08-22-2001, 10:03 PM
i had this interesting hand in Omaha 8 (home game, 5-10). was utg and limped in with garbage (everyone sees flop in this game). 8 players.
flop 5-5-10 (two spades).
my hand was 10-10-x-x. i bet and get 8 callers!!!
turn is 8. i bet get raised and reraised. at this point (only one fold), i figure that the two fives are out there (separate hands), and someone might have a pair of 8's. i cap, and am called 7 handed.
river is an 8.
i bet, am raised. everyone else folds to me. i'd have mucked my hand, but the pot is way too big (well over $300). sure enough, raiser has quad eights. at least he had a five to go with it.
while this was obviously rotten luck, i think it points out what a crappy hand medium pairs are in O8. the only card that i wanted on the river was a nine, everything else, esp. with 7 players, would have either split the pot with me or potentially given someone else a better hand (J,Q,K,A -i asked, and in fact two players had jacks and kings). in an amazingly loose game like mine, it's probably worth seeing the flop for, but when 7 players are trying to chase you down, it's really uncomfortable.
flop 5-5-10 (two spades).
my hand was 10-10-x-x. i bet and get 8 callers!!!
turn is 8. i bet get raised and reraised. at this point (only one fold), i figure that the two fives are out there (separate hands), and someone might have a pair of 8's. i cap, and am called 7 handed.
river is an 8.
i bet, am raised. everyone else folds to me. i'd have mucked my hand, but the pot is way too big (well over $300). sure enough, raiser has quad eights. at least he had a five to go with it.
while this was obviously rotten luck, i think it points out what a crappy hand medium pairs are in O8. the only card that i wanted on the river was a nine, everything else, esp. with 7 players, would have either split the pot with me or potentially given someone else a better hand (J,Q,K,A -i asked, and in fact two players had jacks and kings). in an amazingly loose game like mine, it's probably worth seeing the flop for, but when 7 players are trying to chase you down, it's really uncomfortable.