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September 10, 2020, 10:30pm
1299
NotBruceZ:
I think there was desire to take PLO/8 talk to this thread, so:
As a live cash game player who does try to play PLO/8 and Big O whenever I have a chance, I will comment on this.
The stack sizes don’t seem that outrageous to me. $400 at those stakes would be the equivalent of sitting with $5000 at a 5/5 game. That’s being up by a nice amount if you bought in for $500-$1000, but not surprising if you are in for $3000-4000.
I am not enthusiastic about a hand like 8s5c4c2c in this game. An ace is a key card in this game. Most of your playable hands will contain an ace, and a suited ace at that. I also consider having three to a suit to be a major boner-killer, especially when you will have problems value-betting on a high-only board if you make a flush.
That doesn’t mean the hand is inherently unplayable. You can get away with playing weak hands in position, for cheap, against bad opponents. This hand would be acceptable on the button in a game that is passive preflop. We are not OTB and the stack sizes make me suspect that there is a decent amount of preflop three-betting in this game. Marginal hands shrivel up in value in games that are very aggressive preflop and you should tighten up in those games.
Heh, I never replied to this.
The screenshot was posted before I started playing on The Brothers Poker. For now I’ll just say I’m never folding three wheel cards to those jokers. The only worry is getting 4 and 5bet. which they’re probably not doing.