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Gypsydc
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 Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: Bullet Points |
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I've been playing a lot more of this game recently and actually took 2nd in a $5 MTT lastnight (just a small field of 124 and I got $105 but I am happy). I will have to admit I got one very lucky hand that kept me in the tourny and gave me a nice stack (but hey, that happens in HE too).
Other than that I played a fairly tight game, mostly because I'm not very good at it yet and I don't think many of the players at this level are so bluffing doesn't seem to work too well.
Anyways, I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in posting some bullet point facts and strategies about O8. I plan to study a little more in depth but I figure some bulleted pointers would be helpful.
Thanks for the time. |
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KGBlovesOreos
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This is the most basic piece of advice you'll hear: Try to avoid hands where you'll, at best, win only the hi pot or the low pot. Instead, play hands with the potential to scoop both pots. Tight is right in O8.
There are also a few solid articles in the Tips from the Pro's section here on ftp.com that I think will help (one by Matusow, and I believe one by Jen Harman). I also recently read the O8 section in Super System II, which I found to be great advice. It's a quick read, so you can just go to your local bookstore and finish the thing in a quick sitting. |
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DJ Ninjah
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| This is the most basic piece of advice you'll hear: Try to avoid hands where you'll, at best, win only the hi pot or the low pot. Instead, play hands with the potential to scoop both pots. Tight is right in O8. |
I hate this advice. Holding a high hand on a high only board is the easiest way to scoop a pot. A low is only possible about 55% of the time, and even when they do hit, if there is three or more people is the pot, you only stand to gain more chips by having hte high (the high gets 1/4'd much less often than the low). Also, play VERY tight in these low buy-in tournaments. People stick around with anything and it was VERY easy to have a 100% showdown rate until it gets late in the tournament. Just sit back and let the chips come to you. |
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