Re: PLO8 $400 hand
Well, for me, it's very dependent on how the game was playing out and how bad the bad player really is. A bad player would be likely to call a 1/2 pot size bet with nothing but top pair, but to call a full pot raise with that same hand would be ridiculously bad.
If most hands were being checked down to the river and this hand was unusual for the betting, it might make more sense to just call. If people are constantly taking stabs at pots on the flop, a raise makes the most sense.
The problem with just calling is that, if you hit, you are unlikely to get paid off. If you raise, you (1) give yourself another way to win the pot, (2) build a big pot for when you do hit, (3) disguise your hand, and (4) possibly buy a "free" river card.
Disguising your hand can create much better implied odds. Here's one example (although, of course, the decision to bet was made trivial by my top two pair.)
***** Hand History for Game 2615630571 *****
$400 PL Omaha Hi/Lo
BUT ( $376 ), SB ( $415.40 ),
UTG ( $387.90 ), UTG+1 ( $297.35 ), UTG+2 ( $503.96 ),
MP1 ( $432.10 ), MP2 ( $378.16 ), CO ( $188.40 ),
Hero ( $400 ), MP3 ( $89.30 )
Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
SB posts $2.
Hero posts $4.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+2 calls $4, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP3 calls $4,
CO calls $4, BUT calls $4, SB calls $2,
Hero checks
<font color="blue">Flop</font>: (22.80) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
SB checks, Hero bets $22.80, UTG+2 calls $22.80,
MP3 folds, CO folds, BUT folds, SB folds
<font color="blue">Turn</font>: (66.60) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Hero bets $66.60, UTG+2 calls $66.60
<font color="blue">River</font>: (199.80) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
(long pause)Hero bets $100, UTG+2 raises $275,
Hero is all-In $206.60, UTG+2 calls $31.60
UTG+2 shows Qc, Tc, 9d, Ac a straight, nine to king.
Hero shows Ks, Jh, Ah, 3h a flush, ace high.
Hero wins $813 from the main pot with a flush, ace high.
There was no qualifying low hand.
All that being said, maybe calling is better. I don't feel like I have enough experience to know for sure.
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