Re: L08 - got jammed w/the nuts
A fold should be considered on the flop. You have the nut straight. In Omaha/8 small and medium straights (with nothing else) are often money losers. You are playing only for half the pot as you have no low. You have to dodge full houses, flushes and bigger straights to win high. With a straight you will often be sharing the high side.
On the flop the tight player UTG bets, the CO raises and the very tight button cold calls two bets. At this point I would figure someone else also flopped a straight. You do not have any redraws to a stronger hand. So now it looks like you will get 1/4 the pot or nothing. You are also out of position. I would fold and wait for a better opportunity to get my money in.
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