This was written a while back and depicts my struggling with Stud and some of my Donk moves. I was a bit too vanilla for JB’s tastes as you can tell from his comments about my last stud article. Stud hands are often big. Some, like flushes, can give themselves away and you don’t get as many raises. Two pair will often chase 4 outs because of the late pot odds. You see a lot of cards. I mostly try to track my draw more than others. In time, I should get better at tracking more. But, there is a large amount of info out there.
The nice situation is where you have a lot of concealment. That’s why hidden pairs play better than split pairs. Those I play with see way too many hands. Yes, some time they hit 6th and 7th streets right and take you out. In fact it has happened with regularity.
Here’s a hand I played. Marginal until you consider almost everyone at the table was playing everything. In that situation, I played a non-premium hand. But one that might hit with concealed power