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The
final subsets are the two-gapper and the double-gapper.
Two-gappers and double-gappers are about the same in value.
The double-gappers are: 8-7-4, 8-5-4, 7-6-3, 7-4-3, 6-5-2,
6-3-2, 5-4-A, and 5-2-A. The two-gappers are 8-6-4, 7-5-3,
6-4-2, and 5-3-A. These hands are fairly good, but the ones
without an ace are still marginal. You should usually call
one bet on third street with the marginal ones, but not
two.
Your strategy would change only if both opponents go high,
or if one is high the other has an 8-up, and you have three
cards smaller than the 8. The reason being: If you make
your low, it will probably beat his 8-low. Also, although
it is fairly difficult to make straights with these hands,
it's not impossible.
In this example, we should assume that Player Two has split
queens or some other high hand. As you have no high possibilities,
you have to fight with Player One for the low. Assuming
Player One didn't pair, the only possible situation where
you could have the best low draw would be if Player One
had exactly 7-8 in the hole, which is highly unlikely. Even
if that were the case, you would still only get the low
about 60 percent of the time.
Most players will at least take one card here. Don't bother
save that extra bet. It may not seem like much now, but
a few of these expert saves, tacked on to the rest of your
tally at the end of the night, can turn a break-even play
into a nice win, or keep what would have been a bad loss
into a small one. Remember, every bet counts!
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