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you played it fine. especially against weaker players.

[/ QUOTE ]Howzit - The double bet knocks out MP1 and MP2. Does Hero really want to do that?

In my humble opinion, you play this game best when you make some sense of your opponent's bets. That involves putting them on cards such that their betting makes sense.

Omaha-8 is a strange game in that you can aggressively play in situations where caution is warranted and still end up a winner. That's partly because your opponents may not very well know what they are doing, and also partly because of the fundamental drawing nature of the game. (You can get lucky where you either make your draw or your opponent misses).

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...fold to a 3 bet...

[/ QUOTE ]I'm not averse to occasionally folding to a 3-bet, but I think raising, planning to fold to a 3-bet if re-raised is a short sighted way to play the game, if you do that more than just occasionally.

But as with most things in poker, what to do depends in large part on your opponents. Perhaps your opponents are not able to exploit that line of play. Mine are, and I am.

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