Reckless? or a good push? PLO8

[jthegreat]

The preflop raise is fine. You have a good multiway hand and getting more money in the pot is great. However, you can't really like that flop, no matter how much you want to. With no possibility for a low, you're stuck hoping to check/call with proper odds to draw to the flush.

There's nothing wrong with raising hands preflop only to check/fold on the flop. Getting more money in the pot preflop with good two-way hands helps you build big pots on good flops. You don't ALWAYS have to follow the preflop raise with a flop bet or bluff or anything at all. It's perfectly fine to check/fold a crappy flop.