Seven Card Stud 8/b Fundamentals

1. Seven Card Stud 8/b Fundamentals • Core Concepts • Starting Hands • Fourth and Fifth Street • Sixth and Seventh Street

2. Core Concepts • Scooping is Key • The Power of the Ace • Freerolling • 4. Second-best one-way hands are unplayable

3. Premium Starting Hands (2% of hands) • 1. Rolled trips (0.25%) • 2. Low straight flush draw (0.5%) • 3. AAx (1.3%)

4. Strong starting hands (12% of hands) • 1. Low flush draw (0.5%) • 2. Wheel draw (2.7%) • 3. Low straight draw (4.9%) • 4. Big pairs (KK-QQ) (2.6%)

5. Situational Starting Hands (33% of hands) • 1. Low pair, Ace kicker (0.8%) • 2. Low pair, low kicker (3.3%) • 3. Razz hands (unconnected low draw) (7.6%) • 4. High straight flush draw (incl. 789 etc) (0.7%) • 5. High flush draw (3.5%) • 6. High straight draw (10%) • 7. JJ-99 (4%) • 8. (xx)A (3.5%)

6. The Early Streets (4th and 5th) • How equity develops from 3rd to 5th street: • 1. Defining two fundamental hand types: “static” and “dynamic” • The strength of static hands (pairs and trips) is not (generally) dependent on what cards they catch. • The strength of dynamic hands (low draws, flush draws, straight draws, particularly combo draws) is highly dependent on what cards they catch. • 2. In matchups between these hands, the cards caught by the dynamic hand largely determines the course of the hand.

7. The Later Streets (6th and 7th) • Know whether you have: • A hand with strong scoop potential • A strong one-way hand with some equity the other way • A strong one-way hand with no equity the other way • A hand that is marginal both ways

8. The Later Streets (6th and 7th), continued • What to do once you know: • Pushing vs. Pulling • The Promo Raise • Evaluating a possible freeroll • Jamming in multi-way pots

9. Core Concepts • Scooping is Key • The Power of the Ace • Freerolling • 4. Second-best one-way hands are unplayable