Hand from Cappalletti's book

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In his book 'How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker', Cappalletti discusses the following hand.

v1 is a maniac who has no idea what he's doing.

v1 raises, hero reraises with AAT8 rainbow, 2 calls, v1 calls

Flop comes: K T 2 rainbow

v1 bets, hero raises, 1 fold, 1 call, v1, reraises, hero caps, 1 fold, v1 folds

On the flop Cappalletti explains his raises by saying that since he was going to call, he may as well raise. Would you play the flop the same way? Even though v1 is a maniac and could have anything, with his reraise and the one player still active behind you, do you really think you're ahead right now?

And more generally perhaps, how important is being the aggressor in low-limit O8? I know in hold 'em it's imperative for success, but does that same principle apply to O8?


On a sidenote, after v1's riconculous fold, he went on to tell Cappaletti that: "See? I told you - all you have to do to win in this game is raise," and by capping Cappalletti had given away that he had trip kings. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]