LO8 Top Set, Big Field, Very Wet Flop, Lead or C/R?

[cgkid]

The game was pretty good at this time. The button is the most active player. He's playing very loose, especially in position. MP3 is probably the worst player in the game.

My plan was to check raise the flop to push out some smaller flush draws and some straight draws. Anyone think leading is better? What about raising pre?

Full Tilt Poker
Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Ring game
Limit: $1/$2
9 players
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Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is SB with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
4 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button calls, Hero calls, BB checks.

Flop: 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (5SB, 5 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, MP3 checks, CO checks, Button checks.

Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2.5BB, 5 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets</font>, BB folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button calls.

River: Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6.5BB, 4 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets</font>, 3 folds.
Uncalled bets: 1BB returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: 6.5BB

Thanks,

cgkid

[Toro de Rojo]

Certainly worthy of a pre-flop raise, even though you don't have a low. Good hand to mix up raises and calls.

Not a big fan of the planned check-raise on the flop. Two of the three likely things to happen are bad. The first is the one that happened to you...you gave a free card to four players with flush and straight draws on the board. As your probably know, free cards are death in Omaha. Fortunately, the turn gave you top boat, but you won't always be that fortunate. The second thing that will happen is if the BB or MP3 bets, anyone that calls one small bet is likely to also call your raise for one additional bet. So you haven't thinned the field, and you've created a bigger pot with more players, making it harder for people to fold on the turn and river.

River bet is fine, but with three players left behind you and the flush draw getting there, you could throw in a check-raise there every once in awhile to catch someone (like the button) silly enough to stab at the pot thinking their flush might be good, or trying to represent a mediocre boat.