Triple draw 2-7 lowball

#1 20th August 2007, 6:47 AM

Is it me or this game is pretty much obscure when it comes to strategy, apart from the basic stuff: when to break a 9 or a 10 against x opponents, starting hand requirements and drawing strategies are well covered, but more complex stuff (snowing, knowing when you'r ebeat, etc.) is nowhere to be found. Apart from SS2, wich I think contains a good chapter on 3d 2-7 lowball, what books, site or articles can point me in the right direction ? I enjoy playing it and can hold my own (if not win) the micro limit SNG at PS, but I'd like to include it into my game repertoire for later (when I have the BR to play it...).

#2 22nd August 2007, 7:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jeffred1111

Is it me or this game is pretty much obscure when it comes to strategy, apart from the basic stuff: when to break a 9 or a 10 against x opponents, starting hand requirements and drawing strategies are well covered, but more complex stuff (snowing, knowing when you'r ebeat, etc.) is nowhere to be found. Apart from SS2, wich I think contains a good chapter on 3d 2-7 lowball, what books, site or articles can point me in the right direction ? I enjoy playing it and can hold my own (if not win) the micro limit SNG at PS, but I'd like to include it into my game repertoire for later (when I have the BR to play it...).

Avery Cardoza wrote a very basic section about it in one of his books, long ago. Not sure, without looking, which one it was.

I play a few hands now and then at the micro tabkes at PS. I've won big, and I've lost my ass, so I guess that I don't have the game in "Its's statistical density.".

#3 22nd August 2007, 8:10 PM

hmmm not sure to even how to play this game. I have tried once for fun and won a little and then just left but i think it was mainly luck more than anything else.

#4 11th June 2009, 8:07 PM

this game makes absolutely no sense to me.pairs are good?w.t.f.?..my23567,got beat by q7622 or some shit...whatever.i'll stick to no limit holdem.or omaha.maybe i should master one game first.know it better than anyone else..instead of playing jack off of all trades...you know?Yeah i can play all these different games..and play them really poorly...haha
thanks slickster34

#5 11th June 2009, 8:35 PM

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Originally Posted by slickster35

this game makes absolutely no sense to me.pairs are good?w.t.f.?..my23567, got beat by q7622 or some shit...whatever.i'll stick to no limit holdem.or omaha.maybe i should master one game first.know it better than anyone else..instead of playing jack off of all trades...you know?Yeah i can play all these different games..and play them really poorly...haha
thanks slickster34

The only way that hand would have beat you would be if yours was also a flush. Then the one pair was lower than your flush. Or -- since you don't recall the hand exactly, maybe you had a 3 to 7 straight ... or .. ...

"or some chit" just doesn't give quite enough to manage an accurate explanation ...

Grab a HH next time Slick and we'll be happy to explain it.

#6 11th June 2009, 9:42 PM

There is not much strategy simply because it is not a popular game. It doesn't have the excitement of NLHE. Right now it's still mostly a game for the highly skilled players who don't always go with the flow. Even at the lower levels the games are significantly harder to beat than Hold'em games at the same level.

So for now... mostly rely on your experience.

By the way, congrats on 5k posts nevadanick!

#7 12th June 2009, 1:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jamesdadeliverer

There is not much strategy simply because it is not a popular game. It doesn't have the excitement of NLHE. Right now it's still mostly a game for the highly skilled players who don't always go with the flow. Even at the lower levels the games are significantly harder to beat than Hold'em games at the same level.

So for now... mostly rely on your experience.

By the way, congrats on 5k posts nevadanick!

^ ^ ^ ^ Thanks, James ... Can't believe I've posted THAT MUCH spam ...

I don't know about the "highly skilled" part ( ), but I don't go with the flow too often and DO enjoy most every game EXCEPT nlhe. ...

#8 12th June 2009, 2:08 AM

ok, maybe highly skilled was too much. but wouldn't you agree that the smallest stakes of triple draw 2-7 lowball are tougher than at NLHE?

#9 14th June 2009, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesdadeliverer

ok, maybe highly skilled was too much. but wouldn't you agree that the smallest stakes of triple draw 2-7 lowball are tougher than at NLHE?

In general, yes. But the huge differences between NL and Limit makes the two really hard to compare ... side by side (so to speak)

#10 14th June 2009, 12:56 PM

The rage of Poker right now is NLHE. Seems like only a few players know how to play KC Lowball. I wish FT would have more games like KC Lowball, 5 card draw, Badugi, stuff like that.

there isn't that much information on those games because the demand just isn't there. The most popular lowball game is Razz and finding information on that is super rare. I haven't seen any books dedicated to Razz.

#11 15th June 2009, 6:45 AM

Well, tbh, what are you going to fill a book on with razz strategy? I've only played maybe 5000 hands of it lifetime and I feel I have a good handle on it (at least enough to dominate the micros and destroy the casual HORSE players).

#12 16th June 2009, 2:59 AM

Daniel Negreanu wrote the article about this game in Super System II and fortunately you can find it here:
http://www.doylespokerroom.com/poker...draw_poker.cfm

#13 23rd June 2009, 10:47 PM

I enjoy playing this game, but I'm not sure what strategy there is to it. What i do is, i limit my self to only discard 2 cards and do my best not get anything higher than "87653". Starting hands that i raise w/ 23457, 23467, 24567 ..., or only needing to discard one card. I can't really tell u what to do w/ 10, or 9 high because most time i would just call and hope i got my opponent beat, standing pat pat through all three draws w/ 9 or 10 high i would try to get 8 high.

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