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John Harkness
05-04-2005, 11:21 AM
On 14 Sep 2003 19:29:14 -0700, spoody@spoody.com (Spoody) wrote:

>I have not played very much Omaha, but I am way in my short Omaha
>"career". But no matter my roughly 25 hours of results, it would be
>nice to maximize my earn rate, so if I am playing the river
>incorrectly I would like to fix it
>
>One situation that I am not entirely sure about is raising on the
>river with the nut low. Since this is not a situation a Hold'em
>player runs into, I just am not sure if I should worry about other
>players with the low. I ran in to the situation twice today, 3
>players, bet to me on the river, I raise, a call behind me, original
>bettor raises, I call, and call behind me. Nut Flush High from the
>original bettor, I have the nut low (A-3) and so does the guy behind
>me. (in fact we had the exact same hands (AA34) So the lows get
>quarterd and we were basically paying more money to the high. So my
>question is, do you only raise on the river if you think you are alone
>on your side (high or low)? Or do you only bet the river when you
>think you have both the high and the low and possibly could scoop the
>pot?
>
>Only other question is do you feel KQJT is a pre flop raising hand?
>(suited or not?)
>
>Thx,
>Spoods

I think it depends on what your nut low is -- A2 and A3 are such
standard nut lows that in multi-way pots, you're very often quarterd.
But if the nut low is something like 25 or 35, I'd take a shot.

As to the second question, no. Not even double suited

John Harkness

Michael Langford
05-04-2005, 11:21 AM
> As to the second question, no. Not even double suited

Not even in a loose game, with people who will ignore a raise as far
as calling goes, and like to play for low?

I see a preflop raise as one of the only ways to get money off that
hand. You're dropping it on any hand that a low can get you on really.