stud 8 hand

[Andy B]

I want to say that the article is by Keith Sexton (I think that's his name), who is notorious for educating the marks on FT. That's a minor reason why I never played there much. I don't really find the arguments compelling. Folks say that by bringing it in full, you give up too much information. Everyone seems perfectly willing to raise when next to act after the bring-in, though. Is being second to act out of eight really that much better than being first to act? You raise under the gun in hold'em all the time, right?

The situation in which I am most likely to bring it in full is when I have a big pair in the hole and one of my trip cards is dead. I don't mind buying the antes, and in any case I want to thin the field as much as possible, and this is my best chance to do so.