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So anyone who knows hold 'em knows that KK plays better against a small field

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Baxter - I don't think that's quite correct, but this doesn't seem the proper forum to debate it.

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Do we have any general guidelines like this?

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(1) In a short handed Omaha-8 game, the high is most often won by two pair or trips. But in a loose full game, depending on what is enabled by the cards on the board at the river (and your opponents), the high is usually won by a straight or better.

(2) Starting cards that are more likely to end up making a non-nut hand than a nut hand do better against smaller fields than larger fields (because you’re less likely to run into the nuts held by an opponent).

Thus starting cards that end up making a high two pair or trips tend to do better in short handed games than in full games.

On the low side, starting hands with two wheel cards other than A2XY, A3XY, or 23XY tend to do better in short handed games. A3XY and 23XY may also do better in short handed games, depending on your opponents in a full game.

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