cntmuscle

[Kurn]

Hand 1: I don't hate your play here because it's bvb, but in any version of O8 99xx is a weak hand even if xx=A2. You essentially have a naked A2 with 2 death cards. 6s-Ts are basically useless cards in O8. As you can see, even when you flop top set with the nut low draw, you ended up chopping the pot. That's tough, but the vast majority of the time with A2(middle pair) the best you can expect is half the pot.

Hand 2: What on earth do you think he has when he pots into your pre-flop 3-bet on both the flop and turn? Forget that this is PLO8. In PLO, top set is often a drawing hand. The flop check-call is OK if your opponent has a history of stealing in position against a what looks like a missed low-type hand, but when he pots the turn, you have to fold. That's a straight way more often than not (he checks behind with QQxx after you call his flop bet) getting 2:1 when you're 3.4:1 to improve. He has to be betting a worse hand half the time to justify the call. He isn't.

hand 3: That's Omaha. Way more variance than Holdem.