Hitting the flop hard in Omaha

These hands make my head spin. I think to some degree it was almost a freeroll.



Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players

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SB: $15.95

BB: $12.50

UTG: $12.50

Hero (MP): $12.99

CO: $19.18

BTN: $10.22



Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is MP with 8 7 6 9

1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, BTN raises to $1.35, SB calls $1.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.10, CO calls $1.10



Flop: ($5.65) 9 3 7 (4 players)

SB bets $1.25, Hero raises to $9.12, CO folds, BTN folds, SB raises to $14.60 all in, Hero calls $2.52 all in



Turn: ($28.93) 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)



River: ($28.93) Q (2 players - 2 are all in)



Final Pot: $28.93

SB shows Q Q 7 9 (three of a kind, Queens)

Hero shows 8 7 6 9 (a flush, Nine high)

Hero wins $27.50

(Rake: $1.43)




board: 9h 3h 7d
Hand Equity
8h 7s 6h 9d 73.72%
Qs Qd 7c 9c 26.28%

Second chances

The guy to my right is an absolute dribbler. His range is much wider than a flush here. I need to check my equity to see how bad the fold was.

In poker, there's rarely such a thing as second chances though.


Hand #1

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players

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SB: $17.89

BB: $12.50

UTG: $11.15

MP: $8.20

Hero (CO): $23.07

BTN: $25.39



Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with 9 7 5 9

UTG raises to $0.85, MP calls $0.85, Hero calls $0.85, 3 folds



Flop: ($2.90) 9 3 7 (3 players)

UTG bets $1, MP raises to $5.76, Hero folds, UTG folds



Final Pot: $4.90

MP wins $4.67

(Rake: $0.23)




board: 9c 7c 3c
Hand Equity
9h 7s 5h 9s 33.05%
Ac 5s Kh Tc 66.95%



Hand #2 - Revenge
Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players

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BB: $16.69

UTG: $12.50

CO: $10.57

Hero (BTN): $32.98

SB: $24.79



Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with 9 A 2 2

1 fold, CO raises to $0.85, Hero calls $0.85, 2 folds



Flop: ($2.05) 2 Q 4 (2 players)

CO bets $1.95, Hero raises to $7.80, CO raises to $9.72 all in, Hero calls $1.92



Turn: ($21.49) Q (2 players - 1 is all in)



River: ($21.49) A (2 players - 1 is all in)



Final Pot: $21.49

CO shows 7 T 8 K (a flush, Queen high)

Hero shows 9 A 2 2 (a full house, Deuces full of Queens)

Hero wins $20.43

(Rake: $1.06)

Somewhere to dip a line.

I hit the wall with the full ring NLH Rush games quite some time back. While it may be a small sample size, my last two sessions playing 6 handed Rush PLO have turned a couple of buyin profit. Hands like the one below are a gift that I almost never see in NLH these days.



Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players

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Hero (MP): $13.28

CO: $13.28

BTN: $22.77

SB: $24.15

BB: $5.27

UTG: $0.68



Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with J 3 J Q

1 fold, Hero calls $0.10, 2 folds, SB raises to $0.40, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.30



Flop: ($0.90) 7 6 J (2 players)

SB bets $0.90, Hero raises to $3, SB raises to $9.90, Hero raises to $12.88 all in, SB calls $2.98



Turn: ($26.66) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)



River: ($26.66) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)



Final Pot: $26.66

Hero shows J 3 J Q (three of a kind, Jacks)

SB shows K 9 A A (a pair of Aces)

Hero wins $24.89

(Rake: $1.77)

Movie Insults

Avoiding card cheats

No setups or video magic. This guy really is doing this.

Attitude

Quite often when I'm watching professional poker players on TV I see mental flaws that make me wonder how they made it as a professional. The obvious example is Mike Matusow and it makes me think he must have an incredible amount of talent to overcome what would be a significant handicap at the table. But even when I watch a 'young gun' like Jason Mercier,I see some big flaws in his attitude at the table.

In the NBC heads up against Scotty Nguyen, Scotty was making some awful calls and getting there by the river. And yet I saw Mercier steaming and making a sarcastic comment about Nguyen making 'a good call'. Then in the Pokerstars Big Game, after losing a big pot to the amateur he swore and berated his own play rather than congratulate the amateur so she feels comfortable and might loosen up?

On the positive side of the ledger, watching Ivey get brutalized by Scotty in the NBC heads up and still (honestly) laugh about the result was incredible.

I'm on a poker hiatus at the moment but will kick off some brick and mortar very soon.