Hi-Lo Low cost fun tonight.......

Tikay10

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Had a blast playing the 7.15 and 8.15 quid games.  It's always good to learn new skills and have a laugh at the same time.  I learnt that if you flop the second nuts and get someone shoving into you then folding is never a bad thing.  The name has been changed to avoid embarassment Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance tik*y1 Small blind   25.00 25.00 2598.00 PENGUIN777 Big blind   50.00 75.00 1315.00   Your hole cards K A 4 Q       Donttelmum Raise   100.00 175.00 2320.50 cenachav Call   100.00 275.00 2450.00 TommyD Fold         earntheriv Fold         tik*y1 Call   75.00 350.00 2523.00 PENGUIN777 Fold         Flop     A Q A       tik*y1 Check         Donttelmum Check         cenachav Bet   175.00 525.00 2275.00 tik*y1 Call   175.00 700.00 2348.00 Donttelmum Fold         Turn     6       tik*y1 Bet   350.00 1050.00 1998.00 cenachav Raise   1050.00 2100.00 1225.00 tik*y1 All-in   1998.00 4098.00 0.00 cenachav All-in   1225.00 5323.00 0.00 tik*y1 Unmatched bet   73.00 5250.00 73.00 tik*y1 Show Q 10 Q 7       cenachav Show K A 4 Q       River     7       cenachav Win high Full House, Aces and Queens 5250.00   5250.00   No qualifying low hand      
Posted by cenachav

Wii, there she is, ship the fiver!

Well done Mr Chav.

Tikay10

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I played the 9.15 tournament, really enjoyed the game. I found it quite frustrating/difficult to get my chips in late on when I was short stacked, twice I had great starting hands when down to about 8BBs, and all I could do was min raise. Eventually managed to get all in pre with a strong hand vs one opponent but the low came in and snatched half the pot back. Great game! I guess the advice is try never to get so low in pot limit?
Posted by bbMike[/QUOTE]

Mike,

IMO, you can coast with a MUCH smaller stack in PLO before you press the gung-ho button & ship with spanners.

10 bigs is nowhere near "panic time" in PLO8.

GELDY

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I'm sure the players involved won't mind their names in there.

no problem

Geldy is enjoying the night.

Posted by TommyD

indeed i was - even managed to win a couple of them, though more through luck than judgement - as no doubt will become clear once my hand is exposed in your example (I assume - i don't actually remember what i had)

thks TK, tommyD et al for providing such a fun evening, and everyone for the advice

note to self: don't try to play NLHE while multi-tabling PLO8

bbMike

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In Response to Re: Hi-Lo Low cost fun tonight....... :

I played the 9.15 tournament, really enjoyed the game. I found it quite frustrating/difficult to get my chips in late on when I was short stacked, twice I had great starting hands when down to about 8BBs, and all I could do was min raise. Eventually managed to get all in pre with a strong hand vs one opponent but the low came in and snatched half the pot back. Great game! I guess the advice is try never to get so low in pot limit? Posted by bbMike[/ QUOTE] Mike, IMO, you can coast with a MUCH smaller stack in PLO before you press the gung-ho button & ship with spanners. 10 bigs is nowhere near "panic time" in PLO8.
Posted by Tikay10

Thanks for this, there was no problem seeing a flop, but it would always be 3/4 way and easily pushed off by big stacks if I didn't have a great or improvable hand post-flop. I guess it's just more variance which feels intimidating with such a bowl, but perhaps finer starting hand selection is what's required. Playing short is definitely something I'll need to think about.

Mike.

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Forgot how much I enjoyed PLO8, but next time can we fix the software so Im not seated with Greghogg? Cant beat his immense rungood!

FCHD

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In Response to Re: Hi-Lo Low cost fun tonight....... : Thanks for this, there was no problem seeing a flop, but it would always be 3/4 way and easily pushed off by big stacks if I didn't have a great or improvable hand post-flop. I guess it's just more variance which feels intimidating with such a bowl, but perhaps finer starting hand selection is what's required. Playing short is definitely something I'll need to think about. Mike.
Posted by bbMike

You need to take less Hold-Em thinking in to these games.

3-4 way flops are standard, most of the time the others are in the same state as you and are getting to see a flop with a marginal (or worse) starting hand.

"A bowl" in a Omaha High Low will be less, often way less, than what would be considered a shoving stack in No Limit Hold Em, and you can hang around for ages with a short stack even if you split the hands you do play.