" Sweet Omaha, Sunday morning, I'm coming home today"

So I've started learning Omaha.

Rather than the usual gently, gently approach of reading books and playing for funny money, I've gone in (kinda) boots n' all. Well..., via NL5 anyway! ;)

I don't have much idea what I'm doing and its great being a complete fish at the table. Kinda liberating really! I'm sure there have been showdowns where a grinder has gone 'WTF!'. There was in fact one hand where I completely misread the board and thought I was slowplaying a boat. When the chips shipped the other way I had to stare at the hand history to figured out what happened.

BUT, I'm just play super tight (for Omaha), staying out of trouble and trying to figure it out as I go.



Here's a fun hand. I had so many outs and combinations my head was spinning. I didn't even notice I'd boated up straight away - at first I saw trip kings with a flush draw. A few seconds later I thought.....hang on a minute. Ship ahoy!



PokerStars Game #19348581916: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2008/08/04 - 08:03:57 (ET)
Table 'Errai V' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: naiik ($2.21 in chips)
Seat 2: Morningdon ($2.41 in chips)
Seat 3: Forrest Gump ($4.03 in chips)
Seat 4: TIBUTTOFUORI ($3.22 in chips)
Seat 5: DafarginNuts ($2 in chips)
Seat 6: treky ($5.50 in chips)
Seat 7: kenny231982 ($5.55 in chips)
Seat 8: kapiuksehing ($19.49 in chips)
Seat 9: B-Glizzy ($2.35 in chips)
naiik: posts small blind $0.01
Morningdon: posts big blind $0.02
DafarginNuts: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Forrest Gump [8d Kc 2d Ac]
Forrest Gump: raises $0.06 to $0.08
TIBUTTOFUORI: calls $0.08
DafarginNuts: calls $0.06
treky: folds
kenny231982: folds
kapiuksehing: calls $0.08
B-Glizzy: folds
naiik: folds
Morningdon: folds
*** FLOP *** [4c 8c Kd]
Forrest Gump: bets $0.20
TIBUTTOFUORI: calls $0.20
DafarginNuts: folds
kapiuksehing: calls $0.20
*** TURN *** [4c 8c Kd] [Ks]
Forrest Gump: bets $0.75
TIBUTTOFUORI: calls $0.75
kapiuksehing: calls $0.75
*** RIVER *** [4c 8c Kd Ks] [5s]
Forrest Gump: bets $3 and is all-in
TIBUTTOFUORI: folds
kapiuksehing: calls $3
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Forrest Gump: shows [8d Kc 2d Ac] (a full house, Kings full of Eights)
kapiuksehing: mucks hand
Forrest Gump collected $8.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.20 | Rake $0.45
Board [4c 8c Kd Ks 5s]
Seat 1: naiik (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Morningdon (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Forrest Gump showed [8d Kc 2d Ac] and won ($8.75) with a full house, Kings full of Eights
Seat 4: TIBUTTOFUORI folded on the River
Seat 5: DafarginNuts folded on the Flop
Seat 6: treky folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: kenny231982 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: kapiuksehing mucked [3h 4s 2c 4d]
Seat 9: B-Glizzy (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)




...and finally, here's on of those 'WTF' moments from good old NL. Note I'd raised with AK six times previously and missed every flop. Definitely normal for me and the reason I hate this hand so much.

Then this little peach arrives:


PokerStars Game #19348395776: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/08/04 - 07:48:30 (ET)
Table 'Kalypso' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: capulet7 ($25.05 in chips)
Seat 2: yipyapsap ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: mmdb3 ($75.95 in chips)
Seat 4: Forrest Gump ($25.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Cmarriott89 ($25.80 in chips)
Seat 7: NoPhobia ($27.45 in chips)
Seat 8: Aeryx ($26.10 in chips)
Seat 9: FEARisPOWER ($24 in chips)
NoPhobia: posts small blind $0.10
Aeryx: posts big blind $0.25
rokkenroll: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Forrest Gump [Ac Kh]
FEARisPOWER: folds
capulet7: raises $0.75 to $1
yipyapsap: folds
mmdb3: calls $1
Forrest Gump: calls $1
Cmarriott89: folds
NoPhobia: folds
Aeryx: folds
*** FLOP *** [Td 2d Kd]
capulet7: bets $2.50
mmdb3: calls $2.50
Forrest Gump: folds
*** TURN *** [Td 2d Kd] [Jd]
capulet7: bets $5.50
mmdb3: calls $5.50
*** RIVER *** [Td 2d Kd Jd] [7d]
capulet7: checks
mmdb3: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
capulet7: shows [7c 7s] (a flush, King high)
mmdb3: shows [Th Tc] (a flush, King high)
capulet7 collected $9.25 from pot
mmdb3 collected $9.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19.35 | Rake $0.90
Board [Td 2d Kd Jd 7d]
Seat 1: capulet7 showed [7c 7s] and won ($9.25) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: yipyapsap folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: mmdb3 showed [Th Tc] and won ($9.20) with a flush, King high
Seat 4: Forrest Gump folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Cmarriott89 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: NoPhobia (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Aeryx (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: FEARisPOWER folded before Flop (didn't bet)