I agree on the minimum raise preflop to prime the pot. I do this quite frequently and it accomplished two things.
1) Give you a loose image at the table because you are always raising. At the cost of the .25, it gives you an image that will get you hands paid off on the turn and river for big bets. At the cost of a quarter, you won't drive out the K high flush draws and A3 hands that you want to play against with big holdings.
2) At the cost of a .25 (PL 25) it provides enough sweetener in the pot to get a good bet on the flop for people to chase, but not enough of a pot to be driven out of for you to chase the flush, boat, etc. if you are check raised.
One item that was not addresses that I would be interested to here about in you findings. What does PTO say about the bottom boat, middle set and bottom set? I know that those are actually three items, but I lump them into the same category of monkey dung. I hate those hands and usually fold them to any action.
Also, I definately agree with your statement about folding the best hand on the flop being the correct thing to do at times. I believe that ability to do so separates the break even player from the good player. ATE helped me realize that Omaha was about domination of your opponent and not about coin flips.
TomStatistics: Posted by teknipper — Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:10 pm
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