12/30/2023 0 Comments Are spades better in poker![]() ![]() ![]() HIGH CHICAGO: The absolute best starting hand you could get in High Chicago is the ace of spades as one of your initial 2 hole cards. (In the very best-case scenario - 7 players staying until the end and neither the ace nor deuce of spades appearing among the up cards - there is less than a 20:1 chance of you catching one of them as your final hole card. While it may still be possible to pick up a winning spade as your last hole card, there are too many rounds of betting you will have to withstand and too small a chance of doing so. Consider using playing standards a bit tighter from what you do in a regular game of 7 card stud. ![]() Examples include trips, 3 to a flush or straight, big pair with big kicker. If you are not dealt at least 1 decent spade as one of your original 2 hole cards you should fold, unless you have a starting hand that has a good possibility of becoming the best poker hand. In an 8-handed game it is almost a certainty that someone has been dealt a spade. As noted above, you must have a spade in the hole otherwise you are competing for only half the pot. ![]()
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