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Limit Omaha 8 or Better

Limit O8 survival

Scoop still pays
One-bet tax
A2 with backup
Practice: Limit O8 practice

Folding is strength

Fold known quarters
High-only caution
Buddy gate
Practice: Limit O8 folds practice

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Limit Omaha 8 or Better / Grade 1 / Folding is strength

Buddy gate

'Buddy gate' (limit Omaha 8, G1): quarters are the silent bleed — tag them harder than coolers.

Worked example

three-low flop, 2nd-nut low + weak high — control; nut low + live high — press.

Common leak

Buddy leak ('Buddy gate'): 'I have a low' as a complete reason multiway.

Drill

Drill ('Buddy gate'): tag one quartered river and write the earlier fold that prevented it.

Coaching note

Hi-lo coaching staple: an 8-low or better must qualify — know the house rule before you chase halves. Check 'Buddy gate' against it.

Practice habit

sticky-note the trigger for 'Buddy gate' before your next limit Omaha 8 session.

Drill

buddy repeats 'Buddy gate' in one sentence with a concrete board — or you re-teach.

Remember

Avoid scoopless middles.

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