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I played 3 2-7 single draw tournament pn Stars. Now, I would like to know more about this game.

So can you recommend me some good books, vids or any other helpful information?
 
Trying to think which pro / writers are big on 2/7 NL
I’d start combing YouTube

I’m sure Doyle had a chapter in super system

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Your best bet is probably to watch some of the cash game/tournament footage of 2-7 on poker go. There aren’t really any books or youtube videos about it.
 
My general advice for NL 2-7 Single Draw is:

1. Position
2. Position
3. Position

You can 3 bet wider and open wider in position. Since there is only one draw, you will almost always know if you need to break or pat in position based on what your opponent does. If they break, you can pat any rough J. Though I may still break really good Js sometimes because you stand to make more money if you make a big hand with something like 2457J or 3458J by breaking. But any T or better is an instant pat behind if your opponent breaks.

You should 3 bet pretty much all 9s or better from any position against a single open. And all good convertible Ts. Rough Ts can be tricky in all positions. You rate to be ahead, but if your opponent is OOP and pats into you, you aren't going to be too happy. And OOP, you are pretty much forced to pat then check to the IP player and guess when he bets.

You should almost never call OOP pre draw from the blinds if you are planning on patting. Your hand will always look like a weak made hand because you presumably would always raise your big hands.

You should almost never open a 2 card draw except from the button. Exceptions are when ICM comes into play and you have the big stack on players behind you. Even then, probably don't do it from any position earlier than the cutoff.

You can call opens with any 1 card draw to a 7, 8, or 9. You can mix in 3 bets with the good 7 and 8 draws in position. And in short stack spots in tournies you can even jam these from the blinds against an open. You can call with smooth T draws, but be careful with rough T draws.

When you draw one and get the highest pairs in your hand (pairing 5, 7, 8, or 9), you are basically forced to bluff as you have the worst hand possible in your given spot and can't beat anything that was drawing at something reasonable.

In 1 vs 1 situations, you will have to use a lot of judgment on when to value bet stuff like Ts. And it's almost impossible to value bet weaker hands OOP. You will occasionally need to bluff catch with pairs of 2s and 3s sometimes in 1 vs 1 spots. When you pair those, it's more likely your opponent paired bigger since you are blocking the lower pairs.
 
Dylan Lindes Mastering Mixed Games has a chapter on 2-7 single draw.
You can "preview" some of the book to get a feel for for the writing HERE.
I wouldn't say his book is for beginners necessarily.
Good Luck!
 
Dugthefish said:
Do you just hate life? That game has literally killed people lol
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NL 2-7 is one of the greatest poker games. Hell, I'm planning (some backing by friends willing) to play the $1500 NL 2-7 on June 13th at the series.

It's actually one of the simplest games in terms of strategy. While there definitely is nuance, it's not difficult to be reasonably competent at NL 2-7.
 
Legend5555 said:
NL 2-7 is one of the greatest poker games. Hell, I'm planning (some backing by friends willing) to play the $1500 NL 2-7 on June 13th at the series.

It's actually one of the simplest games in terms of strategy. While there definitely is nuance, it's not difficult to be reasonably competent at NL 2-7.
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Only ever played it a few times at a small stakes home game. Would play again but the rest of my crew won't lol.
 
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Piggy backing on my earlier strategy stuff, I never talked about snowing.

Unlike triple draw, deuces aren't that important in single draw. When you snow you'd much rather have hands like 8899x, 8s or 9s full with the pair being 9 or less, and maybe trip 9s. 8s and 9s are the real money winners in single draw. So blocking those is way more important that having a bunch of 2s or even 7s.

In terms of made hands, remember there are only:

4 sevens
14 eights
34 nines
69 tens
125 jacks

There are more 9s than 8s and 7s combined, almost double. And there are more tens than 9s, 8s, and 7s combined.
 
Dugthefish said:
Doyle Brunson. In one of his books, he talks about knowing of 2 players who died playing NL 2-7. Both heart attacks: one by a player who drew to and hit the nuts, and another who lost with 76432.
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Surprised I hadn't heard that story. Holy cow. I want to find that now.
 

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