Omaha hi/lo Simple(?) Query

[Valiant23]

Playing a HORSE SnG on Stars. My Omaha sucks - My Omaha hi/lo sucks less (I think). I understand where I am when I'm playing the lo, but this hand puzzled me. Was I in good shape with the hi hand on the flop? - I was aware of the higher straight but thought I had plenty of mileage in my holding. Did I play it correctly or badly? ALL opinions would be appreciated. Table '100456909 2' 8-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: mnugent (2710 in chips) Seat 2: nikopsg (1410 in chips) Seat 3: Valiant23 (1530 in chips) Seat 4: itsme89102 (1430 in chips) Seat 5: JAROBICHAUD (1180 in chips) Seat 6: muldegulde (1380 in chips) is sitting out Seat 7: crafty3 (1130 in chips) Seat 8: tante jude (1230 in chips) mnugent: posts small blind 15 nikopsg: posts big blind 30 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Valiant23 [3h 7h Ac 8s] Valiant23: calls 30 itsme89102: calls 30 JAROBICHAUD: calls 30 muldegulde: folds crafty3: calls 30 tante jude: calls 30 mnugent: calls 15 nikopsg: checks *** FLOP *** [7s 9s 6c] mnugent: checks nikopsg: checks Valiant23: checks itsme89102: bets 30 JAROBICHAUD: calls 30 crafty3: raises 30 to 60 tante jude: raises 30 to 90 mnugent: folds nikopsg: calls 90 Valiant23: raises 30 to 120 Betting is capped itsme89102: calls 90 JAROBICHAUD: calls 90 crafty3: calls 60 tante jude: calls 30 nikopsg: calls 30 *** TURN *** [7s 9s 6c] [2h] nikopsg: checks Valiant23: bets 60 itsme89102: calls 60 JAROBICHAUD: calls 60 crafty3: raises 60 to 120 tante jude: raises 60 to 180 nikopsg: folds Valiant23: raises 60 to 240 Betting is capped itsme89102: calls 180 JAROBICHAUD: calls 180 crafty3: calls 120 tante jude: calls 60 *** RIVER *** [7s 9s 6c 2h] [3s] Valiant23: checks itsme89102: bets 60 JAROBICHAUD: folds crafty3: calls 60 tante jude: calls 60 Valiant23: calls 60 *** SHOW DOWN *** itsme89102: shows [9h As Qs 9d] (HI: a flush, Ace high) crafty3: shows [Js 8d 5h 8h] (HI: a straight, Five to Nine; LO: 8,6,5,3,2) tante jude: mucks hand Valiant23: shows [3h 7h Ac 8s] (HI: two pair, Sevens and Threes; LO: 7,6,3,2,A) itsme89102 collected 1185 from pot Valiant23 collected 1185 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 2370 | Rake 0 Board [7s 9s 6c 2h 3s] Seat 1: mnugent (small blind) folded on the Flop Seat 2: nikopsg (big blind) folded on the Turn Seat 3: Valiant23 showed [3h 7h Ac 8s] and won (1185) with HI: two pair, Sevens and Threes; LO: 7,6,3,2,A Seat 4: itsme89102 showed [9h As Qs 9d] and won (1185) with HI: a flush, Ace high Seat 5: JAROBICHAUD folded on the River Seat 6: muldegulde folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: crafty3 showed [Js 8d 5h 8h] and lost with HI: a straight, Five to Nine; LO: 8,6,5,3,2 Seat 8: tante jude (button) mucked [Th 8c 2s Tc]

[ubermonkey1]

Re: Omaha hi/lo Simple(?) Query i would not be happy with the high if it was on its own but with the possible lo thrown in it becomes an ok hand on that flop:ok as a rule i tend to steer clear of hands with 78 unless you have a good lo to go with it. if you hit your nut straight but no lo you will only hit half the pot in limit as you cant push a lo out .pl is a bit different as its tricky to call pot bets with a 2nd nut lo on its own,so you can scoop the pot with a push. with the good lo its worth staying in on the flop and tbh the raise is probably a good play as it may push a couple of players out, which is always good:) think you played it perfectly really,bit unlucky with the river as you coulda made a bit more out of it. however if it was omaha i would have dumped it on the flop. for a start i never draw to a hand that may already be behind ,very bad idea:spank also with the betting in front and it being limit there's no way your getting rid of many people at this point ,so all sorts of hands could be out there:loon so people could be calling with gutshots that could leave you drawing dead ,in fact the only turn/river i would be utterly happy with is 77:eek best to save yourself the money now before pot odds take over and you have to make crying calls later:ok hope you dont play that sort of hand(pre flop) in omaha andy ,your on a hiding to nothing if u do;)