Learn About Wildcards in Baseball Poker

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Let's do a comparison. What to do when you're catching wild cards versus what to do when you're not. In Baseball, its a stud game, two cards down, four cards up, one card down. Now, here I have laid out two hands that have been dealt to fifth street. What you see on the top hand is that the six had the fortune of catching a nine and a three by fifth street. Nines and threes are wild, so we're looking at three sixes at this time. In addition, in the pocket, I've got a King and a Queen. So, I've got my three sixes, but I'm drawing to a straight. This time, I want to go ahead and bet because its better to take down a pot now than to have my opponent come back and beat me on a statistical long shot. So, I'll go ahead and bet. This other hand for example, isn't doing so well. Hasn't been catching wild cards. We've got an eight of clubs, two of diamonds and a ten of clubs. Now there's two cards to come, they have a decent chance of catching another club. Its about a one in three chance. Only problem is, I don't have any wild cards and they're facing this other hand that's already caught two. So even if they catch their club, they have a strong chance of being up against, say a full house or four of a kind. That's a problem. You don't want to draw when you're not catching wild cards and your opponents are. Fold that hand.

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