With any poker game you develop plays that work against specific types of people. Here's a hand I played very well, in my humble opinion. :)
PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter
MP ($88.90)
Button ($58.50)
Hero ($219.90)
BB ($36.75)
UTG ($89)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Kc, 6c, Kh, 4s.
2 folds, Button calls $1, Hero completes, BB checks.
PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter
MP ($88.90)
Button ($58.50)
Hero ($219.90)
BB ($36.75)
UTG ($89)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Kc, 6c, Kh, 4s.
2 folds, Button calls $1, Hero completes, BB checks.
Pretty raggy kings in the small blind. The game is short, but position is everything in PLO and I am very unlikely to raise this hand.
Flop: ($3) Qc, Kd, Jd (3 players)
Hero bets $2, BB folds, Button calls $2.
I flopped top set. I bet out right away for two reasons:
a) I want to know how I can play this hand on the turn. If I get raised anything more than 1/2 the pot here, I probably just muck it. It really depends on what I feel my opponent has.
b) As I said in the previous post, there are lots of Omaha players that will just call the flop looking for a safe card to hit the turn. Even in Omaha very few players assume that you are drawing when you bet. If I check here, he is sure to bet. I can't really call a bet because I don't have odds, unless I think he has a weaker hand here. So I opt to bet out to see what his response will be. Also, I have implied odds as I believe this player will pay me off if I hit my boat.
He did what I wanted him to do, which was just call. I made a somewhat weak bet because I wanted to feign weakness with a pretty powerful drawing hand. If he has AT, I want him to think I have 9T. If he has 9T, I want him to think I have something like two pair. I set this up by betting two pair into straightened boards on occasions when I have some other redraw, like a flush, or a straight tie. Sometimes I throw caution to the wind and do it with bottom two pair. My goal is to control the action as much as possible.
Turn: ($7) 8c (2 players)
Hero bets $5, Button raises to $21.7, Hero calls $16.70.
This is a very good card for me. It opens up my hand to the second nut flush draw, which I'm 99.5% certain would be good if it got there. I bet out again because I felt that I was either way ahead or somewhat behind and wanted to know which. If he has AT or 9T in his hand, I have somewhere between 13 and 15 outs depending on which clubs and or pair cards he holds.
This is a clear call. Folding would be a mistake at this point.
River: ($50.40) 2c (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $33.8 (All-In), Hero calls $33.80.
Final Pot: $118
Outcome: Hero shows Kc 6c Kh 4s and wins $118 with a flush, King High.
Button had 7d 9h Jc Th, a straight, Nine to King
Once again he did exactly what I wanted him to do: put the bulk of the money in when he had already lost. My check here is somewhat dangerous as he may just check behind me and I end up losing value on the hand.
However, I've played this individual on many occasions and my notes indicated that he would most likely continue his aggressiveness on the river even without the nuts. I also 'back-doored' the flush (caught two running cards to make it) and it is much more deceptive than a flush draw that had been there from the flop on.
The sad thing is, he went to the felt with nothing but the ass-end of the straight. I could have easily had AKKT or just AcTXcX here and had him drawing dead.
In the end I got lucky, but I set this hand up to lose a moderate amount or to win his entire stack. I was roughly a 45/55 underdog going into the river. His 'slowplay' or unwillingness to raise the made straight on the flop allowed me to take this hand away from him.
The moral? It's called Pot Limit Omaha for a reason. If you had a vulnerable hand like a weak straight you should be reraising to define your hand on the flop. Getting all the money in on the river when you no longer have anything close to the nuts is foolish.
DON'T BE A BITCH!
PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter
MP ($88.90)
Button ($58.50)
Hero ($219.90)
BB ($36.75)
UTG ($89)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Kc, 6c, Kh, 4s.
2 folds, Button calls $1, Hero completes, BB checks.
PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter
MP ($88.90)
Button ($58.50)
Hero ($219.90)
BB ($36.75)
UTG ($89)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Kc, 6c, Kh, 4s.
2 folds, Button calls $1, Hero completes, BB checks.
Pretty raggy kings in the small blind. The game is short, but position is everything in PLO and I am very unlikely to raise this hand.
Flop: ($3) Qc, Kd, Jd (3 players)
Hero bets $2, BB folds, Button calls $2.
I flopped top set. I bet out right away for two reasons:
a) I want to know how I can play this hand on the turn. If I get raised anything more than 1/2 the pot here, I probably just muck it. It really depends on what I feel my opponent has.
b) As I said in the previous post, there are lots of Omaha players that will just call the flop looking for a safe card to hit the turn. Even in Omaha very few players assume that you are drawing when you bet. If I check here, he is sure to bet. I can't really call a bet because I don't have odds, unless I think he has a weaker hand here. So I opt to bet out to see what his response will be. Also, I have implied odds as I believe this player will pay me off if I hit my boat.
He did what I wanted him to do, which was just call. I made a somewhat weak bet because I wanted to feign weakness with a pretty powerful drawing hand. If he has AT, I want him to think I have 9T. If he has 9T, I want him to think I have something like two pair. I set this up by betting two pair into straightened boards on occasions when I have some other redraw, like a flush, or a straight tie. Sometimes I throw caution to the wind and do it with bottom two pair. My goal is to control the action as much as possible.
Turn: ($7) 8c (2 players)
Hero bets $5, Button raises to $21.7, Hero calls $16.70.
This is a very good card for me. It opens up my hand to the second nut flush draw, which I'm 99.5% certain would be good if it got there. I bet out again because I felt that I was either way ahead or somewhat behind and wanted to know which. If he has AT or 9T in his hand, I have somewhere between 13 and 15 outs depending on which clubs and or pair cards he holds.
This is a clear call. Folding would be a mistake at this point.
River: ($50.40) 2c (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $33.8 (All-In), Hero calls $33.80.
Final Pot: $118
Outcome: Hero shows Kc 6c Kh 4s and wins $118 with a flush, King High.
Button had 7d 9h Jc Th, a straight, Nine to King
Once again he did exactly what I wanted him to do: put the bulk of the money in when he had already lost. My check here is somewhat dangerous as he may just check behind me and I end up losing value on the hand.
However, I've played this individual on many occasions and my notes indicated that he would most likely continue his aggressiveness on the river even without the nuts. I also 'back-doored' the flush (caught two running cards to make it) and it is much more deceptive than a flush draw that had been there from the flop on.
The sad thing is, he went to the felt with nothing but the ass-end of the straight. I could have easily had AKKT or just AcTXcX here and had him drawing dead.
In the end I got lucky, but I set this hand up to lose a moderate amount or to win his entire stack. I was roughly a 45/55 underdog going into the river. His 'slowplay' or unwillingness to raise the made straight on the flop allowed me to take this hand away from him.
The moral? It's called Pot Limit Omaha for a reason. If you had a vulnerable hand like a weak straight you should be reraising to define your hand on the flop. Getting all the money in on the river when you no longer have anything close to the nuts is foolish.
DON'T BE A BITCH!
posted by TheRempel at 11:30 PM
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