[chaos]

The problem is that your turn bet may get raised and that probably isn’t good for you. You do not have the nuts or a draw to it and the CO may be free rolling you. He may have just made the same straight as you with either a draw to a bigger hand or with the nut low.

Also if the CO raises your turn bet, the SB may fold when faced with calling two big bets cold. Then you will not make any additional money even when your hand does holds up.

Things are probably going to get even murkier on the river. Any 6, 9, T, or J will create new higher straight possibilities. Any diamond will create the possibility of a flush. Any 4, 5, 7, or 8 will enable a full house or quads. Of course with two opponents not all of those outs will not be covered.

So what cards leave you with the second-nut straight? Only the non-diamond A, 2, 3, Q, or K. That is only 14 cards (you hold the A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]) out of 44 unseen cards.

It will be difficult to tell where you are if you get raised on the turn or the action heats up on the river. In such situations I like to get out of the hand as cheaply as possible. I prefer to bet and raise when I have the best hand or a big draw.

You have to be careful about hands in the Big Blind that seem to connect with the flop. You need to carefully evaluate the likelihood of scooping, getting half the pot or getting even less. You need to be able to get away from hands that may be strong in other games but are not good Omaha/8 hands. Hands like small and medium straights, bottom set, and bottom two pair especially on flops with 2 or 3 low cards. Sometimes these hands may even be the current nuts. You should be more inclined to dump your hand when you are only playing for half of the pot.

- chaos