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[bampote]

In an Omaha H/L Tournament (or in a shorthanded game, I suppose), what sorts of hands become more viable as the number of players dwindles? I just played one over at Full Tilt, and had a massive chip lead (75-80% of chips in play) when we made it to 3, but then, I went into a tailspin and busted in 3rd place. I'm certainly glad to do this well, but I really feel like the tournament was mine to lose, so I'm curious how some of you go about shorthanded play. Thanks!

[Herr Mensch]

I know this isn't heplful, but ... I don't think anyone knows. I asked this question days ago, ("Getting Loose", in this same subforum.) No replies. Someone else asked in General Poker the next day. That spawned a few vague and characteristically sarcastic replies. One answer was something like 'don't play o/8 shorthanded, it's pointless'. How very illuminating, yes?May you have better fortune than those who went before you.

[akishore]

generally, see many more flops.specifically, push hard only when you have chances of scooping and three-quartering.any paint pair becomes raisable three-handed, as a pair can often take down the high heads-up on the flop. A2/A3/23 all become strong low draws.as in any shorthanded game, aggression becomes a lot more important.a hand like A-2-7-9 is a pretty trashy hand in a ring game, but it becomes a raising hand short-handed. same with a hand like J-J-7-3. a playable hand like A-Q-2-5 ace-suited becomes almost a monster short-handed.sorry i can't be much more of help, but in general, pre-flop play becomes less important and post-flop play becomes much more important. you're also drawing to the nuts much less, and top pair and two pair can often scoop pots, and third-nut-lows can often win the low half, etc.i generally stay away from shorthanded O8 games because one of the biggest reasons O8 ring games are such cash cows is because of the importance of pre-flop play. this is no longer the case short-handed.good luck,aseem