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[TheSalche]

jefe you're absolutely right about the antes in those kind of games, they will eat you alive if you don't play enough hands, and you actually can't be a winning player on that level if you're not loosening up

30% 4th street is a good goal to shoot for, especially because that will still be much tighter than the other players at this level

to loosen up you're play here, start playing pretty much any wired pair (pair in the hole) and play split pairs down to 7s or so when your cards are live and there isn't much 3rd street raising, almost any 3 suited even with 2 or 3 dead may be playable (but fold 4th if you don't get some help), instead of needing 3 high cards (i.e. A Q 10) to play, maybe loosen it down to two high cards and two suited (i.e. As 10d 5s)

you should be seeing more 4th streets, but you HAVE to fold marginal hands on 4th street if you don't get any help

you're looking for implied odds here, if you pay that extra .25 with 5 people in the pot when you have a pair of 6s in the hole and you hit that 6 on 4th street, you need to be able to make about $5-$7 from the hand to make up for the times when you miss 4th street ... to improve your chances of making money, hold off raising till 5th street when the bet doubles and you can usually lock in 2 or 3 other opponents to come to 6th and 7th with you

practice practice practice ... and read 7 card stud for advanced players ...

[TheSalche]

just updated this ... a little better written and i added a link to good ol diamond cutters starting hands 'chart' if you will