every so often im sitting in a game and someone leaves or busts and then a fish decides to tighten up and the game turns into a blind stealing contest. what im refereing to is this

1) often one or two limpers and somebody will raise. the limpers will almost always fold.
2) nobody makes early posistion raises.
3) hands almost never go past the flop.


im curious as to where you guys think the average player is making mistakes in this type of game.

I don't see many like this.

Seems as if raising frequently in LP would be +EV

in games this tight pot literally every hand in the cutoff and button and 1/2 pot the flop unless it's obvious someone has a made low if you want to make money. that's what i used to have to do when i played pl.

better route is finding another game, though. there's a reason plo8 isn't played very often at higher limits unless there is an obvious fish around. (there are exceptions, i realize, before i get flamed, but more people that play higher play limit)

If the table is so tight, either leave or play like this.

PokerStars Game #73639: Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit ($1/$2) - 2006/12/11 - 05:20:45 (ET)
Table 'Margarita II' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: mrscorduroy ($210.30 in chips)
Seat 2: waterboy113 ($190 in chips)
Seat 3: cdplayer69 ($83.80 in chips)
Seat 4: jkosfcp ($243.20 in chips)
Seat 5: oldbirddy ($193.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Nezera ($184.30 in chips)
Seat 8: fishnchips ($165.65 in chips)
Seat 9: blackpuma00 ($198 in chips)
Nezera: posts small blind $1
fishnchips: posts big blind $2

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jkosfcp [Kc 8s 7h Jc]
blackpuma00: folds
mrscorduroy: folds
waterboy113: folds
cdplayer69: calls $2
jkosfcp: raises $4 to $6
oldbirddy: folds
Nezera: folds
fishnchips: raises $4 to $10
cdplayer69: calls $8
jkosfcp: calls $4


*** FLOP *** [Qd 9h Tc]
fishnchips: checks
cdplayer69: checks
jkosfcp: bets $29.45
fishnchips: raises $29.45 to $58.90
cdplayer69: folds
jkosfcp: raises $147.25 to $206.15
fishnchips: calls $96.75 and is all-in

*** TURN *** [Qd 9h Tc] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 9h Tc 5d] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fishnchips: shows [Qs 7s Ah Kh] (HI: two pair, Aces and Queens)
jkosfcp: shows [Kc 8s 7h Jc] (HI: a straight, Ten to Ace)
jkosfcp collected $339.30 from pot
No low hand qualified
fishnchips leaves the table

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $342.30 | Rake $3
Board [Qd 9h Tc 5d Ac]
Seat 1: mrscorduroy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: waterboy113 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cdplayer69 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: jkosfcp showed [Kc 8s 7h Jc] and won ($339.30) with HI: a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 5: oldbirddy (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Nezera (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: fishnchips (big blind) showed [Qs 7s Ah Kh] and lost with HI: two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 9: blackpuma00 folded before Flop (didn't bet)