tcoucous -
Raise is too big preflop with players yet to act, IMO. He doesn't really want to push everyone out of the pot (as you say) although raising seems OK with this hand, I think limping or putting in a smaller raise seems to make more sense. I have no problem with making a minimum raise with strong hands to let everyone in but make the pot bigger on the flop.
On the flop, betting out strongly seems sensible to me; that pair could be of use against someone holding a naked A2, and he wants to restrict entry to anyone with a flush draw or holding something like A3JJ, which is winning high but will probably dump to a full pot bet. I think I usually bet pot here, it's surprising how often everyone folds (although that's in the 100 and 200 games admittedly). Once someone raises I guess it's looking like a probable quartering, but with low insurance plus the vague possibility of scraping something out of high, I think he's got to call the last $10. Even getting SIXTHED he still gets about $9 back, so it's pretty much a no-brainer. The perils of short stacks!
BROR11:
Preflop seems fine, you really can't lay that down. If it hadn't been a full pot raise, I would've been tempted even to re-raise preflop, getting AKK2 all-in (or close to it) against someone with anything other than AA is pretty good news.
On the flop I think if he calls it's clear this hand is going all in, so he should raise or fold there. With the overpair I'd be tempted to move in in the 25PLO8 games, although against a set of decent opponents I'd not expect to often get called with weaker hands (A3, bare flush draw etc) and so perhaps passing would be a more sensible option, especially as the preflop raise and calls suggest at least one A2 is probably out already.
NMGambler:
Gotta call preflop I think, pretty strong hand that. Flop is a dream come true and the only question is how best to get both your opponents' stacks in the middle; I'd probably look to call and then get the rest in on the turn but I think the flop raise is liable to do the job anyway, so it kinda plays itself.
So I don't think anyone played it terribly, the nature of omaha is that sometimes these huge pots get built where everyone has a decent hand! For the two guys who got sixthed, it's hard not to put in a bet because they both have the nut low with (in the first case) apparent fold equity and something for high, and in the second case a decent possibility of winning high with nut low. It's hard to put A256 out there! However, I think both players might've played it a bit more carefully.
Monk
xxxxxStatistics: Posted by Felonius_Monk — Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:33 am
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