A couple more Newb Questions

[sahaguje]

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1) low two pair hands are easy mucks. as acesover8 points out, he flopped two sets and got very lucky to win the pot. Multiway they are bad hands since they will rarely make the nuts. If one of the pairs is above ten, this is a different story. You then have a decent chance of flopping the top set, which is the most playable of the three sets.


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I think a lot of people took way too far the idea that you should not build a second-best hand. I dont see any table where I would fold any two pair (except maybe 3322 and 2244), unless it is reraised preflop AND the stacks are low. Unless you dont have a clue about PLO and the way to play the flop, middle sets and bottom sets are excellent hands. You dont have to make the nuts everytime at PLO, unless you play on really loose tables. If people play properly, there should rarely be more than 4-5 players on the flop, and in these situations middle sets are monsters.
That being said, it all depends of your level : if you are a beginner at PLO and play on loose tables, you should avoid playing low 2 pair hands. But you wont make much money if you keep mucking them as you become stronger and the tables get tigher. So if you want to become a good PLO player, you should learn to play these hands ; they can be very profitable, and if you know how to play, they wont cost you a lot of money, even when you make a second best hand.

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