When It's Time to Fold in Razz.

See also

• RAZZ Rules
• RAZZ Tips

Let's see some examples.

Don't draw weak against power on the board.
With a hand of (8-5) 4-2-J, and your opponent showing a powerful board like A-3-4, you will almost always want to fold your hand when he bets into you. The best hand that you could make on the next card would be an eight low, whereas your opponent may already have 5-4-3-2-A, a wheel! At minimum, you have to figure that he has a better low draw than you have. Folding your hand here is a pretty good idea.
Suppose you catch two bad cards in a row on fourth and fifth streets and your opponent catches two good ones. It doesn't matter that you have already put in three bets each; just bow out.

Don't try to hit two perfect cards in a row.
Suppose that you have (A-3) 4 to start, your opponent has a six to start, and you reraise him to start the hand. Now you catch a king, and he catches a deuce. He bets into you and you call. Now he catches an eight and you catch a queen. When he bets his 6-2-8 into you, it's time to fold your (A-3) 4-K-Q. Yes, it was a pretty starting hand, but don't call a big bet on fifth street and hope to hit a perfect card and thus pick up a draw that might or might not get there on the river! That's way too many ifs. It's time to give up and fold this hand.

Alternatively, you have four cards to a nine or worse, and your opponents are betting and raising with smooth-looking boards. Try to avoid drawing to a hand like this for a lot of bets from opponents who are clearly drawing to much stronger hands than you are.

Fold a four-card nine for a lot of heat.
Suppose you have called two bets with (A-6) 5 and now you catch a nine. Now the player showing a board of 2-3 bets out and the player showing a board of 3-5 raises, so that it's two bets to you to play your (A-6) 5-9. It's time to fold your hand, because it looks as if both of your opponents are drawing better than you are. The problem here is that if just one of them hits his hand, you'll need to catch two good cards in order to beat him! Another reason to fold is that you don't know that it's going to be only two bets to see the fifth card. If you do call, you may find that you now have to call a "capped" bet (maximum number of raises allowed) on fourth street if the other players decide to keep raising with their strong hands.