Re: PLO8 preflop
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You should almost never raise preflop. If you can get all-in with something like AA2x, then do so. But otherwise, hands run close in value preflop so that raises usually gain little or nothing in EV terms, and you don't want to knock out weaker hands that might give you action later. The real money in this game is made postflop.
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Do not listen to this terrible advice. Omaha8 hands do not run close together in value, the top hands outperform average hands on an incredible scale.
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That's only true in showdown simulations against large fields of random hands. It's not true at all in real game conditions - shorthanded fields with mostly good hands.
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You want to raise with good scooping hands or really strong one way hands.
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Why would you want to narrow the field when you have a one-way hand? Getting it heads-up when you have a one-way hand is a disaster. And if you had a scoop hand, why knock out hands that are much weaker in at least one direction?
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You want to charge people that are playing chump hands a premium.
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No, you to make sure they'll stay in the pot so they'll potentially give you lots of action with second-best hands postflop, not risk knocking them out just to maybe gain a small amount of EV. If your raise gets rid of most of the chump hands, one premium hand is rarely much better than other premium hands, and one or two randomish hands don't do that badly in most cases. Even a raised preflop pot is insignificant compared to the potential win postflop from loose callers.
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