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 O8 tourney strategy, jaustin, 10. Sep 2003 11:19 | ||
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| I played my first O8 (PL) tournament last night and did alright (5th out of 21; paid top 3). I think I was fine as long as the blinds were low (played onl top hands and folded on the flop unless I had draws to the nuts - this got me to the final table slightly below average), but struggled once they got higher. In HE tournaments you can steal the blinds, but it didn't seem possible in O8 (maybe this tournament was looser than most). What is the correct strategy for late in an O8 tournament? Should I stay in with second best low hands and decent high hands? I waited for top hands and the blinds came around too fast and I was forced to go all-in with mediocre hands (won the first one, lost the second). Thanks for any advice. | ||
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| Re: O8 tourney strategy, Mike Caro, 13. Sep 2003 00:36 | ||
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| on 10. Sep 2003 11:19 jaustin wrote: > I played my first O8 (PL) tournament last night and did alright (5th out of 21; > paid top 3). I think I was fine as long as the blinds were low (played onl top > hands and folded on the flop unless I had draws to the nuts - this got me to the > final table slightly below average), but struggled once they got higher. In HE > tournaments you can steal the blinds, but it didn't seem possible in O8 (maybe > this tournament was looser than most). What is the correct strategy for late in > an O8 tournament? > > Should I stay in with second best low hands and decent high hands? I waited > for top hands and the blinds came around too fast and I was forced to go all-in > with mediocre hands (won the first one, lost the second). Thanks for any > advice. Hi, Jaustin -- You're right in your observation that it will be harder to steal blinds in Omaha-8 than in more traditional games, such as hold 'em. That's because there's more for a player to fall in love with, and opponents typically (incorrectly) do just that. Survival is more important than getting small, risky edges at these proportional pay-out tournaments, right up until you find yourself heads up. Then survival no longer matters, because there's no "proportion" left to the payoffs. Both of you have secured second place money and you're simply playing winner-take-all for the difference between that and first place. An interesting thing about tournaments is that most are structured so that the last phases closely resemble a craps shoot. Most of the skill will be invested during the hours it takes to get to the craps-shoot stage. Much of what you're really earning through skill is lottery overlay. Of course, there IS significant skill in how you choose to play those final hands, but it is often dwarfed by the sheer luck factor. That's because you get to the stage where most players in the final stages can't afford to lose a single hand without devastating consequences. Straight Flushes, Mike Caro | ||
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