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I am afraid I obliged with a tikay donation
Not sure if I could get away from the hand though - had nut flush draw, up/down nut str8 draw and ended up with 2nd nut lo to make it seem worth calling off on the river.
:-(
don't mind though enjoying the learning experience.
:-)
FYI I donked off 2.5 buy ins within half an hour. Mainly cause i didnt know what the freaking low pot was for!
Think i might stay away for PL08.
Sorry Tikay but you and the other regs will have to get your money from other fish.
Confirmed it was NOT me.
You have to be prepared - repeatedly - to get the lot in with striong drawing hands. Whatever you have in front of you (cash) should go in numerous times over a single session in the correct circumstances.
Two nut high draws, & a 2nd nut low draw - it is always correct to get it in here, you had so many ways of winning.
I thought you ran a bit bad overall, but I hope you enjoyed it.
It is a VERY different game to NLH, with many subtleties & nuances.
In the "Low" hands in PLO8, the regular rules of poker & Hand Rankings are not relevant.
Pairs, 2 pairs, sets, flushes, full houses, none of these count in a "Low".
Even more confusing, whilst the best (nut) Low hand is a straight, aka "the wheel" (A-2-3-4-5) this is NOT deemed a straight for the Low pot. It is the nut low, NOT a straight. For the high hand, it IS a straight.
In most (not all) cases, A-2-3-4-5 will be a "scoop", being the Nut Low, & a 5 high straight.
PLO8 is all about scoops.
You are not trying to win the Low, you are trying to win the high. Win the high, & if there is no qualifying low hand out there, you get the lot.
In every completed hand of PLO8 there is a High Hand.
In SOME completed hands of PLO8 there is a Low Hand.
There is ALWAYS A HIGH.
There is NOT ALWAYS A LOW.
Try & win those High Pots, they are far more +Ev than Low hands.
I have some business in the Midlands this afternoon, so I'm not certain to be back in time, but I'll definitely play this if I am home in time tonight, & will do so again tomorrow & Friday.
I'll enter tonight's one NOW, so you may even get a Freeroll on me, as I might not be home in time. Fill yer boots.
Tonight's 8.25pm £100 Guaranteed PLO8 Tourney.....
Any more PLO8 questions, please fire away.
We had three full tables running last night, & people seemed to be enjoying the game.
I may not be able to play again tonight, but I'll be on the PLO8 Cash Tables any night this wek there is a game going.
Don't forget, it is Double Rewards week this week, too, which really helps.
Overall I did enjoy playing something different and will likely give it another shot at some point.
has to be by far the most interesting version of poker played on Sky
played my first DYM for years the other day - just to be able to sit at a PLO8 table with Tikay
roll up, roll up
First time on any sort of cash table and only been playing PLO8 for a month or so.
Managed to river a FH to take TK's money , so lifes good :-)
Will try it again when i can.
Can't really say PLO8 is "the most interesting version of poker on Sky Poker" thaqt is subjective, but personally, yes, it requires quite a degree of thought, partly because Pot Limit means we cannot just shove people off hands, & partly because the complexities of PLO8 are so intricate & deep. A 3 way hand, & we have the high locked up, & we are pretty sure BOTH the others have the nut low is quite an interesting spot....we are freerolling here. But what if one of those two also has the same high as us. (Broadway straight, for example). Now WE are being freerolled.
Decisions decisions......
I play PLO8 on this site every night I am at home, I find it incredibly relaxing, & satisfying. I almost never see "bad losers" shooting their mouth, either.
Just got to find a way to win now......
"Quartered" pots can be very complex to grasp.
Personally, if I have the Button, & several limpers, I either fold, or "POT", every time, I (almost) never limp on the Button in PLO8.
UTG, yes, I often limp. People will call with almost any 4 cards, so Raising UTG makes for some tough spots down the streets in a bloated pot.
Imagine raising with "bad" Aces UTG, say A-A-9-7, no suits. We get 5 callers. What do we do on the flop unless it contains an Ace? And if an Ace flops, this brings all the low hands into play.......
I flopped the nut straight (Broadway), you flopped Top Set, Kings. Nobody is folding there, unless it comes one suit or somesuch.
Full double up for you when that J paired!
Nobody did anything wrong, both players played it perfectly, one lost the lot, one got the lot.
While my good lady I in hospital it is a great way to unwind at the end of the day
I feel if I play a game I already know well, any bad beats/mistakes would most likely put me on tilt - as I am learning PLO8 I can shrug off losses as a learning experience.
Total loss on the night of £0.49 so it isn't crippling the bankroll (yet).
Here's a few examples. Hopefully some of us can learn something from them. Me included with some feedback!
First was my biggest win of the night and an example of a "scoop". I flopped the nut straight and a pretty good lo got some action and both hands held up through the streets. Note the opponents "better lo" with A2 wasn't made as their 2 paired. With only 3 lo cards on the board and 2 lo cards in your hand you don't have a lo hand if you have a lo pair.
If opponent had held A3 or A4 they would have bettered my lo and split the pot.
NB I will edit this post and come back when I have worked out how to post hands properly!
For some reason the card suits are not showing.
will try and break away and play more of this
For example. the last pot I was dealt into (but didn't play), according to my hand history, the pot was £9.49 yet the returns were £4.29 & £4.27 (which is odd in itself, why not £4.28 each). meaning that 9.8% rake was taken, not the advertised 7.5%. I'm sure there were other examples too.
Ho and looking back I played for over 2 hrs (140 hands) not 1 lol time flies when your having fun.
https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby/poker-school/omaha-hi-lo-introduction?tracking=pokersleftnav
You can never use just one card from your hadn or none as you do in holdem. Does lead to some weird nut making hands. For example if your hand included 9s2s on a board that had a royal flush in spades on it then you would have the total lock down nuts. But quite funny getting called by someone who thinks they are splitting it though
in your example you have the nut flush whether 3 4 or 5 hearts hit the board so as long as nut flush is the nut hand happy days.
In that hand if 3 of the board are 8 or lower (but not A or 2) you have also made the nut lo so it is a very strong hand!
you would still have the nut flush as you have the ace :@)