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7 Card Stud Strategy: Playing Split Pairs on 3rd Street

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by Red Pro Frank Thompson

I have often been asked, “What is the smallest pair you would play on third street in seven card stud?”

Before this question can be answered in detail, it is important to understand some different elements that will guide you to the true strength of your hand. Firstly consider the size of your pair. It should be obvious that the higher it is, the better it is, but the most critical factor is how high is it in comparison to the expected strength of your opponents.

As a simple example, consider a board where your opponents up cards (door cards) are A, K, Q, J, T, 9, and your hand is a pair of Eights.

You are first to act after a 2 opens the action (bring in) on your right. Any one of six opponents will have you beat if they have a pair and therefore your two eights should be thrown away.

Now consider a board  where your opponents up cards (door cards) are  3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, and again you have a pair of eights with a 2 opening the action (bring in) on your right. Now you have the highest card on the board, and you beat any split pair your opponents may have. In these circumstances it becomes correct to raise.

Of course in a real game things will often not be quite as clear cut, but the principle of raising with a split pair when there is only one or preferably no higher card than your own on the board, is a very sound one.

It should be apparent that the question “would you call with a pair of eights” cannot be correctly answered without additional information.

Next week I will consider a number of other factors that will help determine whether to fold, call or raise with a split pair on third street.

FRANK THOMPSON

You can find (ctrl+t) Frank Thompson playing various stud games on Full Tilt Poker at 1pm ET this week (April 26 – May 1).

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2 Responses to “7 Card Stud Strategy: Playing Split Pairs on 3rd Street”

  1. btngu Says:
    April 27th, 2011 at 11:28 am

    sweet, stud isnt one of my best game, ill keep an eye out for these blogs frank!! help me improve my game, tyvm

  2. daisyduece Says:
    April 27th, 2011 at 11:32 am

    great advice…Thanks Frankie

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