Re: Top set general Question
No it is good to get all money in the pot with top set on a board which have no straight or flush possibilities.
The worst case you can get is that you are 40% dog (top set on a K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] board and your opponents hand is T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]).
In this hand you get a coin flip with top set (In Omaha the power of draws are much more important than in holdem, because it is possible to have 13, 17 or 20 straight outs + flush outs, making sometimes the drawing hand favorite over top set at the flop), but he can have here also a weaker draw or much better for you second or third set or maybe top 2 pair.
Here your equity is still over 50% because you hold 2 cards your opponent can not hit to improve.
It can not be a failure to push with more than 50% equity and if you hold not that 2 cards he can not hit to improve, your equity is still 48,5% and with the dead money in the pot shoving is +EV.
In Omaha manytimes the chips goes in the pot, when it is 50-50 or 60-40. In holdem things are most times 70-30 or 80-20.
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