Fear of higher boats
Still getting a hang of playing sets and full houses. Any help on my entire line would really be appreciated here.
This is a $8 PLO8 tournament on Pokerstars. It's very early so no reads except that BB was a huge donk.
Poker Stars
Pot Limit Omaha H/L Tournament
Blinds: t10/t20
9 players
Stack sizes:
UTG: t1300
UTG+1: t2770
MP1: t650
Hero: t1490
MP3: t530
CO: t1430
Button: t800
SB: t1210
BB: t3320
Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG calls t20 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t30)</font>, 2 folds, Hero calls t20 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t50)</font>, 2 folds, Button calls t20 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t70)</font>, SB calls t10 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t90)</font>, BB checks.
Is this a good call pre-flop? Ideally I'm looking for scooping hands, but is this an okay high hand?
Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t100, 5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, Button checks.
I'm still getting the hang of playing 2 pair and sets on draw heavy boards. Check seemed to be the best line this early.
Turn: 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t100, 5 players)
<font color="#cc0000">SB bets t80</font>, BB calls t80 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t180)</font>, UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to t200</font>, Button calls t200 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t460)</font>, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises to t800</font>, BB calls t720 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t1380)</font>,
Hero??
1. How often does SB have 88 or QQ?
2. Is this a close situation or is there a standard play here?
3. Does my raise make sense? I was initially raising because I felt like I had the best hand and wanted to get more money in the pot if someone was drawing to a flush. But I guess I should maybe pot here to drive out the low only draws?
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