Stud 8, Probably an Insanely Easy 3rd St Question

[Harv72b]

I'm an experienced hold'em player who's pretty new to Stud & Stud 8, mostly just having played them during mixed games. After doing pretty well in the Stud8 fantasy freeroll tourney on FTP the other night, I decided to try out the microlimit cash games yesterday & had this hand come up. I don't even have PT Stud, so forgive me for any formatting errors as I'm doing this by hand.

Seat 1 is absolutely horrible, even for these stakes. His completing & capping range on 3rd street are the same: any pair or better, any 3 suited, or any 3 low. Seat 4 is a calling station extraordinaire; him calling the completion just means that he has 3 cards. Seat 5 is short-stacked & probably intends to get it all in with a starting pair or 3 big cards. Seat 6 has looked fairly decent & probably does have at least a pair of jacks with solid kicker. Seat 8 has also looked pretty solid & probably isn't continuing with any hand he wouldn't have open-completed with.

Hero's image, as much as one can exist at these limits, is strong. I'm playing pretty tight and only entering pots with a completion/raise or behind several callers. The decent players at the table are generally getting out of my way. This kind of 3rd street action was completely foreign at the table; the only 3rd street raises so far had been isolation plays on Seat 1, and they'd all worked; most hands just consisted of the bring-in and several callers, or else Seat 1 completing and several callers.

7 Card Stud Hi/lo (.25/.50), Ante .05, Bring-in .10

Seat 1: $13.45
Seat 2: $15.05
Seat 3: $4.75
Seat 4: $4.15
Seat 5: $1.35
Seat 6: $9.85
Hero: $22.65
Seat 8: $6.30

3rd Street - (0.8 BB)
Seat 8: xx xx 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ___ brings-in
Seat 1: xx xx T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ___ completes
Seat 2: xx xx 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ___ folds
Seat 3: xx xx Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ___ folds
Seat 4: xx xx K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ___ calls
Seat 5: xx xx 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ___ raises
Seat 6: xx xx J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ___ raises
Hero: 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ___?

So, given that everyone else in the pot is likely going high and the fact that my cards are pretty clean, is this hand worth playing? And if so, call 3 or cap? It probably doesn't matter if I'm not folding, as Seat 1 is likely to cap it anyway.

[DeathDonkey]

Yes, call. I'd cap if you had an ace in your hand but you don't need to pay any more here than necessary but this is a dream spot if you catch well on 4th.

-DeathDonkey

[betgo]

I would reraise 3rd. This only occurs at microbuyins, with so many people playing high hands for a raise.

[Harv72b]

Cool...playing the hand seemed right at the time but then I had second thoughts after. I did cap it on 3rd fwiw.

[HOWMANY]

Cap, but if it was real stakes where one of the guys might drop out I would just call.

[Harv72b]

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Cap, but if it was real stakes where one of the guys might drop out I would just call.

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Along those lines...would there be any wisdom in capping, in order to give seat 8 added incentive to fold? Or would just calling three be enough to get a decent player to fold anything but a very good 3 low?

[Andy B]

I'd probably call, but I think it's kinda close. Bear in mind that there's no reason that the bring-in can't have a three-card low.