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Razz after 3rd street: when you brick, pair or make your hand
From 4th street on, the lowest board acts first, bets double on 5th street, and every card you both catch is public except the last. The questions that come up most are what to do when you catch a brick (a 9 or higher, or a card that pairs you) while the opponent catches good, when both of you brick, and how to play a made but rough low against a board that still looks live. The numbers below are from the heads-up solver with the pot sizes that follow from the usual 3rd-street action (2.3 small bets on 4th street after a completion and a call, 4.3 on 5th, 8.3 on 6th and 12.3 on 7th when a bet went in on every street).
The spots, in one table
Heads-up limit Razz; "how often" is the solver's strategy, "worth" is measured from this decision on (fold = 0). Each spot page has the full table, the why and the method.
What the numbers add up to
Across the 10 single-decision spots here, the solver's main play puts more money in (completes, bets or raises) in 3, calls in 6, folds in 1.
A published answer was found for 4 of them; heads-up, the solver agrees with it in 2, partly agrees in 0 and disagrees in 2.
The costliest piece of common advice here, by the measured values: Razz 4th street: you pair your 3, the opponent shows 6-4 and bets. Call or fold. The advice says fold (0 small bets from here on); the solver's call measured +1.12, a gap of 1.12 small bets.
Closest calls (two plays worth about the same, so either is fine): Razz 4th street: you catch a 2, the opponent catches a King. Bet or check (check or bet); Razz 4th street: you both catch bricks and you act first. Bet or check (check or bet).
The spots
- In Razz, I have 8-6-3 and catch a King on 4th street; my opponent (who completed) shows 5-2 and bets. Call or fold?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver calls with 8-6-3-K against 5-2 showing 95% of the time. - In Razz 4th street, my 8-6-3 caught a 2 and my opponent (5 up) caught a King. I act first: bet or check?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver bets with 8-6-3-2 against 5-K showing, first to act 70% of the time, and checks 30%. - In Razz 4th street, my 7-5-3 caught another 3 (a pair); my opponent shows 6-4 and bets. Call or fold?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver calls with 7-5-3-3 against 6-4 showing 95% of the time. - In Razz 4th street, my 7-5-2 caught a Queen and my opponent (8 up) caught a King. I act first: bet or check?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver bets with 7-5-2-Q against 8-K showing, first to act 71% of the time, and checks 29%. - In Razz 5th street, I have 7-5-2 with a Queen and a Jack; my opponent shows 6-4-3 and bets. Fold?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver folds with 7-5-2-Q-J against 6-4-3 showing 99.7% of the time. - In Razz 5th street, I have a made 9-8 low (9-8-5-3-2); my opponent shows 6-4-3 and bets. Call, raise or fold?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver calls with a made 9-8 low against 6-4-3 showing 99.5% of the time. - In Razz 5th street, I have 7-5-2-4 and a King (four to a 7); my opponent shows 6-4-3 and bets. Call?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver calls with 7-5-4-2 plus a King against 6-4-3 showing 97% of the time. - In Razz 6th street, I have a made 8-7 low; my opponent shows 7-5-4-2 and bets. Call, raise or fold?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver calls with a made 8-7 low against 7-5-4-2 showing 99.4% of the time. - In Razz, should I call on 7th street with a 9-low when my opponent shows K-8-4-2 and bets?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver calls with a 9-7 low against K-8-4-2 showing 99.4% of the time. - In Razz 7th street, I have an 8-7 low and my opponent, showing 9-8-4-2, checks. Bet or check?
Heads-up, PokerToast's limit Razz solver bets with an 8-7 low against 9-8-4-2 showing, after a check 100.0% of the time.
Numbers from PokerToast's heads-up limit Razz solver, version R-3690500-20261005095629, looked up when this page was built (2026-10-19). Heads-up only; hand groups, not exact cards; EVs are measured estimates against an opponent who plays like the solver.