strategy
Monday, August 29th, 2005, 10:37 PM
Should I spend time worrying about running into quads when I've got the nut full house in low limit PLO? (I'm talking QQxx on a board of Q99JT)
I've been cleaned out a few times today with the nut full vs quads and I'm really kind of wondering if I should be re-raising with it... even though I know they will raise and re-raise with stupid crap like the nut straight on a paired and flushed board.
TWICE they hollywooded with their quads when I put in the last raise. 'Well.. if you have the straight flush, I guess I'll pay it off...'
****ing jerks.
I'd appreciate any experienced opinions on this.
Rocketwadster
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005, 5:10 AM
I think caution should be excercised ANYTIME that you do not have the nuts after all the cards are out when playing any form of omaha...quads are much more prevalent than in holdem, as are straight flushes... 8)
ahosang
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005, 5:49 AM
Unlucky.
In low-limit, most of the time the opponent has a lesser hand. As long as it's only quads you're losing to, you should be OK in the long run. But if somehow little money is in before the river, then, as RocketWadster said, you could avoid putting in your entire stack by just calling the pot raise.
Just don't be losing much to another boat when the board's paired....
mk
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005, 6:22 AM
yeah, you definitely can't be afraid of running into quads. sure, it happens, but at low limits, you're much more likely to be up against a buffalo with a flush or straight. like another poster said, as long as you don't find yourself raising and re-raising with underfulls, you're ok.
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