If good players can put you on a high hands when you hold a hand that looks low, they will come with weaker low hands.
Notice that this is exactly what you don’t want. You want them out when you have a disguised high hand, a you prefer to play against only high hands.
This is where (and why) you have to mix up your play enough so that good players can’t read you. Otherwise, when those great situations come up and you have a disguising high hand, you won’t be able to get out some of the weaker low draws.
By the way, these great situations don’t occur often, but when they do, they are very profitable. Most players who make a low hand are in the pot till the end, unless an opponent’s board looks very scary.
Although few players are capable of laying down a made eight or a rough seven, the better players can throw away these hands when they are looking at something like Incidentally, not throwing away rough made hands against strong boards is one of the major errors in this game.
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These calls aren’t even correct in razz, where you are playing for the whole pot. But since many of your opponents are not experienced razz players, they will make this mistake.
As stated previously, high hands are good starting hands, but they become weak on Fifth Street when it is obvious that someone has made a low.
The big advantage that you had with a high hand namely, the potential to win the whole pot is now gone. Thus, you must consider folding.
You will tend to play on if it is heads up and the pot is fairly large. You also should continue playing if it appears that you are not likely to get scooped. For example, if the obvious low hand has a board likes it will be very hard for him to make a straigh.
However, you should fold if you are looking at a hand like But when you have a big pair and your opponent’s board is something in between these two examples, you should consider how live the possible straight or flush cards are for your opponent.
For example, if your opponent’s hand is and several treys and fours are already dead, you should continue playing.
On the other hand, if these cards are all still live, you probably should throw your big pair into the muck.
It also is always scary if an opponent’s third low upcard is an ace. If he started with an ace, he now may have you beat for high.
If he doesn’t, he probably has made his low. In this situation, you usually should go out.
The high hands do well if the low hands have busted out by Fifth Street. This is the time to push high hands, since your opponent will have only two cards left to beat you.
By the way, if you have any doubt as to whether you should continue playing or fold on Fifth Street, you should fold unless you have a good chance for half the pot or a decent chance for all of it.
If you have only a decent chance to win half the pot and you routinely keep playing, you can expect to go broke.
Introduction / General Strategy / How Far Do You Go? / Fourth Street / Check-Raising on Fourth and Fifth Streets / Fifth Street / Sixth Street / Seventh Street / Afterthought
