I still don't get these low only hands

[Buzz]

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Buzz you seem to like to lead the flop in a lot of different situations.

[/ QUOTE ]Yes.
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It seems to make putting you on a hand very difficult.

[/ QUOTE ]I hope so. [ QUOTE ]
However you don't seem to have to hit the flop hard to take the initiative in a hand.

[/ QUOTE ]Yes.
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Is that a true indication of your flop thoughts?

[/ QUOTE ]It's true that I usually (but not always) bet the flop when I am planning to continue with a hand. And that has me betting in a lot of different situations (but not always). And part of the reason I do that is to somewhat disguise my cards at all times when I bet the flop. But there's more to it than just disguising my hand. In my second response to you, I listed some other reasons why I bet the flop. One of the most important is to try to get a clearer picture of where I stand in a hand, and that is based on the reactions of my opponents. Hopefully I can out-play them on later streets...steal sometimes, promote a one-way hand into a scooper, fold when I should, etc. Honestly I can't always out-play my opponents on later streets. Some of my opponents are simply better poker players than I am. Some of them, from my perspective are damned fine poker players!
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Does this get you in trouble on later streets in your hands?

[/ QUOTE ]Hopefully no, but possibly yes. I've got my antennae out when I make that flop bet, trying to put my opponents who continue on a range of hands, or maybe on particular two-card combinations. It's tough because they're all a little (or a lot) different from each other, and the way they play generally depends on who else is in the hand. Lots of combinations in the opponents themselves and also in the cards they'll play under different circumstances. And poker is a game of deception. They're mostly trying to fool me and they do it in different ways.

There's a lot to this Omaha-8 game.

Buzz