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 Did I play this hand correctly ? , Should I call  the raise preflop ? Should I set him all in on the flop with my weak draw ??
 
 Im new to Omaha Hi Lo , I thought this was a pretty decent hand , but I think I might just have been a lucky fish on this hand. see for yourself.

 
Omaha Hi Lo PL Freezeout   100.00|200.00 Pot Limit - MTT

- Jack2310 sitting in seat 1 with $5541.26
- rechrisdan sitting in seat 3 with $2536.24 [Dealer]
- yamyam1 sitting in seat 4 with $2517.50
- _Ectorstx_ sitting in seat 6 with $2315.00
- ralphie67 sitting in seat 7 with $2762.50
- hogpot sitting in seat 8 with $2095.00
- goldfishboy sitting in seat 9 with $1920.00
- gumpas sitting in seat 10 with $3190.00

yamyam1 posted the small blind - $50.00
_Ectorstx_ posted the big blind - $100.00

** Dealing card to Jack2310:  9d,  7d,  3c,  Aspades
ralphie67 folded
hogpot folded
goldfishboy folded
gumpas folded
Jack2310 called - $100.00
rechrisdan called - $100.00
yamyam1 raised - $500.00
_Ectorstx_ folded
Jack2310 called - $500.00
rechrisdan called - $500.00

** Dealing the flop:  4s,  Th,  6h
yamyam1 bet - $1600.00
Jack2310 raised - $3200.00
rechrisdan went all-in - $2036.24
yamyam1 went all-in - $467.50
rechrisdan shows:  Kc,  Td,  4d,  5c
yamyam1 shows:  Ad,  Qd,  4h,  2h

** Dealing the turn:  2c

** Dealing the river:  5s
Jack2310 wins $7708.72 from the main pot
Jack2310 wins $7771.24 from side pot 1

End of game 780032682



 Chris dan shouldnt be in the hand , he has a horrible hand

 Yam Yam however has me crushed , he has the best hand and best draw on the flop.

 I think both players being quite short encouraged me to get my chips in and gamble with the 2nd nut low draw and up and down straight draw , I suspected Yam might have the A2

 but what an incredible runner runner to give me the nut low and nut high straight  rotflmfao

 did I play it ok ? or should i have folded preflop or on the flop ?

 any advice is welcome , even Flushys '' constructive criticism ''

flushy will say im too tight

but im not playing this hand

I fold it as well :D

  ;gobsmacked;    really ?

I looked again at your position on the table, i might come in for a raise here but it mostly a steal, A3 with no real high potential is not much of a holding.

 yeah it was only a 5$ donkament , i guess i liked the suited connectors , but i agree , the  7d  9d , really isnt worth getting excited about in O h/l , but I went on to win the tourney out of 42 players which aint bad for my 2nd try.

 thanks mainly to my KK catching a full house against AA2x with no low .

 lol donkaments

I think the starting hand is not really worth messing about with.

It's extremely tough to steal in Hi-Lo, especially pre-flop, & in honesty, I'd not "chase" with your holding.

Hi-Lo, & indeed High Only (Omaha), play very different in Cash & Tourneys.

In Online "High" cash, I look to sit quietly & patiently, and am looking for a blockbuster hand & flop every hour or so, & that's all you need, because you are certain to get action. Tourneys, of course, are so different, as is "Live" cash, where everyone goes fishing every hand.

 Omaha is a sick game altogether , i only play these tourneys as a bit of fun now and again.

 I was half way through the tourney before I realised I could win a big High hand with no low split ie. KK AQs flop A 10 K.

 I admit im an Omaha fish.  ;fishing;

You have a low draw crushed by any A2 a likely holding in this scenario, you have very close to sod all potential, you might get lucky split the lo and only get 3 quartered, bin ur tossy hand :P.

what he said.

 or i might get even luckier and hit the wheel and high straight  :)up

i have to agree i would not be playing this hand unless its to make a steal raise from cut off button or SB