Number of hands played
 

I was playing an Omaha 8 S n G last night and ended up getting blinded out coming 6th /9. I only played a couple of hands, was I being too tight? How many of the below hands approx were playable, what %? I did't actually win a pot all tournament! I think it was just a bad run of cards and so am telling myself that I didn't really do anythig wrong here because since I've started playing O8 I've actually done quite well.

Tc 8s As 7d
2s Js 9h 4s
7h 7c 3d 7s
Th Tc Qd 9c
Th 3h Qc Qd
Qs Js Ac 2s
Jc Td 6c 8s
7c 3d 4d 2d
As Jh 3d 4c
Qd 2d Ts 6c
7c 5c Jh 2s
6c 5c 4c Ts
7d 9s 5d Qd
Ad 8c 5h 6c
Js Th 7s 5s
2s Kc 5s 6d
9d Kd Ad 7s
9h Jh Jc 5d
9d 9c Tc 6d
Jc 2c Js Ts
3s 7h 4c Th
2s 5c 6c Qc
Qs Th 6h Qd
9c 9d 6c Qc
2d Ks Ah 6d
Kc 6c Qh Js
3h 4h Ks 8d
Jc Tc 8c 6s
Js Ks 3h 9h
4d 4c 8d 7h
8h 2h 9h Jd
9h 7d 9d 8d
4c Ad Qh 4s
Jd Jh 6h 9d
Ad Kc 7s 2
9c Qs 3c Qc
Th As 6h 3h
8d Jc 6s 7s
6d 3d Qd 5s
2s 3s 9h Kc
Jh 9s Qc 9h – all in less than BB

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Kind of hard to determine why you got knocked out of a single table tourney just by looking at the cards you were dealt, since there are about 100 other factors. Seems to me that you got a decent amount of playable hands, especially considering that it was a tournament where you have to take a few extra chances (I don't know if you're aware of the differences between tourney strategy and cashgame strategy). If it was a problem connecting with the flop with the playable hands, then that's another story. Also, it really depends on how you were playing the hand preflop: reraising to isolate, raising to thin the field, limping in with mediocre hands when the odds warrant, etc.

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Tc 8s As 7d
Th Tc Qd 9c
Qs Js Ac 2s
7c 3d 4d 2d
As Jh 3d 4c
Ad 8c 5h 6c
9d Kd Ad 7s
2d Ks Ah 6d
4c Ad Qh 4s
Ad Kc 7s 2
Th As 6h 3h
Jh 9s Qc 9h – all in less than BB

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all these are playable, depending on prior action

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It all depends when the hands occured. I play a sit and wait game basically until it gets to 5 handed.
These hands are VERY playable

Qs Js Ac 2s
7c 3d 4d 2d
As Jh 3d 4c
2d Ks Ah 6d
Ad Kc 7s 2

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Tc 8s As 7d
Th Tc Qd 9c
Qs Js Ac 2s
7c 3d 4d 2d
As Jh 3d 4c
Ad 8c 5h 6c
9d Kd Ad 7s
2d Ks Ah 6d
4c Ad Qh 4s
Ad Kc 7s 2
Th As 6h 3h
Jh 9s Qc 9h – all in less than BB

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Mendacious - that is way loose!!!

Tc 8s As 7d ?? what good is that hand it's not a good hand for hi OR low. Are you playing Omaha Middle? LOL

9d Kd Ad 7s ????? How does that 9d help you.

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OOOPS. That was a cut and past without the edits.

I think all of these are playable..the ones with the question marks might be folds depending on position or action in front.


Th Tc Qd 9c
Qs Js Ac 2s
7c 3d 4d 2d
As Jh 3d 4c
Ad 8c 5h 6c ?
2d Ks Ah 6d
4c Ad Qh 4s ?
Ad Kc 7s 2
Th As 6h 3h
Jh 9s Qc 9h – all in less than BB

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Qs Js Ac 2s
7c 3d 4d 2d
As Jh 3d 4c
2d Ks Ah 6d
4c Ad Qh 4s
Ad Kc 7s 2
Th As 6h 3h
Jh 9s Qc 9h – all in less than BB

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Qs Js Ac 2s
As Jh 3d 4c
2d Ks Ah 6d
Ad Kc 7s 2
Th As 6h 3h

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I agree with the other comments as far as playability in general, though the requirements change a lot as the blinds go up. Big cards become more valuable (preferably with some low prospect), suited and A + 3 small cards becomes less valuable.

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Nobody has really addressed the idea that this was a SnG, so let me try.

For at least the first few levels, in my opinion the idea is to play only the best starting hands. You should be folding much more than you are playing. And you also need to readily get away from hands if you don't hit the flop squarely, particularly if you are going to do a little "speculating" and play a little looser pre-flop. In the long run, this strategy should allow you to accumulate chips so that you can beat down the smaller stacks in the later rounds, which is when you will make your big chip jumps. Of course, there will be times when you will get terribly few playable starting hands, or you will miss every flop, and you will be in a hole that you can't get out of, as appears to have happened to you here. It happens. But play O8 SnGs like this and in the long run you will make money. There are plenty of dummies out there that do not understand the unimportance of playing hands early and who will pay you off when you hit your nuts, while they make an early exit.

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Playable, in order of preference. 1.QsJcAc2s 2.2dKsAh6d 3.AdKc7s2 4.AsJh3d4c 5.7c3d4d2d 6.ThTcQd9c 7.Jh9sQc9h 8.ThAs6h3h. These last 3 are beginning to get pretty marginal. I consider 9.4cAdQh4s & 10.Ad8c5h6c to be sub-marginal.