I appreciate everyone's responses.
Regarding preflop play: when I first started learning LO8, a lot of material strongly stressed tight is right. I even heard that VPIP should be tighter than in LHE. I can see that this is still a trivial call without a second thought, given that I'm in the big blind (pot odds). This is where my fixed limit inexperience shows most, I think.
Regarding flop check-raise play: At the time, I felt that he would be CBetting this flop nearly 100% of the time. However, I can see how it's kind of a disaster if he doesn't CBet, and I will occasionally be setting myself up in rough spots if he is only CBetting hands that have decent potential to beat me.
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Originally Posted by streityboy
Don't take this the wrong way but I am trying to be helpful by saying this. You are probably playing too high for your skill level with these questions. Poker fundamentals are missing here.
Could you elaborate? I understand that some of my O8 fundamentals may be weak, but I'd definitely like to know what general poker fundamentals you think I may be missing.
I appreciate the honesty, but, while I think I'm a dog against the stronger players in this game, the weaker players make some major mistakes that I think will result in me being at least a winning player. Plus, it's very good experience. Gotta learn these games somewhere, and this isn't crazy high stakes. If I have a really rough downswing, I'll just stick with 5/5 PLO to rebuild my bankroll while I continue to study.