.50/1 O8 on party

[asofel]

I know practically nothing about O8. I'm learning little by little, so I barely understand what's a good starting hand. In the past twenty minutes i've doubled my $25 buy-in. Obviously I've had some decent cards, but overall the quality of play seems extremely low. Is this a 'duh' observation or what?

[Beavis68]

yes the play is very bad, I have been running card dead though, terrible, I was earning 5bb/hr for a while though.

[dlk9s]

Yeah, the play at .5/1 is generally pretty lousy. If someone raises PF you know they have A2-something and if they raise when the low is possible, they have A2.

I've been four-tabling to clear bonuses and my sessions usually go one of two ways:

1) I break about even after doing well on two of the tables and poorly on two.

2) I do really well, kicking butt on two tables and doing ok on the other two.

If I ever lose money, it's only a few bucks, and that's on four tables combined.

[asofel]

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yes the play is very bad, I have been running card dead though, terrible, I was earning 5bb/hr for a while though.

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yeah I was wondering if something that high was maintable with average cards. Is there a level at which the play changes dramatically? How high can one play against such poor competition?

[Beavis68]

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Yeah, the play at .5/1 is generally pretty lousy. If someone raises PF you know they have A2-something and if they raise when the low is possible, they have A2.


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Or they have any pocket pair, or A-low suited, or are bored or drunk, or they think the hand looks pretty.

To the original poster, if you are interested in learning a bit about this game, Play Poker Like the Pro's is all I read to get started, decent PLO and stud sections too.

[Steve-o]

It's not so much the limit you want to look at but the # of people seeing the flop.

if its 4 or less avoid the game

if its 5-6 this is a decent game and you can do pretty well in

if more than 6 people are seeing the flop you can make some good money