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bholdr
03-04-2005, 06:17 AM
99% of my game and advice is going to be this:

FOLD. FOLD NOW. DO NOT DRAW AT ONE eND OF THE POT.

i don't go past the flop with less than: (for example)

flush draw + nut low draw w/ counterfeit protection
set + nut low draw
nut low + nut high straight draw w/out flush draw on board
2 or 3 pair + good low draw
Really huge high(big full or better)
nut low w/ multiple counterfeit protection (A23 on 457 board)
etc....

Edit: a set of Kings. i go nuts with a set of kings (KK in hole)

too tight? it's served me well so far...

thoughts?

Moneyline
03-04-2005, 06:28 AM
IMO this strategy is probably profitable if the game is very loose and you have an extreme amount of patience. Nevertheless, I think this is too tight and that you are leaving a lot of profit on the table. If you post a hand it will be easier for me to share my specific thoughts...

gergery
03-04-2005, 09:39 AM
I think it's good advice in general.

I do think it leaves a little money on the table in some of the marginal situations

Here's a good example. You have A26Q rainbow, flop is 378 with two suits and 5 players are in the pot. work out the math here, and playing this pot is usually going to be slightly EV positive, but your guidelines would have said fold.

--Greg

djr
03-04-2005, 10:34 AM
How do you [censored] being that tight?

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don't go past the flop with less than: (for example)

flush draw + nut low draw w/ counterfeit protection

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TylerD
03-04-2005, 11:26 AM
What about pot odds?

Yads
03-04-2005, 02:16 PM
That strategy is way too tight for limit Omaha 8. It's excelent advice for PLO8, but for the games everyone is playing here it is way too tight.