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n 1997, while I was working on improving my 08B game, I decided that I had better ask someone whom I respected for some advice on how to play the game. So I sought out "Miami" John Cernuto because I really had a lot of respect for his 08B game. I asked John for some advice on 08B, and this is what he told me: "Phil, you give me some advice on no-limit Hold'em, and I'll give you some advice on 08B." I said—and this is a true story— "John, I'll give you $500 for twenty minutes of advice." He said, "Deal." And then he proceeded to tell me the theory of "three wheel cards" in your starting four-card hand in 08B. Since I did pay John $500 for this theory, I present it here to you!
This theory involves playing any starting hand that includes some combination of three cards from among A-2-3-4-5. Hands like 2-4-5-x or A-4-5-X or 2-3-4-x are now all playable for one bet before the flop. I have applied this theory with mostly good results for more than four years now. As long as I used some discretion, it generally won me a lot of money. But when I called three bets before the flop with (the worst of the
three-wheel-card hands), I didn't do so well!
When we begin to add weaker hands to the mix of hands that you should play before the flop, we need to point out that more skillful reading is needed. Playing these types of hands can put you in harm's way if you're not careful.
The EH3-0-I5I, for example, can be in a lot of trouble
when the flop comes down [V] -[V] . In this case, you have a really bad low draw with your 2-4, top pair of kings with no kicker (one pair of kings with a five kicker), and an open-ended straight draw (4-5-6-7) that is drawing to the low end of the straight if an eight hits (still, an eight is a good card). Although this hand is very weak, it is just enough of a hand to warrant your calling one bet, because of its two-way potential. But it's important to realize that it's a trouble hand unless you make the nut straight (and even that might lose to a flush). If there is a lot of betting and raising on this flop, then you're probably up against a better low draw, a better high hand, and a better high draw (a flush draw). So some reading ability is required, which means we're into the discussion of intermediate play.
In general, you can call one bet before the flop with any three-wheel hand, but be prepared to throw your hand away even when you have a decent flop, in some cases. Keep in mind that your opponents will often have hands that include A-2, A-3, or 2-3. So use some discretion when playing these kinds of hands on the flop. Ask yourself, "Is my low draw good enough to continue on in this hand or not? Can I win the high side and the low side of the pot with this flop?"
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Suppose you have A-3-Q-Q and the board is 0~l9"S~0~ fyj. If there was a ton of betting and raising happening on the flop, it will be very hard for you to call one bet on the end. I hear you saying, "But, Phil, there's a lot of money in this pot! Of course I need to call one bet on the end. I have top set." To which I respond, "What do you think they were jamming it with on the flop?
There was no flush draw, and you were the one with the three queens. If they put in a lot of action, on the flop, in this hand, almost certainly at least one player has A-2 in his hand. If one of them does have that in his hand, then he just made a wheel on the river!" In fact, that was the only card you really didn't want to see on the end, right? If you call one bet here, you may not even lose to an A-2; you might lose to another straight, the 2-6 or the 6-7. Although calling one bet here isn't a terrible play, because the pot odds are big, you will almost certainly do better in the long run by folding your hand in this situation. It is never wrong for you to fold when you can't even imagine a hand that your opponent could have that doesn't beat you.
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