Reguarding a nut low hand, involving A2
It seems that I lose alot of chips with this hand.
I usually dont reraise with it, I just call. But it seems most of the time I quarter. l dont feel I should fold , but I'm tired of quartering
Not really sure what I'm asking here..lol
But any advice on this type of situation would be appreciated
TY
You might want to check out this thread, developed into same discussion....
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cash-games-11/could-somebody-explain-omaha-showdown-me-129211/
Sah89 makes a good point about getting counterfeited. First off though, if you have only 2 low cards (A2), excellent chance you'll have NO LOW when an A or 2 flops, unless a 4th low card comes (grim). IF that happens, the counterfeiting comes in when you cannot use the nice 2 on the board. Your low is to the 3 highest low cards, but others can use the 2 on the table. This is how many screw up. Let's say you have A2, and the first 4 cards are 2578. You THINK you still have the low, but it's to the
8. Anyone with even a 36 is to the
7, and has you beat. THAT is counterfeiting. Even a 5 or 6 in your hand (with the A2 can come in very handy.
Now if you have A23 or even A24 or A34, there's a far less chance that 2 of your 3 low cards will hit. In the case of A34, you hand can be more powerful than than A2 if a 2 (or even an ace) hits the board, and f*#ks up all the raisers' A2 lows - you're
less likely to split the low (as well as more likely to win it period, even if it's not the absolute nuts). She also makes a good point about the low being only half the hand. A2 paired with a rainbow of 8Q is a weak hand. See the flop as cheaply as possible. If a low rainbow hits the board and everyone's reraising, rest assured you will 1/4 the pot. You'll probably still make money if more than 4 people are in the hand.
Personally, I'm not a fan of reraising until I see the flop (ok, maybe that AA23 if double-suited
). But if limit, I'll call down anything to JUST see the flop with A2. There's a good chance there won't even BE a low, especially if you don't see 2 low cards on the flop. There's always plenty of time to raise after the flop, no matter what comes.
Oh, last words, if there are fewer than 5 people in the pot, and you feel certain you don't have a high hand,
stop raising with your nut A2 low. Just call. Last last words... In the other thread, we talked about splitting a low 3 ways. It's uncommon, but to say there needs to be 6 in the hand is ridiculously careful. You wouldn't lose THAT much. But to split a low even once with only 1 or 2 other people in the hand, you can lose quite a bit.