PLO 8/b Hand Question......

[nicthestick]

How bad was this really????
Hand #1614011996001127: Santa Rosa (6-max) 11996
Seat 2: pfat*** (36.52 in chips)
Seat 3: trbo*** (19.60 in chips)
Seat 4: Made*** (32.36 in chips)
Seat 9: Esta*** (44.75 in chips)
Seat 10: nicthestick (33.10 in chips)
Esta***: posts small blind $0.25
nicthestick: posts big blind $0.50
Dealt to nicthestick [ Qc 2c 4c Ah ]
pfat***: folds
trbo***: raises to $1.75
Made***: calls
Esta***: calls
nicthestick: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 2d 3c 2s ]
Esta***: checks
nicthestick: checks
trbo***: bets $7
Made***: calls
Esta***: folds
nicthestick: is all in 31.35
trbo***: is all in 10.85
Made***: is all in 23.61
nicthestick: returns uncalled bet $0.74

I will post the rest of the hand at a later date...

[crack]

I think I play it the same way. You need to protect your trips and try and play the pot heads up. The original raiser may have A23 but then he could easily have AA2* in which case you are free rolling high and low.

If I didn't have the nut low draw to go with this hand then it's even more of a difficult decision and I may end up mucking it, but with the NLD I think you have to play it the way you did.

[HalfSugar]

nicthestick? There's a blast from the past

13 months without a post. Welcome back.

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

Looks fine to me.

[nicthestick]

Thanks... Good to be back. It has been a long hiatus.
Here is the rest of the hand.


trbo***: shows As Jc 8h Ad
Made***: shows 3d 3h 9s Ac
nicthestick: shows Qc 2c 4c Ah
# # # TURN # # # [ 8c ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ 2h ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nicthestick wins high pot $12.50 with Four of a Kind, Deuces
nicthestick wins low pot $12.42 with Ah 2h 3c 4c 8c
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nicthestick wins high pot $29.60 with Four of a Kind, Deuces
nicthestick wins low pot $29.55 with Ah 2h 3c 4c 8c


I was dead to a 2 on the high and freerolling the low. I feel kind of bad, but that stuff happens right??

[HalfSugar]

I was dead to a 2 on the high and freerolling the low. I feel kind of bad, but that stuff happens right??

The one thing I have learnt about PLO8 is that shit happens. Often.

[MrDarling]

You can't really freeroll until you have the nuts one side.

But anyway, in Hi/lo gam most of the times you'll only win half the pot, scooping is so hard.

Your job is to try to get more money in when you have a scooping chance and when there are few people and they are not likely to share your nut.
In this case, you have a very good high with the nut low, the money should go in all the time.

And look at the results, even if you only won the low you'd still make 1.5xyour investment as it was 3 way.