7 Card Stud playing 6th street

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6th street will be the last time that a card is dealt face up and as a result it is your last opportunity to gain information on your opponents. Once 6th street is dealt you will be left in the dark for the remainder of the hand. 6th street will often times make or break your hand, especially if you were on a draw. If you were dealt a medium pair and have played it through to 6th street you hopefully have two pair or better. 6th street is definitely not a time to be firing out bluffs, the other players have likely decided that they are in it till the end and it will be difficult to push them off their holdings. So how should you play 6th street?

6th street, strong hand in position

If you have a strong hand (two pair or better) and are in position you will have a significant advantage over the player who has to act first. There is of course no way to be in position other than complete luck. Unlike in Hold’em and Omaha, your doorcard will determine your position in Stud (the high card acts first). Being in position will allow you to force the action if the other player makes a bet, or start the action when it is checked to you. Because you will not have the ability to raises larger than the blind amount you will have to simply fire out whenever you have the chance. There is little to no use slow playing a strong hand as it will be incredibly hard to get a lot of value out of a hand when your bets can only be made one big blind (big bet) at a time. The one time where you could slow play a hand when in position would be if you feel your opponent is very weak. A bet will do nothing more than force them out of the hand so you might as well see if you can squeeze some value out of them on 7th street. To slow play 6th street, however, you need to be sure that your hand isn’t at risk on 7th street.

6th street, strong hand out of position

If you have a strong hand and are out of position you will almost always need to lead out with a bet. If your opponent is aggressive you will be able to implement the occasional check raise. If you are playing someone who is passive you should be leading out almost every single time. So why not check raise every time that you have a strong hand in an attempt to build up the pot? The answer is simple; there will be many more times where a player will call a lead bet than they will call a check raise. The other problem being that for a check raise to work the other player needs to bet. If they check back when you plan to check raise you will have lost an opportunity to make a bet of your own.

6th street, weak hand

6th street is not a time to fool around. No matter your position you should be letting go of any weak hand. The one time where you might consider making a bet is if you are playing a tight opponent who is showing weak, unconnected cards. If you are weak and don’t have a clear read on the other player your cards should go right to the muck.

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