Tag: Stud 8

Poker

What are they Thinking?

April 19, 2016 by
Recently in SIG’s training class, there was a hand of 7 Card Stud/8-or-Better that had an interesting play worth discussing. This is a high/low game, where the best 5-card poker hand out of 7 cards wins half the pot, and the best low hand (that has no card higher than...
Poker

Playing Poker with Your Hand Face-Up

December 7, 2015 by
If you’re unfamiliar, check out a brief primer on the Stud 8 rules.  Playing poker with your hand face-up is not very much fun. If you don’t believe it…try it and see! Or think of playing against an opponent whose hand is face-up. Wouldn’t that be fun (and very profitable)? In...