How did this n00b play this in omaha h/l?

[mischman]

3rd time i ever played omaha h/l!


pokerstars Game #6700973488: Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit ($0.02/$0.05) - 2006/10/20 - 09:47:50 (ET)
Table 'Floirac' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: keyman9193 ($2.63 in chips)
Seat 4: blackmuddler ($10.96 in chips)
Seat 5: littleduece ($5.58 in chips)
Seat 6: Norton_1800 ($6.35 in chips)
Seat 7: ohstone ($7.70 in chips)
Seat 8: mischman ($4.91 in chips)
Seat 9: Gordy2Smordy ($6.03 in chips)
Gordy2Smordy: posts small blind $0.02
keyman9193: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mischman [As 7s 8d Qs]
blackmuddler: calls $0.05
littleduece: folds
Norton_1800: calls $0.05
ohstone: calls $0.05
mischman: calls $0.05
Gordy2Smordy: calls $0.03
keyman9193: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qd 8c 2d]
Gordy2Smordy: checks
keyman9193: checks
blackmuddler: checks
Norton_1800: checks
ohstone: checks
mischman: bets $0.30
Gordy2Smordy: calls $0.30
keyman9193: folds
blackmuddler: calls $0.30
Norton_1800: calls $0.30
ohstone: folds
*** TURN *** [Qd 8c 2d] [4s]
Gordy2Smordy: checks
blackmuddler: checks
Norton_1800: checks
mischman: checks
*** RIVER *** [Qd 8c 2d 4s] [3d]
Gordy2Smordy: checks
blackmuddler: checks
Norton_1800: checks
mischman: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Gordy2Smordy: shows [Td 9c 9h Kd] (HI: a flush, King high)
blackmuddler: mucks hand
Norton_1800: mucks hand
mischman: shows [As 7s 8d Qs] (HI: two pair, Queens and Eights; LO: 7,4,3,2,A)
Gordy2Smordy collected $0.73 from pot
mischman collected $0.72 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.50 | Rake $0.05
Board [Qd 8c 2d 4s 3d]
Seat 2: keyman9193 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: blackmuddler mucked [Ts Jh 3s 3c]
Seat 5: littleduece folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Norton_1800 mucked [2s Qh Ks Kh]
Seat 7: ohstone folded on the Flop
Seat 8: mischman (button) showed [As 7s 8d Qs] and won ($0.72) with HI: two pair, Queens and Eights; LO: 7,4,3,2,A
Seat 9: Gordy2Smordy (small blind) showed [Td 9c 9h Kd] and won ($0.73) with HI: a flush, King high

 

[Dorkus Malorkus]

AQ87 is garbage, fold preflop.

 

[t1riel]

So is T99K. Well, at least you got the low.

 

[Dorkus Malorkus]

Two wrongs maketh a right not.

 

[t1riel]

Two wrongs maketh a right not.

Whateverth.

 

[Bombjack]

Only play hands with A2 or A3 in them and you won't go far wrong. I'm rubbish at PLO8 too, but I had a winning session at Party yesterday. It's good fun!

 

[mrsnake3695]

Gordy was in the SB with a bunch of limpers and no raisers in front. No reason not to play his hand cheaply. It wasn't a great hand but it did have possiblilities with a pair, and flush and straight cards. After the flop he had a flush draw, no reason to fold here. The turn was checked so he got a free card to his flush. He didn't bet the river because he didn't have the nut flush and someone with ace X of diamonds probably scoops.

I don't see where he made any big mistakes here. Now if you would have bet the pot on the turn and he called then he would have made a mistake, but could you really make that bet with only 2 pair, and not top 2 pair at that? Probably not.

 

[RiverNoHelp]

Tough play here.. My philosophy towards O Hi/Lo is to only call or raise when you have a hand that has potential to scoop the pot.. You could potentially make the nut flush here if the board is kind to you however you'd need a small miracle to scoop the entire pot playing Ace 7.. I think if you didn't connect with the flop here, hitting two pair, the original post would be irrelevant because i'm going to assume you fold the flop..I'm rambling sort of but the gist of it is, you really had little to no chance of a scoop, so fold preflop.. My, it took me several sentences to break down what Dorkus has become famous for proclaiming in nearly every hand history posted to this board..

 

[medeiros13]

The free card on the turn is the mistake (with the exception of folding this PF) You have top pair with a potential flush draw out there...you can't let three players get a free look at that. Put out a half pot bet if you're not confident in your hand to try and reduce the players in the pot.