1,340
Seat 4: 1,390
Seat 5: 1,450
Hero: 740
Seat 7: 1,885
Seat 8: 1,130

3rd Street - (1.50 SB)

Seat 1: xx xx A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]___calls
Seat 2: xx xx 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]___brings-in___calls
Seat 3: xx xx 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]___calls___calls
Seat 4: xx xx 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]___folds
Seat 5: xx xx 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]___folds
Hero: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]___completes
Seat 7: xx xx Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]___folds
Seat 8: xx xx 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]___folds

4th Street - (5.50 SB)

Seat 1: xx xx A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]___calls
Seat 2: xx xx 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]___calls
Seat 3: xx xx 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]___calls
Hero: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]___bets

5th Street - (4.75 BB)

Seat 1: xx xx A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]___calls
Seat 2: xx xx 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]___calls
Seat 3: xx xx 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]___calls
Hero: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]___bets

6th Street - (8.75 BB)

Seat 1: xx xx A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]___checks___calls
Seat 2: xx xx 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]___bets
Seat 3: xx xx 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]___calls
Hero: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]___calls

River - (12.75 BB)

Seat 1: xx xx A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] xx___checks___folds
Seat 2: xx xx 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] xx___bets
Seat 3: xx xx 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] xx___folds
Hero: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]___folds

Total pot: (12.75 BB - 2,040)

[Alchemist]

I'd be in favor of checking 4th since Seats 1 and 2 both caught good (they're not folding here).

Without those two extra bets in the pot now a bet on 5th is liable to get rid of some weak draws if they catch bad. As played I'd probably check 5th. Your stack is getting moderately short and you may be up against one if not two made lows and you're still drawing.

6th and 7th are automatic.

[Andy B]

I think a decent case can be made for limping third. Your hand is very pretty, but you're not exactly made yet. You're at a point where you need to do something soon, but you're not yet desperate. With a shorter stack, you'd probably just get it all in and hope for the best. With a bigger stack, you'd go with a normal ring game strategy and just raise. I think raising is still fine in this particular spot, but calling would be OK.

Why bet fourth? You caught about as bad as you could catch, and two of your opponents have caught good. At this point, I don't think you want to get tied onto this hand any more than you have to. Check and hope it's only one bet back to you.

I think the bet on fifth is fine. I think checking and calling would be fine, too. Your draw is big enough and live enough that you might as well get your money in. Sixth and seventh seem pretty clear-cut.

[Honest_Rob]

Thanks for the replies. I agree betting 4th was a mistake. I was tilting a little because it was one of those tourneys where I was getting plenty of playable hands but just couldn't win a pot. I just bet trying to take the pot.

[betgo]

I think limping 3rd would be pretty bad with such a strong hand and an ace showing.

Probably don't bet 4th, but if you don't someone else might. Also, the bet causes people to misread you for a high hand. Hard to get so many players to fold with low cards, but that doesn't make the bet bad.

I don't think the fold on the river is automatic. Ace high could be good for high.