Triple Draw Stars 2/4 - Learning the game

[eurythmech]

Comments on all streets welcome.

Triple Draw 2-7 Lowball Limit ($2/$4) (converter)

SB ($35.50), Seat 2
BB ($54), Seat 3
Hero ($106.50), Seat 4
Button ($30.50), Seat 5

Button at Seat 5.
SB posts $1. BB posts $2.

Hand: [4s 2s 3h 2c 5h]

Round 1: (1.50 SB)

<font color="red">Hero raises. </font><font color="red">Button raises. </font><font color="#666666">SB folds. </font><font color="green">BB calls. </font><font color="green">Hero calls. </font>
BB takes 2. Hero discards 2c. Button takes 1.

Hand: [4s 2s 3h 5h Kd]

Round 2: (9.50 SB)

<font color="green">BB checks. </font><font color="green">Hero checks. </font><font color="red">Button bets. </font><font color="green">BB calls. </font><font color="green">Hero calls. </font>
BB takes 2. Hero discards Kd. Button stands pat.

Hand: [4s 2s 3h 5h Ah]

Round 3: (6.25 BB)

<font color="green">BB checks. </font><font color="green">Hero checks. </font><font color="red">Button bets. </font><font color="green">BB calls. </font><font color="green">Hero calls. </font>
BB takes 1. Hero discards Ah. Button stands pat.

Hand: [4s 2s 3h 5h 8h]

Round 4: (9.25 BB)

<font color="green">BB checks. </font>Hero?

[Jigsaws]

I cap pre-draw. I simply cap all my 1-card draws so it won't be obvious to a good player what kind of draw I have. I really want to be capping my wheel draws, so I have to cap all my other 1-card draws as well.

2nd/3rd draws seem pretty standard to me.

I bet the river and begrudgingly pay off a raise.

[Alchemist]

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I bet the river and begrudgingly pay off a raise.

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[2461Badugi]

Bet-call and check-call are both attractive here. Two of the most important things to note on an opponent are what his value betting standards are and what his patting after the first round standards are. If those are close, the risk of a free showdown is slight and you should check-call because BB will pay button off light sometimes, but never you.

Against a few players, you'll want to put more action in, but typically at 2/4 if you get raised with #5 you're looking at a crying call.

[tablecop]

i like a cap predaw because of the third player. at this level the 3-bettor usually has no worse than a one card draw and as he has position i'd just call if it were HU to disguise my smooth and rough 1-card draws. but with this action the third player is drawing two and my equity is always better than 33%.

4th street is close, but you discarded an extra duece and the third player drew two which if he's at all competent means he also has duece. that makes the pat player rougher than average and that makes me lean toward bet-call.