o8 strat thread...?

[luckystraights]

It doesn't help that I don't play o8 until its gone 1am and I'm exhuasted, but I'm feeling my noob with this game each day, the DC vid is a little over my head yet, so can people share some basic strat with me, like v.basic, hand chart type stuff, basic betting strategy and stuff would be great?

Anyone know a reputable hi/lo beginners site, I'm finding a lot of plo hi, but not much on hi/lo, I've heard conflicting revies on rayzee's stud and 08 book, would you recommend it?

Thanks.

[Dr. Neau]

Read the O8b section in SS2.

[holdemholmes]

What Neau said....the only other one that I have heard of is High-Low Split Poker, but that has more info on Stud Hi-Lo.

[stooks99]

Read Ray Zee's Hi-Lo poker book.  You can probably find it for a few bucks online.  I did.

[Milo]

There is a points based system for starting hands . . . Hitchens, or Hutchinson, or something like that . . .

Very basic, tight system for what hands to play, raise, fold, etc.

[Dr. Neau]

My advice: Do this a lot.

[luckystraights]

nh, can you share the hh, with his hand I'm just wondering if its somewhat of a cooler if the money goes in on the flop or turn, or am I thinking in nlhe terms again, is villains set and potentially counterfeit low trash here?

[NotFadeAway]

nh, can you share the hh, with his hand I'm just wondering if its somewhat of a cooler if the money goes in on the flop or turn, or am I thinking in nlhe terms again, is villains set and potentially counterfeit low trash here?

I don't play much O8, but I can't see how getting in with a set of twos is ever anything other than awful after this flop, and on the turn is even worse.  I could be wrong, though.

[Dr. Neau]

I actually did save it off (first time I ever did).  Here you go...

One thing you'll notice is the banter between Pie_Ed and Just True.  Just True had just berated Pie_Ed for being too slow.  I used that to my advantage, hoping Just True would be crabby enough to make dumb choices.

PokerStars Game #flibbityflu:  Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD)
Table 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: donkchoker ($23.75 in chips)
Seat 2: DNAI22 ($72.80 in chips)
Seat 3: Just True ($16.80 in chips)
Seat 4: DrNeau ($23.45 in chips)
Seat 5: Commander25 ($17.50 in chips)
Seat 6: kidd ($25 in chips)
Seat 7: thewhitedog ($31.50 in chips)
Seat 8: Pie_Ed ($18 in chips)
Seat 9: Sugar5 ($23.25 in chips)
Just True: posts small blind $0.25
Pie_Ed said, "u tlaking to me?"
DrNeau: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DrNeau [6s Td 4h 3s] <- Crappy!
Commander25: folds
kidd: folds
thewhitedog: calls $0.50
Just True said, "yep"
Just True said, "i called"
Pie_Ed said, "dirty german c*nt"
Just True said, "you answered"
Pie_Ed: calls $0.50
Sugar5: folds
Just True said, "what makes you think i am german"
donkchoker: folds
DNAI22: folds
Just True: calls $0.25
DrNeau: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c As 5d]
Just True said, "maybe i just like the team"
Just True: bets $0.50
DrNeau: calls $0.50
thewhitedog: calls $0.50
Pie_Ed: folds
*** TURN *** [2c As 5d] [Th]
Just True: checks
DrNeau: bets $2.50
Pie_Ed said, "no one chooses germany out of choice"
thewhitedog: folds
Just True: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [2c As 5d Th] [6h]
Just True: bets $1.50
DrNeau: raises $11.10 to $12.60
Just True: calls $11.10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DrNeau: shows [6s Td 4h 3s] (HI: a straight, Deuce to Six; LO: 5,4,3,2,A)
Just True: mucks hand
DrNeau collected $16.05 from pot
DrNeau collected $16 from pot
DrNeau said, "thx PieEd!"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $33.70 | Rake $1.65
Board [2c As 5d Th 6h]
Seat 1: donkchoker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: DNAI22 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Just True (small blind) mucked [4s 2s Qd 2d]
Seat 4: DrNeau (big blind) showed [6s Td 4h 3s] and won ($32.05) with HI: a straight, Deuce to Six; LO: 5,4,3,2,A
Seat 5: Commander25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kidd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: thewhitedog folded on the Turn
Seat 8: Pie_Ed folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Sugar5 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[stooks99]

My advice: Do this a lot.

BTW, the Sugar5 guy in seat 1 here is an excellent O8 player....I've played many hands with him/her...

[luckystraights]

Thanks for sharing the hh, rather tired now, I'll pour over it tomorrow. I saw you at a 25pl table on my right earlier, said Hi in chat, but I have dealer chat turned on now so its hard to keep up with whats said. I was in a sweat and had to cull tables, and pl frustrates me so that one got cut.

[Dr. Neau]

nh, can you share the hh, with his hand I'm just wondering if its somewhat of a cooler if the money goes in on the flop or turn, or am I thinking in nlhe terms again, is villains set and potentially counterfeit low trash here?

I'll add....generally what you see in a game of people who know what the hell they are doing is that there's rarely more than a min-raise pre-flop.  You also don't usually see people going too crazy on the flop, unless more than one person has a nut bag, or there's only one low card and people are trying to chase out the low drawers.

But not a ton of bluffing...especially with 2 low cards on the flop.  Just not worth it.