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[notluck]

***** Hand History for Game 5152519153 *****
$25 PL Omaha Hi-Lo - Monday, September 11, 22:54:12 ET 2006
Table Table 95186 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Kurtovski ( $33.07 )
Seat 3: rmv0585 ( $18.65 )
Seat 4: drknite7572 ( $16.52 )
Seat 6: shakingspear ( $36.45 )
Seat 7: flynnmclean ( $25 )
Seat 9: eggggman ( $13.98 )
Seat 10: gaminguru ( $25 )
Seat 5: notluck ( $30.18 )
Seat 8: stang427 ( $32.67 )
Kurtovski posts small blind [$0.10].
rmv0585 posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to notluck [ Ac Ah 9h Qc ]
drknite7572 calls [$0.25].

notluck calls [$0.25].
shakingspear folds.
flynnmclean calls [$0.25].
stang427 folds.
eggggman raises [$1.60].
gaminguru folds.
Kurtovski folds.
rmv0585 calls [$1.35].
drknite7572 calls [$1.35].
notluck calls [$1.35].
flynnmclean calls [$1.35].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, As, 8s ]
rmv0585 checks.
drknite7572 checks.
notluck checks.
flynnmclean bets [$7.70].
eggggman folds.
rmv0585 folds.
drknite7572 folds.
notluck is all-In [$28.58]
notluck: BOOM
flynnmclean is all-In [$15.70]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
flynnmclean shows [ Ad, 6s, 2s, 5s ] a full house, Twos full of aces.
flynnmclean shows 7,6,5,2,A for low.
notluck shows [ Ac, Ah, 9h, Qc ] a full house, Aces full of twos.
notluck wins $5.18 from side pot #1 with a full house, Aces full of twos.
notluck wins $26.10 from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of twos.
flynnmclean wins Lo ($26.10) from the main pot with 7,6,5,2,A.

I have no clue what is a good call but i feel like my pre flop call was Horrible. Now the check raise flop is over thinking it and i should of bet. My question do i want to be all in on this type flop?

[Habib Marwan]

Repot it preflop

[notluck]

Really? I think my hand is pretty weak since it is high only? Or am i missing something?

[Split Suit]

ur technically missing something. even tho AA isnt what it is in HE...it still beats near every hand preflop in PLO8. and often, at these low limits, ppl think A2 is God, and will put it all in preflop anyway. ur bagging major equity off these kinds of clowns. so yes, repot preflop...even tho it tables your hand. but dont worry about that at these limits, not a big deal

[Ali shmali]

[ QUOTE ]
Really? I think my hand is pretty weak since it is high only? Or am i missing something?

[/ QUOTE ]

High only is not weak. When the flop comes and no low draws are available, it means you are in contention to take the whole pot and not just half of it. AA double suited with only high cards is not bad at all. If the 9 was broadway you have a big hand.

[hra146]

and i dont think you will need to worry about having enough callers going for the lo or hope for highs. Your hand is strong enough to make some good +EV moves here, even when a lo hits.

[TxRedMan]

dont fold AAxx DS PF.

ever.

unless I 4-bet u from the CO.

[gergery]

[ QUOTE ]
Really? I think my hand is pretty weak since it is high only? Or am i missing something?

[/ QUOTE ]

being double suited makes a big difference

[EffenDolts]

[ QUOTE ]


Dealt to notluck [ Ac Ah 9h Qc ]

I have no clue what is a good call but i feel like my pre flop call was Horrible. Now the check raise flop is over thinking it and i should of bet. My question do i want to be all in on this type flop?

[/ QUOTE ]

You have to be cognizant of the value that nut flush draws add to a hand in order to play well preflop.

I simulated this hand against 4 opponents holding hands from the top 30% of all possible hands. You usually won't be up against 4 hands this strong, but you would have 23% equity even in this case. Compare this to 19.5% equity for single-suited and 15.5% equity for rainbow AAQ9. In fact, you hand does slightly better than AA39-rainbow.

This isn't a bad spot to be AI preflop. However, one advantage of this type of hand is that it is relatively easy to play well post-flop. You will get some flops where you can safely fold to significant action. You will also get a lot of obviously good flops, and you will get some flops where you can dominate or free-roll your opponents. This is where the real money is made in O8.

Effen