Re: Why is there no Lowball Texas Holdem?
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Yup - the hand values don't change enough as the hand progresses. A2 would stay the nuts roughly 50% of the time against any number of opponents.
It would be nit central.
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So you mean like O8?
Couldn't help myself, but really, the perceived ill-temper of Omaha players has little to do with people who are actually waiting around for good O8 hands. O8 has play, despite the fact that A2 is unquestionably the nut low draw, because of (1) boards where low doesn't make and (2) counterfeiting.
In HE 8/b you couldn't get a premium low hand like A23x, but you would certainly have people call all kinds of bets with A3 just hoping it's either good or spikes a deuce. Moreover, A3 more likely would BE good -- just as AA unimproved is actually a hand to be proud of in HE, but not in Omaha.
I believe UB spreads HE 8/b, yes?
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