7 Card Stud

I don't know about anyone else, but I have tried playing 7 card stud and I have taken a really big liking to it. It's so fun because there are so many different hands that you or somebody else could have. Try it sometime! I played it for the first time in a tourney on pokerstars and placed in the top 150 which is pretty good I think.

I have been playing it a lot the past couple weeks , and love it. Most of the time it's like taking candy from a baby.

ugh, you guys are killing me

I gotta start playing again.. lol

Cool, care to share any tips? What limits are you guys playing? How loose?

I've been mixing in some Omaha as well as seven card stud.

I've found the NL Omaha tables to be very loose (I've played the $25NL and $100 NL). It seems like most of the players can find some reason to stay in this game, and in most games very few big pre-flop raises occur.

I like Omaha because its an awful lot like Hold'em, just the hands are bigger. You basically have six options with any starting hand (ie AcJcKdTd has AJs, KTs, AT straight draw, etc.)

My tactic there has been to play pretty tight. I play starting hands when one of my combinations would be a powerhouse in hold'em (ie AA, KK) or I have two or more medium hold'em hands. I also play hands with a big target, like 7789, where any middle cards give me a bunch of straight draws or full house possibilities. Throw in a two suited hand and its a good starter - but you gotta play "fit or fold" after the flop. Bluffing doesn't work and chasing gets expensive - the showdown hands are usually trips or better.

I only play the Omaha Hi tables, I've tried Hi-Lo and it just pisses me off when I have to split the pot (although they are bigger).

Omaha can be a money maker if you play tight. There are so many calling stations, because of all the possibilities, that when you get a nut hand you almost always get paid off.

I don't like on-line stud as well. There's alot more information that you have to process to play well, and I'm just not good enough to get there yet. Too many cards flying around and the pace is too quick to catch it all. If you're on a flush draw, you need to know how many of your suit were burned by folds, etc.