New to Omaha. Live 5/10 PL game I'm shortstacked.

[Eihli]

I'm sitting in a juicy 5/10PL Omaha game that I'm not goodenough to take full advantage of so I try to shortstack it. We are 6 handed and 3 players are straddling every time they get a chance.
They are all $3000+ deep. They are a bunch of gamblers raising with lots of hands trying to build big fun pots. I buy-in for the minimum $500 with plans to try to 3bet a raise and get it damn near all-in preflop.

I get sucked into a few cheap pots and miss and get blinded down to about $340 when I see: Ks Kh Qc 3s.

UTG straddles, UTG+1 calls, I pot it to $100.
BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: Qd 8c 3h

Checked to me, I push for $240.



On a side note, can you make money shortstacking PLO like you can NLH? If you can... "generally" what hands should you be playing and how?

[NewGuy]

Pre-flop raise and flop push seem fine/standard- you have 2 pair (+ an overpair if vs Q8) and this is a dry board. No reason to give anything like JT9x a free or cheap look at the turn.

As far as your question about short-stacking... if you get any responses, expect them to treat you like the old lady in your avatar.

[Eihli]

Note re: shortstacking.

This is a live game and I guarantee none of the players are 2+2er's

Hell, $500 isn't even shortstack in a 5/10 game.

[strega100]

Shortstacking is for Pussies.
If u can handle the Game buy in full to get out the maximum, if u cant´t, play Holdem.
No offence! [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[RoundTower]

nh wp

[Kala1928]

Shortstacking in games like these is very profitable.
edit: you just need to be a huge nit

[sirtimo]

read Rolf's book.

are there alot of raises? if so limping here with the plan to repot PF would be good, or min-raising to induce someone to come over the top, otherwise no prob with the hand you got alot of money in like you want. If you ran into AAxx too bad.