PLO8 DYM

waller02

Learning the game.

Oppo seems good but not 100% because I'm not even sure what good is yet!!! haha

I'm getting short in a DYM......is this hand good enough to go with? If not, why? ty

slovan	Small blind		100.00	100.00	1970.00
speederm8	Big blind		200.00	300.00	2475.00
	Your hole cards	7 A 5 6
waller02	Raise		500.00	800.00	1085.00
eon1961	Fold
tikay1	Fold
slovan	Fold
speederm8	Raise		1400.00	2200.00	1075.00
waller02	All-in		1085.00	3285.00	0.00
speederm8	Unmatched bet		15.00	3270.00	1090.00
speederm8	Show	Q J A A
waller02	Show	7 A 5 6
Flop
		5 10 K
Turn
		K
River
		2
speederm8	Win high	Two Pairs, Aces and Kings	3270.00		4360.00
	No qualifying low hand

FCHD

I don't think you're getting that short, you still have 1500 chips at the start of the hand.

I wouldn't be playing A-7-6-5 here, unless the ace was suited. At least then you'd be drawing the high hand to a nut flush. What sort of flop are you wanting to see with that hand?

Tikay10

Hi Waller.

I think I have to fold pre here.

We have enough to let the Blinds go through & still have a "pot-sized bet" behind.
 
Our hand will need to outdraw ANY hand it goes up against, A-5-6-7 is beating very little.

Personally, I rarely play any hand that has combos of 5, 6 & 7 in it, these are really bad cards "together".
 
As long as we still have a pot-sized bet behind, I "wait for a better spot" here.

A-5-6-7 is really bad imo. It ranks (out of 5,300 hands) 2,400 if unsuited, 900th if single suited, & 677th if double suited.   

Incidentally, you say the Villain "is, or looks good". That's not for me to say here, but I "grade" every single opponent I have ever played against in these PLO8 DYM's, using the note facility.
 
Just a word or two.

Very good

Competent.

OK

Station

That sort of thing. You soon build up a good reservoir of info.

I also "colour code" every one, so I can see their assumed ability at a glance, when in a hand.
 
My "code" has Green as competent or good, Purple as "FIRST CLASS",  Red as "Station", that sort of thing.
 
PS - Jac35 is "Yellow". (= "Orford quality").

Tikay10

In Response to Re: PLO8 DYM:

I don't think you're getting that short, you still have 1500 chips at the start of the hand. I wouldn't be playing A-7-6-5 here, unless the ace was suited. At least then you'd be drawing the high hand to a nut flush. What sort of flop are you wanting to see with that hand?
Posted by FCHD

100% agree, especially "what sort of flop are we hoping for?".

We can almost never scoop here.

Just think, wherever possible, before every hand, "AM I LIKELY TO SCOOP?"

If we are unlikely to scoop, we are risking our whole stack for half the pot at best, & can get freerolled by Villain.  

gerardirl

What colour are you Tikay?

FCHD

In Response to Re: PLO8 DYM:

What colour are you Tikay?
Posted by gerardirl

On my screens Tikay1 is yellow. My colours may or may not have different meanings to Tikay's though!

waller02

Cheers for all the input. I have found a list of all the hand rankings and have printed it off.

Hopefully in time I can squeeze myself into the "green" or even "purple" categories..........don't hold your breath though!!

F_Ivanovic

PPT it, it's not actually that big of a dog against a 20% range, think it had 45% equity or so. When you think about the fold equity we have as well, shoving is going to be +ev.