Opening Stud Hands

I've been playing a ton of poker recently and have decided to expand into Stud Hi, and Stud Hi/Lo. I do very well at hold'em and omaha, but find the Stud to be a bit more interesting. My question is, who has a line on which hands are best to start with in Stud.

I also would like to know if anyone has a rough guide to when to fold'em. I know in razz 2 or more bricks means fold'em. . .what should I look for before I throw away a hand.

I have always enjoyed playing 7 stud or 7 h/l which is a little more interesting. All depends on your fellow players, but unless I have something to work with such as a pair or strait or flush draw in the first 4 cards I will usually fold, but in h/l thats a little different. I do like the h/l better. Well gl at the tables

C9 Writes about 7 Card Stud: Starting Hands

I wrote that a while back for stud high.

And when to fold is just too general a question. The game isn't like Razz, where you need to improve to a 5 card low hand to win. I routinely start with just a big pair, and value bet just that big pair on every street without improving.

Understanding stud is mearly math dude. Read what skalnsky has to say because he is brilliant. GEnerally in stud tournametns I play super tight. Never play just cuz you can or its cheap. Its also nice because you can calculate what the pot will look like because its limit. More MATH