did I overplay this?

[grandgnu]

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Gooper - I think you have to figure that someone is going to make low here. If so, Hero has to win for high twice as often as Hero loses to want to initiate fresh money into the pot.

The way the betting has gone on the turn, it looks as though at least one of the opponents, and maybe both of them have the same ace-high straight as Hero.

Let's consider raising or not on the river.

If both opponents also have the ace-high straight, Hero cannot gain by raising, regardless of low.

If either opponent also has the ace-high straight, and if one of them also has low, Hero can only lose by raising.

Thus raising on the river is purely stupid.

Buzz

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Uh....on the river the Hero has the 2nd nut FLUSH, so if his opponents have the straight like he had, it's not a concern.

In addition, the low possibility on the flop produces MANY chasers in low limit Omaha 8.

I still believe the majority of the time, at these stakes, and given this particular type of action, that Hero is ahead and will secure the High, so betting and getting the other three bumping it up more is only going to win you more bets.

I can't count how many times when I started out, that I was pushed out of the pot with the 2nd nut hand when my opponents were betting 3rd-6th nuts because they have no clue (not that I'm advocating sticking around with 2nd nuts all the time, but in this situation I believe you're winning high most of the time)