There is a really good little £5.50 £100 gt OMAHA hi/lo mtt at 20.25 if any one wants to play. It gets around 25 runners so would be great if we could get more and then maybe one day have a bigger buy in omaha hi/lo mtt.
If someone could give me a 5 step guide on how to play PL08 i'll pop on... otherwise i fear i'll just be clicking buttons as i havent a clue what will be going on! Posted by gazza127
Another tip - if you call a big bet and win only one side of the pot, the rake can mean you end up "winning" less than you put in, and these sort of pots happen quite frequently so beware.
tikay I think. Confessed he was struggling to win at PLO8 on here so found a means of suckering some fish to pay him off on some cash tables.
I am afraid I obliged with a tikay donation
Not sure if I could get away from the hand though - had nut flush draw, up/down nut str8 draw and ended up with 2nd nut lo to make it seem worth calling off on the river.
:-(
don't mind though enjoying the learning experience.
The rake is definitely a killer here. I'd love to play more PLO8 but unless the rake is decreased I don't think I'm going to be playing it Posted by F_Ivanovic
Several people have mentioned this.......but I am not sure why are they trying to win "splits"? The whole idea is to try & scoop - win the lot.
tikay I think. Confessed he was struggling to win at PLO8 on here so found a means of suckering some fish to pay him off on some cash tables. I am afraid I obliged with a tikay donation Not sure if I could get away from the hand though - had nut flush draw, up/down nut str8 draw and ended up with 2nd nut lo to make it seem worth calling off on the river. :-( don't mind though enjoying the learning experience. :-) Posted by Phantom66
This is very much how PLO & PLO8 works. It is a drawing game.
You have to be prepared - repeatedly - to get the lot in with striong drawing hands. Whatever you have in front of you (cash) should go in numerous times over a single session in the correct circumstances.
Two nut high draws, & a 2nd nut low draw - it is always correct to get it in here, you had so many ways of winning.
I thought you ran a bit bad overall, but I hope you enjoyed it.
It is a VERY different game to NLH, with many subtleties & nuances.
Just in and will be joining shortly One key point I didn't see mentioned before (it may have been and I missed it but I'll say again it's important) Flushes and Straights do not score in Lo hands. Hence... The nut low hand is 54321 (a 5 lo hand) Unfortunately I tried playing a few PLO games before I worked that one out! Posted by Phantom66
I felt a little bad that several players were not aware of this.
In the "Low" hands in PLO8, the regular rules of poker & Hand Rankings are not relevant.
Pairs, 2 pairs, sets, flushes, full houses, none of these count in a "Low".
Even more confusing, whilst the best (nut) Low hand is a straight, aka "the wheel" (A-2-3-4-5) this is NOT deemed a straight for the Low pot. It is the nut low, NOT a straight. For the high hand, it IS a straight.
In most (not all) cases, A-2-3-4-5 will be a "scoop", being the Nut Low, & a 5 high straight.
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It gets around 25 runners so would be great if we could get more and then maybe one day have a bigger buy in omaha hi/lo mtt.
With a large amount of split pots. Do you find the rake taken becomes to high to play cash games?
is their any hands worth calling preflop which don't contain more than one low card.
One key point I didn't see mentioned before (it may have been and I missed it but I'll say again it's important)
Flushes and Straights do not score in Lo hands.
Hence...
The nut low hand is 54321 (a 5 lo hand)
Unfortunately I tried playing a few PLO games before I worked that one out!
I am afraid I obliged with a tikay donation
Not sure if I could get away from the hand though - had nut flush draw, up/down nut str8 draw and ended up with 2nd nut lo to make it seem worth calling off on the river.
:-(
don't mind though enjoying the learning experience.
:-)
FYI I donked off 2.5 buy ins within half an hour. Mainly cause i didnt know what the freaking low pot was for!
Think i might stay away for PL08.
Sorry Tikay but you and the other regs will have to get your money from other fish.
Confirmed it was NOT me.
You have to be prepared - repeatedly - to get the lot in with striong drawing hands. Whatever you have in front of you (cash) should go in numerous times over a single session in the correct circumstances.
Two nut high draws, & a 2nd nut low draw - it is always correct to get it in here, you had so many ways of winning.
I thought you ran a bit bad overall, but I hope you enjoyed it.
It is a VERY different game to NLH, with many subtleties & nuances.
In the "Low" hands in PLO8, the regular rules of poker & Hand Rankings are not relevant.
Pairs, 2 pairs, sets, flushes, full houses, none of these count in a "Low".
Even more confusing, whilst the best (nut) Low hand is a straight, aka "the wheel" (A-2-3-4-5) this is NOT deemed a straight for the Low pot. It is the nut low, NOT a straight. For the high hand, it IS a straight.
In most (not all) cases, A-2-3-4-5 will be a "scoop", being the Nut Low, & a 5 high straight.
PLO8 is all about scoops.