Hand in an Omaha 8/better tournament

[Enrique]

Stack sizes of important members
LB 3200
Botton 4000
Hero 5200 in MP
Blinds 50-100

I have A /images/graemlins/spade.gif 2 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 6 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q /images/graemlins/club.gif
I call from MP
4 callers and BB see flop (pot 500)
flop 4 /images/graemlins/heart.gif 6 /images/graemlins/heart.gif J /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
LB comes out betting 300
I call
the botton makes it 1700 (1400 more)
the LB goes all in 2900 (2600 more for me, 1300 more for botton)
What do you do?

[mshalen]

What hands do you put the better on? A2xx with the A suited? In that case you are looking to quarter if a heart hits. You have been playing with these guys so what do you think? Have they been raising preflop with A suited? What is your read on your opponents. At best you will get half a pot. If your low comes in say a 3 or 5 hits then anyone with a J gets half. I'm not sure that the payoff is worth the risk. Sorry this seems disjointed but my record in O8 tourneys is 1 in the money and 2 bustouts with 50% still playing.

[Cleveland Guy]

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Stack sizes of important members
LB 3200
Botton 4000
Hero 5200 in MP
Blinds 50-100

I have A /images/graemlins/spade.gif 2 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 6 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q /images/graemlins/club.gif
I call from MP
4 callers and BB see flop (pot 500)
flop 4 /images/graemlins/heart.gif 6 /images/graemlins/heart.gif J /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
LB comes out betting 300
I call
the botton makes it 1700 (1400 more)
the LB goes all in 2900 (2600 more for me, 1300 more for botton)
What do you do?

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FOLD.

You haven't invested that much into your stack yet.

You have a nut low draw - against 2 player who are betting agressively, so at best your quartered.

Your high SUCKS- just a pair of 6s, and you don't have any draws to a good high either.

You also have no counterfit protection. If an A or a 2 comes, you have a randon 2 pair high and no low.

you still have plenty of chips left, let them battle it out this hand.

[jedi]

Looks like this might be a Pot limit tournament. Anyone else find a pre-flop fold here? How deep are you in the tournament? How many players left? How do you feel about the table?

[MHarris]

No way can you call this. You haven't committed many chips yet, your high draw is weak, and you're looking at a pretty decent shot at getting quartered. You have a pretty solid chip position, and there's no good reason to jeopardize it here.

[benfranklin]

Fold. You have very little chance at making a high hand, you have no counterfeit protection for your low, and it is just about certain that one of the raisers has A2xx.

[hurlyburly]

I'm folding ASAP, there's no scoop potential and you're on a low draw with no guarantees you wont get A or 2 counterfeited. This hand really isn't worth the price of the BB.

[srblan]

Yup. This is an uncoordinated A2. Fine for limit, crappy for pot limit until later in the tourney.