Should I have folded this???
Should I have folded this???

Should I have folded this???

Hey all,

I was playing a $200 8-Game Mix COOP event on Pokerstars. I ended up folding my hand in a big 3 way pot during the stud round. I must acknowledge that my stud game is fairly weak relative to the other games and I don't have a tonne of experience with it. I am wondering what you guys would have done in my situation and if I should have stayed in the hand.

Dead cards are Q, K, 10.

Blinds are 10k/20k.

Villian 1 has 205k
Villain 2 has 83k
Hero has 210k

3rd Street
Villian 1 raises the bring-in with xxA
Hero reraises with A4A
Villian 2 four bet raises with xxJ
Villian 1 cold calls the 4 bet
Hero calls.

(At this point I'm wondering how the J reraises against TWO aces. He must have rolled up jacks right??? This is what I'm worried about. Then Villian 2 cold calls with A...hmm does have aces too?).

4th Street
Villian 1- xxA9 - Check
Hero - A4A5 - Check
Villian 2 - xxJ5 - Bet
Villian 1 and Hero call.

5th Street
Villian 1- xxA910 - Check
Hero - A4A58 - Check
Villian 2 - xxJ510 - Bet
Villian 1 check raises.
Hero is facing a 40k raise with a stack of 170k stack.

(At this point I'm assuming Villian 1 caught aces up or trip 10s for him to check raise suddenly. I don't have any cards higher than a 10 to try and catch a better two pair. I'm worried about losing too many chips if I get to the river with the worst hand. I decide to fold my pair of aces.)

Villian 2 reraises all in for another 3k
Villian 1 calls.

6th Street they show their hands
Villian 1- 10JA910Q
Villian 2 - 2JJ5106 (sorry the suit image isn't showing, I'm too tired to fiddle around with it)

7th Street
Villian 1 - 10JA910Q3
Villian 2 - 2JJ5106K

Villian 2 wins a 221k pot with a pair of jacks. Had I won the hand I would have been top ten in chips. Not long after I ended up getting eliminated.

So Villian 2 reraised two aces on 3rd street with jacks and Villian 1 check raised on 5th street with just a pair of tens.

Was I wrong in assuming my aces were beat on 5th street and folding? I was shocked when I saw what my opponents hands were.

30 September 2025 at 06:08 AM
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I think you played it just fine

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