shipitfish | 7 Card Stud Plans at Foxwoods (Reply)

I'm hoping to play $5/$10 7-Card Stud on my next trip to Foxwoods. A few people have told me that game is actually pretty easy to beat, even for the beginning Stud player. I had avoided Stud at Foxwoods because I don't like spread limit games much, and it jumps right from $1-$5 to $5/$10, which is a rather big leap. However, I think I'm ready to brave the $5/$10 after some online practice.

I'm barely a winning player yet at online Stud, although I am getting better. My big leak is that I overvalue big pairs (perhaps over-influence from my HE experience). Someone told me once that in extremely loose Stud games, you more or less need the best hand and the best draw, which I am starting to believe.

It's a lot of fun though, to again play the game I started with back in early college at the penny-ante, $.05 bring-in level. I was a winning player then, but winning $10 to $20 a week at those limits simply meant no one had any clue what they were doing and folding once in a while gave an edge.

I know a lot of people want to focus on one specific game, played with one specific betting structure, but I really want to be a poker generalist. So, I'll see how it goes. I'll post any interesting Stud things if I encounter some online or at Foxwoods.

BTW, I'm going to do some phone posts from Foxwoods. A few people have asked me to do it, and I am not sure if it'll come out too well from the "acceptable to use your mobile phone" area of the poker room. But, I can transcribe them when I get back. Hopefully, I won't tell too many bad beat stories.