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Re: Hand rankings
Porsche-
I'm fairly new to Omaha, and I'm just now starting to make somewhat steady money in .10/.25 PL on stars. Your hand selections look great...but do you ever play big pocket pairs if they have rags with them? For example, would you play KK72 if you were pretty certain that you could limp in and see a cheap flop? Obviously, you're hoping to flop a King, which is like 7.8 to 1. I tend to play this kind of crap hand at .10/.25, since it is so passive before the flop and quite often you see 7 or 8 limping pre-flop. When you hit that set, you can often win a huge pot from people calling you down with terrible draws. So I guess my question is, would you consider this kind of hand profitable at the low stakes tables, where the pre-flop play is so passive? |
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Re: Hand rankings
Ciaffone's book says it is ok to limp in with KKxx. But you should only call a raise if you the raiser is known to be an LAG player who will raise with a large variety of hands such as 8764, QQxx, JJxx, etc. Otherwise, most raisers have AAxx and you will be a significant preflop dog.
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Otherwise, most raisers have AAxx and you will be a significant preflop dog. [/ QUOTE ] I dont see how this matters much. If the purpose of calling with the KK is to flop a set and dump it if you dont. I guess my point is not that you think you are winning, but that you have implied odds if you hit. |
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Re: Hand rankings
I will limp with anything JJ-KK hoping to flop top set. In certain situations I will also call a raise with these bare pocket pairs because of the immense implied odds of hitting top set (in low limit of course)
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Re: Hand rankings
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Ciaffone's book says it is ok to limp in with KKxx. But you should only call a raise if you the raiser is known to be an LAG player who will raise with a large variety of hands such as 8764, QQxx, JJxx, etc. Otherwise, most raisers have AAxx and you will be a significant preflop dog. [/ QUOTE ] When calling a raise with KKxx, I much prefer my opponent to have AAxx than any other hand. |
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if he raiser is known to be an LAG player who will raise with a large variety of hands such as 8764 . . . . [/ QUOTE ] Uh oh, I might be a LAG . . . |
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Re: Hand rankings
You're not supposed to raise that?
Go figure. |
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Re: Hand rankings
Yes, I will limp late with KKxx if I'm confident there wont be a raise (like sometimes if a player just lost his whole stack but has $3 left in front of him, he'll usually tilt the last 3 off or situations of that nature). Your looking to flop a King obviously, and at the low stakes PLO, if you just start betting out, people will chase you with middle and bottom sets, and flush draws. If there is both a flush and straight draw on the flop, then I tend to be hesitant, and virtually stop dead into a big field (you dont want to be going head on into a 17 out hand or 13 out hand).
-Matt |
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