Quiz Question #16

[cgrohman 0]

A49J

[shpaget 0]

Flip a three sided coin?With BB calling your button raise I'm thinking he can have a wide range of cards...he doesn't have to have an ace, but I'd say it's likely he does - and if you're gonna raise with any of these three from the button, he's probably gonna call you with a lot of reasonable hands.2349, I am undecided on its scoop potential...Without a board of A5x, you're playing to the idiot end of any straight - for example, if 456 is on board...you could easily have the 2nd best hand both ways. For all intents and purposes this is a 3-card hand, but there's something intriguing about it.KQT9 also requires a pretty good flop...and almost definitely needs a Jack...any card you pair could be outkicked...any aceless straight you make is not the best possible hand...and if he's looking for low cards you're not getting any action anyway. It's mostly an easy hand to play, but I think it's a hand where you lose a lot of money and win very little. Excpet for 78, two low cards on the flop are gonna force you out of this hand....and even with 78, 4 of your outs means you're playing for half the pot, and if you miss you could very well be beat by ace-high.A49J - you can hit broadway, but you need a perfect board...you can hit a middle straight that would be the nuts (which would give you a good low draw), but you need a perfect board...you can hit the bike, but you need a perfect board...any nut draw you have on the flop/turn can easily be counterfeited. The hand has lots of potential, but lots of pitfalls too for idiots like me.2349 is afraid of three hands on the low side...A49J is afraid of two...and 2349 has less chance of being counterfeited.KQT9 would probably be the easiest to play...2349 is probably more profitable than people first think, and A49J MIGHT have the most scoop potential, but I think also has the most potential to lose a lot of money due to chasing and counterfeiting.2349 will win the low half more often than the other two, and that's the first step to scooping.

[No_Neck 0]

A49J

not even close

[greatwhite 0]

A49J, easily. 2349 is the worse of these hands. Just look at it's high potential. There is not much there. Playing heads up omaha, you want hands that can scoop, not make a low and that's it. KQT9 is an ok hand, but I'd prefer it over 2349 since it's more clearcut. Having the ace is key omaha.

[JacKingOff_suit 0]

I will fold all three preflop 7-handed even I am on the button and even no one has entered in the pot. It doesn't cost me a penny when I fold.Just from my experience, sometimes when no one has shown interests in the pot, the "good hands" are probably in the blinds.If there's a gun pointing on my head forcing me to pick a hand to raise on the button then I will definitely pick A4J9, not even close. It has potentials on both high and low, the other two are simply one directional hand, and we are in the two-dimensional game.

[The Nuts 0]

I'm not an Omaha HiLo expert, but here's my take:KQT9 is for Pot Limit Omaha. I pick 2349 for a couple of reasons.1) If a lot of players folded preflop, odds are that none of them had an ace. Your opponent most likely has one, so there are three more left to get you a good shot at the wheel. If there were a lot of players in the pot, I'd be more leery to play this hand aggressively.2) The low connectors provide for a lot of straight possibilities. In A4J9, you're most likely going to have to complete a flush to get the high pot and some really good low cards to complete the low. Yeah, there's one gap between the J and the 9, but if you get a straight with that, you opponent will probably have the higher end of that straight and you'll lose high. If your opponent is holding something like A3xx or A2xx, you don't have as good of a shot at low, especially if one of those X's is a good low card because that will take away your outs to the low.

[reynaldo124 0]

A49J, easily. 2349 is the worse of these hands. Just look at it's high potential. There is not much there. Playing heads up omaha, you want hands that can scoop, not make a low and that's it. KQT9 is an ok hand, but I'd prefer it over 2349 since it's more clearcut. Having the ace is key omaha.

you just totally contradicted yourself. youre saying 2349 is the worst because it has bad high potential... but you dont mind KQT9 even though it has no low potential whatsoever.the good thing about 2349 is that youll know on the flop if your good or not, and you can dump it without losing extra money if it doesnt hit. obviously the same can be said for KQT9. more often than not, youre going to get a marginal flop with A49J and probably stick around to see if your flush/two pair hits while also putting a 2-3 on the board. but it really all depends on who youre playing against. if hes weak and you can push him around, it really doesnt matter what you have.