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Old 11-28-2005, 04:27 PM
cero_z cero_z is offline
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Default Re: learning PLO8--400 hand

Hi knoll,

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You should make a sizeable raise with this hand in EP.

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I'm new to this game, but I'm fairly certain this quote is wrong. I don't think you should be making large raises pre-flop in EP with any hand in a full game, and you especially shouldn't be doing it with this kind of hand only. The place for pre-flop raises is in back, or in any position if you're making lots of small, pot-building raises with a variety of hands.

Look at the JesuSmurf's post above where he raised with AA25, and the flop came JJ3. He had 2 callers in position against him, and was set up to lose the max or win the min. The value you get from your opening raise is small, given how closely decent hands run in EV pre-flop. Whatever you gain is more than made up for by what you lose by defining your hand.
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