The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The Good
The good is getting dealt the stone-cold nuts and getting capped by 3 players on 3 draws
Feral Cow Poker Hand Converter
PokerStars Limit Triple Draw $0.10/$0.20 - 5 players
BB: $5.17
UTG: $8.59
CO: $3.68
Button: $1.98
SB: $7.50 (Hero)
Dealing Hands: ($0.15) 5♥:4♥:7♥:2♦:3♠: (5 players)
UTG raises to $0.20, CO folds, Button calls $0.20, Hero raises to $0.30, BB calls $0.20, UTG raises to $0.40, Button calls $0.20, Hero calls $0.10, BB calls $0.10
First Draw: ($1.60) (4 players)
Hero stands, BB discards 2, UTG discards 1, Button discards 2,
5♥:4♥:7♥:2♦:3♠:
Hero bets $0.10, BB raises to $0.20, UTG calls $0.20, Button calls $0.20, Hero raises to $0.30, BB raises to $0.40, UTG calls $0.20, Button calls $0.20, Hero calls $0.10
Second Draw: ($3.20) (4 players)
Hero stands, BB stands, UTG discards 1, Button discards 1,
5♥:4♥:7♥:2♦:3♠:
Hero bets $0.20, BB raises to $0.40, UTG calls $0.40, Button folds, Hero raises to $0.60, BB raises to $0.80, UTG calls $0.40, Hero calls $0.20
Third Draw: ($5.60) (3 players)
Hero stands, BB stands, UTG discards 1,
5♥:4♥:7♥:2♦:3♠:
Hero bets $0.20, BB raises to $0.40, UTG calls $0.40, Hero raises to $0.60, BB calls $0.20, UTG calls $0.20
BB mucked 4♠:5♦:2♣:6♠:7♣:, Lo: 7,6,5,4,2 (4th Nuts)
UTG mucked 4♦:3♥:2♥:6♣:7♦:, Lo: 7,6,4,3,2 (2nd Nuts)
Hero showed 5♥:4♥:7♥:2♦:3♠:, Lo: 7,5,4,3,2 (Nuttin Better)
Hero won $7.30
(Rake: $0.10)
Bear in mind that these guy were drawing all the way.
To put this in perspective for high-hand poker players,
7,5,4,3,2 has 1020 combos that make this hand, and roughly compares to Kings full of Jacks and up 1024 combos)
7,6,4,3,2 has 1020 combos that make this hand, and roughly compares to Tens full of Fives
7,6,5,4,2 has 1020 combos that make this hand, and roughly compares to Sixes full of Jacks
The Bad & the Ugly
Spoiler
The trouble started when I got a free play, and discarded 3, receiving a nice 1-card draw ...
The problem is, I have straight, so I throw the highest card (perhaps better to throw throw the six) -- see what happens from there:
Dont have a cow, heres your converted hand
PokerStars Limit Triple Draw ($6.69+$0.81) t600/t1200 - 3 players
BB: t18,740 (Hero)
Button: t17,685
SB: t5,740
Dealing Hands: (t900) 9♠:9♥:6♠:Q♣:4♣: (3 players)
Button calls t600, SB folds, Hero checks
First Draw: (t1,500) (2 players)
Hero discards 3, Button discards 1,
6♠:4♣: || 8♠:7♦:5♥:
Hero checks, Button bets t600, Hero calls t600
Second Draw: (t2,700) (2 players)
Hero discards 1, Button discards 1,
6♠:4♣:7♦:5♥: || 3♣: <== Bad play. I should have thrown the 6. You need a six to make any straight less than 10
Hero checks, Button bets t1200, Hero calls t1200
Third Draw: (t5,100) (2 players)
Hero discards 1, Button stands,
4♣:7♦:5♥:3♣: || 6♦: <== I clued in and threw the 6 -- and got another six
Hero checks, Button checks
Hero showed 4♣:7♦:5♥:3♣:6♦:, Lo: a straight, Three to Seven
Button showed 6♥:3♥:5♦:T♠:8♥:, Lo: T,8,6,5,3
Button won t5100
3 Draws, Three straights.
I still went on to cash 3rd, so not entirely unhappy.