***** Hand History for Game 3077925865 *****
$100 PL Omaha Hi/Lo - Tuesday, November 22, 16:51:17 EDT 2005
Table Table 64699 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: tonyfun ( $96.80 )
Seat 2: Alan419 ( $315.16 )
Seat 4: kobra77 ( $78.14 )
Seat 5: Briar69 ( $161.76 )
Seat 6: EquusRider ( $72.30 )
Seat 7: x_BBB_x ( $210.05 )
Seat 9: leadbottom ( $264.60 )
Seat 10: MotleyFool81 ( $111.62 )
Seat 3: Numen ( $96 )
Seat 8: Two_Sevn_Off ( $99 )
tonyfun posts small blind [$0.50].
Alan419 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Two_Sevn_Off [ Th Ac 2c Jh ]
Numen folds.
kobra77 calls [$1].
Briar69 calls [$1].
EquusRider calls [$1].
x_BBB_x folds.
Two_Sevn_Off raises [$6.50].
leadbottom folds.
MotleyFool81 folds.
tonyfun folds.
Alan419 folds.
kobra77 folds.
Briar69 calls [$5.50].
>You have options at Table 68812 (No DP) Table!.
EquusRider raises [$27.50].
>You have options at Table 68812 (No DP) Table!.
Two_Sevn_Off calls [$22].
Briar69 calls [$22].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, 6d, Qh ]
Briar69 checks.
EquusRider is all-In.
Two_Sevn_Off ???

EquusRider is a tight player and Briar69 is a total fish. I called pre-flop because I knew that Briar69 was going to call too and that flop hit me just enough that I am contemplating continuing. What do you guys think?

I didn't think it was that clear cut but it's pretty clear you have next to no equity for high and thus are risking 45-ish to win half of a $130-ish pot. However, when you run it through the odds calculator against a likely opponent hand, you seem to be getting very good value to call:

Omaha Hi/Low 8-or-better: 820 enumerated boards containing 5c 6d Qh
cards scoop HIwin HIlos HItie LOwin LOlos LOtie EV
Ac 2c Jh Th 131 166 654 0 427 33 9 0.408
As 8c 4c Ad 279 654 166 0 131 427 9 0.592

Even if Briar69 comes along for the ride it's hard to see a spot where you can be in real trouble here. Because neither player has much for high, your various back-door and scratchy high possibilities may just be worth a fair amount of equity and your low draw has a good shot of being ahead. Even against AA2 with low counterfeit protection the call is still not significantly -EV:

Omaha Hi/Low 8-or-better: 820 enumerated boards containing 5c 6d Qh
cards scoop HIwin HIlos HItie LOwin LOlos LOtie EV
Ac 2c Jh Th 71 155 650 15 0 0 495 0.293
As 2s 8c Ad 231 650 155 15 72 0 495 0.707

I think this is a pretty clear call. Which surprised me because I was going to suggest it looks (on the face of it) like a marginal fold after first looking at the hand. Still, you learn something new every day!

Monk
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