live 5/10 and 10/20 PLO8

[howzit]

believe it or not, the borgata spread a 5/10 PLO8 game for us this weekend. we then bumped it up to 10/20 when some guys got stuck.

here are some hands i'm iffy about.

5/10 new guy (looks experienced and was talking about the high limit O8 game last week) posts UTG w/a green chip and says make it 25. i call with A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4x 6x and two donkeys calls. we are both playing semi-deep, he has ~$1.5k and i cover.

$100 - J87 two hearts. guy leads for $100, i make it $300. he cals.

$700 - (J87) K. he checks. bet or take a free card? i have no idea how loose or tight this guy is, but neither does he know anything about my game. all i can tell is he called the raise smoothly and looked comfortable. i'm trying to rep JJ with a decent low draw here.

hand 2: 10/20 PL

villain bets any of his lows hard but doesn't always have the goods for high. he'll pot with a 4 low no high type of BS. i have a gambling image but my bets/raises are usually respected. i have $4.5k, he covers.

4-handed, i limp with A4QJr, SB folds, BB checks.

$70 - flop is 653 no flush. i bet $40, he makes it $125. i call.

$320 - turn is a 5. i check, he pots, i c/r to $1k. thoughts?

i personally think my flop call is terrible, but now that we're here, how much fold equity do i have here? i'm trying to rep a v. good low and a boat here and that we'll be playing for our stacks. pot'll be $2.3k after he calls and i'll have around $3k left.

[I dunno]

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villain bets any of his lows hard but doesn't always have the goods for high. he'll pot with a 4 low no high type of BS

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Why do you think you have fold equity here? The people that I run into online that play like this are really just aggressive calling stations. I think if he has the straight and nut low he isn't going anywhere, even trips I say he's gonna see it through.

[predator06]

Hand#2...I think you are nuts. Did you have a plane to catch?

[howzit]

yes, hand 2 was atrocious/suicide.

[niss]

Was there a special occasion that led them to deal this game, or is this something that might become a fixture on the weekends?

[howzit]

me and villain were playing a marathon HU HOSE session. then we switched to 20/40 straight O8 and got some railbirds to sit down. after that we switched to PLO8. the game was very, very, very good.

i'm hoping we'll be able to spread this game consistently but the reason the game went was when the railbirds wanted to play more out of curiousity and ego then +/- EV decision.

[franknagaijr]

Hand 1 - Can you assign at least a 50% chance that his UTG raise was A2xx? Were there any flush draws on the turn?

[howzit]

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Hand 1 - Can you assign at least a 50% chance that his UTG raise was A2xx? Were there any flush draws on the turn?

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his chance of having A2xx UTG after posting is lower than 50%.

[odomination]

agree with everyone calling you nuts on hand 2.

Hand 1: I like a PSB on the turn after he checks.