I think you played the hand fine given your reads.
Preflop is fine.
Your hand is much much better in plo8 than it is in limit. Yes, it has the problem that your low draw sucks, and many boards that give you a winning high hand will have a low possibile so your high equity is worth less. But in my opinion it's a decent drawing hand for playing on the button in pl with these stacks. You can make many good scooping and 3/4ing hands: nut flushes rule, and your straightening cards are good for getting your stack in when your opponent is in bad shape (as long as you're cognizant of where you're at for low) (I started writing something about why I think cards like 6-8 can make for good postflop situations in plo8 even though they seem trashy, but I started rambling and gave up, but let me know if you want me to elaborate). You probably won't lose much after the flop unless you hit. Your opponents suck.
When the raise comes back to you preflop, you aren't happy because before you thought there was some chance your low draw was good against highcarder Josh, but now you know the SB has a better low. But you should definitely call getting 3:1 with 35:1 implied odds.
But actually, a better play than limping preflop is raising. Raising gives the blinds a chance to fold bad 23xx A3xx hands and hands that share/dominate your str8 draws, and it hopefully isolates you against a weak player who might well have high cards.
Your flop play looks okay too given your reads. The only situations that have you in bad-ish shape are heads up against a set + better low draw, 3-way against a set and a better low draw that duplicates some of your straight draws, and 3-way against a set and a better low draw with counterfeit protection. I think the key thing is that you have a tell that the SB is going to fold. If he was married to a A23x or A2+gutshot/oesd hand, things would be worse for you.
If you have a decent read that Josh won't fold to an all in (this seems likely, since he's looking strong and will be getting 2:1) and that the SB will still pass if you flat call the $84 instead, then another option is to just call the $84. If the board pairs on the turn, you can fold to Josh's push, otherwise you will have odds to call. This line seems weird, but given those assumptions (Josh won't fold, and the SB will fold either way), it's more profitable to get the extra turn info before you commit your stack.
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Date: 2006-02-16 03:46 (UTC)Preflop is fine.
Your hand is much much better in plo8 than it is in limit. Yes, it has the problem that your low draw sucks, and many boards that give you a winning high hand will have a low possibile so your high equity is worth less. But in my opinion it's a decent drawing hand for playing on the button in pl with these stacks. You can make many good scooping and 3/4ing hands: nut flushes rule, and your straightening cards are good for getting your stack in when your opponent is in bad shape (as long as you're cognizant of where you're at for low) (I started writing something about why I think cards like 6-8 can make for good postflop situations in plo8 even though they seem trashy, but I started rambling and gave up, but let me know if you want me to elaborate). You probably won't lose much after the flop unless you hit. Your opponents suck.
When the raise comes back to you preflop, you aren't happy because before you thought there was some chance your low draw was good against highcarder Josh, but now you know the SB has a better low. But you should definitely call getting 3:1 with 35:1 implied odds.
But actually, a better play than limping preflop is raising. Raising gives the blinds a chance to fold bad 23xx A3xx hands and hands that share/dominate your str8 draws, and it hopefully isolates you against a weak player who might well have high cards.
Your flop play looks okay too given your reads. The only situations that have you in bad-ish shape are heads up against a set + better low draw, 3-way against a set and a better low draw that duplicates some of your straight draws, and 3-way against a set and a better low draw with counterfeit protection. I think the key thing is that you have a tell that the SB is going to fold. If he was married to a A23x or A2+gutshot/oesd hand, things would be worse for you.
If you have a decent read that Josh won't fold to an all in (this seems likely, since he's looking strong and will be getting 2:1) and that the SB will still pass if you flat call the $84 instead, then another option is to just call the $84. If the board pairs on the turn, you can fold to Josh's push, otherwise you will have odds to call. This line seems weird, but given those assumptions (Josh won't fold, and the SB will fold either way), it's more profitable to get the extra turn info before you commit your stack.