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[akishore]

$2/4 omaha hi/lo, eight-handedi'm MP with A 10 6 3 .EP limps, i limp, LP limps, SB completes, BB checks.(5 SB) A Q 5 SB checks, BB checks, EP checks, i bet, LP calls, SB calls, BB folds, EP calls.(4.5 BB) 4 SB checks, EP bets, i ...no reads.this is a pretty routine situation, but i'm just wondering if my routine action here is correct.aseem

[garamond10pt]

EP probably has low locked up, the question is whether your raise will scare out the SB. Without any reads, I'd say flat call.

[akishore]

garamond10pt said:

EP probably has low locked up, the question is whether your raise will scare out the SB. Without any reads, I'd say flat call.

that's the usual reasoning i was expecting.there's more it than that, though.aseem

[AceyDeucy]

Let's think about it this way:Do you want to force people out or build a pot? You know your high is good, though not invincible. Still, anyone drawing against it is drawing slim. Your low is probably not good, though the other guy might get counterfeited. Probably a long shot on taking the low, but about the same as your shot at losing the high. Since you have a hammerlock on half the pot, you might as well build it up, especially if you can do it a lot of ways.What are the odds of the SB calling? Who cares? You are hoping to get one more BB out of him, unless you think he will call the river, then we are up to 2 more BB. If you raise you can be reasonably confident that you will get it out of your other customer, although the ratio of your contribution/pot size drops. If the SB calls the raise, now you get two more out of him, plus the one out of EP, who might also do you a favor a three-bet it, which will let you happily cap it.But the other thing is that you showed strength on the flop. The fact you are still attacking after someone else woke up might make someone else think you are happy on two flopped pair, or that you also hit the low and are getting quartered. I think the continuation of action here will be to your benefit, because I think you are more likely to drag the SB along, because he might also be sitting on a great low, or a pretty good high, and either way can talk himself into calling.

[Rocketwadster]

I think its a call, so as to not scare away the others in the pot. If raised behind you, re-raise. 8)