Rolled Up Sets In Stud HL

In Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo, you will be faced with certain situations where you will want to play the game like Stud Hi.  Unfortunately, playing Stud H/L the way you would its high only counterpart will usually leave you drawing short or even dead.  One of these situations that I would like to discuss today is how to play a rolled up set in Stud Hi-Lo. Being rolled up in Stud Hi-Lo or Stud Hi is extremely rare.  So much so that you may only experience it once or twice in several sessions or a tournament.  The first inclination for a player that receives a rolled up set is to slow play it.  In Stud high, this would be the correct play.  You want to try and get a couple of players to call along and then burn them for extra bets.  The structure of Stud Hi-Lo requires you to rethink this concept.

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First, if you are facing solid Stud H/L players, then they will be coming after you with scooping hands.  While three of a kind has the potential to scoop if nobody makes a low, the odds of it holding up are greatly reduced in Stud H/L.  As a result, you want to come out firing when you get a rolled up set.  If nobody had completed, complete the bet.  If someone has raised, then re-raise.  You want to make your opponents pay to outdraw you and if possible, you want to get heads-up in the hand.

Playing a rolled up set from ace to eight will be semi-deceptive to the lesser experienced player.  They might think you have buried aces or that you are playing a strong low.  Rolled up sets from nine to king are a bit different.  If you raise with these, you will almost be telegraphing your play to your opponents and they will likely slow down.  Hopefully someone will still be stubborn and call you down.

If you are unable to push anyone out on third street with your set, you want two do two things.  First, you are going to hammer your opponents on fourth street.  If they bet, you are going to raise.  The only exception would be if you start with a low rolled up set and they pair their door card.  If they are taking a flyer with a pair and caught, then you may be behind.  Next, you want to pay close attention to their hand on fifth street.  Do they have a potential scooper or not?  If not, punish your opponents.  If they do, you may need to slow down if you have not filled up.

When you play a rolled up set, you really want to fill up.  Filling up will almost guarantee at least the high half of the pot. A percentage of the time you will even scoop.  The key concept in playing a rolled up set is to play it fast and be alert to any potential scooping hands.  You will be surprised how many times you will have action on your rolled up set from low hands hoping to catch or from players that aren't perceptive enough to put you on a set. 

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