HAND 1)

Here’s another drawing hand fresh out of the oven.

The previous hand I raised to 3BB pre flop on the button with 99TTss, and hit a KT7 flop with 2 hearts. Checked to me, and I felt I had to pot it, so I did, and they all folded. So this hand I thought I’d make the same 3BB raise. This is my standard raise and I’ll make it with all hands including AAXX (unless the stack sizes and pot sizes are conducive to me getting 40% of my stack in with a PSB pre flop, in which case I don’t mind flipping half my hand over). Checked to me, and I’ve got a NFD + overpair. FD + overpair is a good hand it plays best if the flush draw is the the nuts and especially if it’s a raised pot preflop and there aren’t that many other viable threats. As is the case on this board. As I’m expected to bet, I do. The perfect scenario occurs; 2 calls, I hit the nuts, villain goes all in, and villain2 calls… well rule #1 in Omaha is “DON’T GET GREEDY: IF IT’S A BIG POT TAKE IT DOWN” (after all, you might just get called anyway). So I raise the pot, and villain2 folds to leave villain1 drawing dead.

***** Hand History for Game 5961465648 *****
$200 USD PL Omaha - Saturday, May 12, 09:32:15 ET 2007
Table Table 125419 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: qaratapa ( $194.50 USD )
Seat 2: tally666 ( $74 USD )
Seat 3: GNL39 ( $208.05 USD )
Seat 4: poppos ( $231.50 USD )
Seat 6: redzebra ( $79.85 USD )
Seat 8: PANDORA_14 ( $355.55 USD )
Seat 9: COMANDANTE4 ( $37.42 USD )
Seat 10: redbull344 ( $202.85 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $212.75 USD )
Seat 7: jamesblond ( $63.20 USD )
jamesblond posts small blind [$1 USD].
PANDORA_14 posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ks As Kd Jc ]
COMANDANTE4 folds
redbull344 calls [$2 USD]
qaratapa folds
tally666 folds
GNL39 folds
poppos folds
HERO raises [$6 USD]
redzebra calls [$6 USD]
jamesblond calls [$5 USD]
PANDORA_14 calls [$4 USD]
redbull344 calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 7d, 4s ]
jamesblond checks
PANDORA_14 checks
redbull344 checks
HERO bets [$28.50 USD]
redzebra folds
jamesblond calls [$28.50 USD]
>You have options at Table 125381 (No DP) Table!.
PANDORA_14 calls [$28.50 USD]
redbull344 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
jamesblond is all-In [$28.70 USD]
PANDORA_14 calls [$28.70 USD]
HERO is all-In [$178.25 USD]
PANDORA_14 folds
** Dealing River ** [ 6h ]
jamesblond shows [ 6s, Ts, 6d, 8s ]a flush, Jack high.
HERO shows [ Ks, As, Kd, Jc ]a flush, Ace high.
HERO wins $149.55 USD from side pot #1 with a flush, Ace high.
HERO wins $198.60 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.


HAND 2)

Another drawing hand.

Just 2 hands later on the same table. A flush draw here with a shitload of outs. I decide to just draw because I think I have implied odds because there’s so many draws on the board they might just pay me off especially if I hit the straight. I want to keep in other worse draws than mine, and I don’t have to knock out straight draws because I have them. Alas, my plan fails when villain just sticks in a big raise and they fold. So I might as well just put the rest in.

***** Hand History for Game 5961473647 *****
$200 USD PL Omaha - Saturday, May 12, 09:35:30 ET 2007
Table Table 125419 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: qaratapa ( $194.50 USD )
Seat 2: tally666 ( $70 USD )
Seat 3: GNL39 ( $204.05 USD )
Seat 4: poppos ( $231.50 USD )
Seat 6: redzebra ( $59.85 USD )
Seat 8: PANDORA_14 ( $292.35 USD )
Seat 9: COMANDANTE4 ( $36.42 USD )
Seat 10: redbull344 ( $218 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $348.15 USD )
redbull344 posts small blind [$1 USD].
qaratapa posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ As 6d 5c 3s ]
tally666 folds
GNL39 folds
poppos calls [$2 USD]
HERO raises [$6 USD]
redzebra calls [$6 USD]
PANDORA_14 folds
COMANDANTE4 folds
redbull344 folds
qaratapa calls [$4 USD]
poppos calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, 2d, 4s ]
qaratapa checks
poppos bets [$5 USD]

HERO calls [$5 USD]
redzebra raises [$43.75 USD]
qaratapa folds
>You have options at Table 125509 (No DP) Table!.
poppos folds
HERO raises [$155 USD]
redzebra is all-In [$10.10 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
** Dealing River ** [ Th ]
HERO shows [ As, 6d, 5c, 3s ]a pair of Tens.
redzebra shows [ Ts, 5d, 4d, 4c ]a full house, Tens full of Fours.
HERO wins $106.15 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Tens.
redzebra wins $134.70 USD from the main pot with a full house, Tens full of Fours.


HAND 3)

This is the hand right after hand 2… having raised 3 of the last 4 hands and continued my aggression on the flop, my image is definitely and unjustifiedly maniac This hand is interesting. I hit one of my best possible flops and make a pot building bet. Don’t really mind 79 calling here. They have 5 outs and face a redraw. Shortie goes all in and I get a call to me, great! Now for the critical decision: call, raise small, or raise pot? In retrospect I think I made the wrong move here.

Villain’s range includes 57xx, non-nut flush draw, set, and 79xx and 2 pair as long shots. Against that range, the only hand I want to drive out is the set. The other hand I want to raise is the 57xx because he’ll call me now but maybe not after the flush hits. But I put shortie on 57xx, so there just aren’t many ways for villain to have that holding. In the light of day, I now think I should have made a raise to $71, giving him irressistable odds. It also leaves about a pot-size bet left to go all-in on the turn. Of course, the pot was already big and putting in the chips with the best hand will never be a great mistake. What do you think – was it worth keeping villain in the hand with a holding this strong?

***** Hand History for Game 5961476790 *****
$200 USD PL Omaha - Saturday, May 12, 09:36:46 ET 2007
Table Table 125419 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: qaratapa ( $188.50 USD )
Seat 2: tally666 ( $70 USD )
Seat 3: GNL39 ( $204.05 USD )
Seat 4: poppos ( $220.50 USD )
Seat 6: redzebra ( $134.70 USD )
Seat 8: PANDORA_14 ( $292.35 USD )
Seat 9: COMANDANTE4 ( $36.42 USD )
Seat 10: redbull344 ( $217 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $288.30 USD )
qaratapa posts small blind [$1 USD].
tally666 posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ad Tc 7c 5d ]
GNL39 folds
poppos calls [$2 USD]
HERO calls [$2 USD]
redzebra folds
PANDORA_14 folds
COMANDANTE4 calls [$2 USD]
redbull344 raises [$6 USD]
>You have options at Table 125381 (No DP) Table!.
qaratapa folds
tally666 folds
poppos calls [$4 USD]
vikinghs has joined the table.
HERO calls [$4 USD]
>You have options at Table 125381 (No DP) Table!.
COMANDANTE4 calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, 8d, 4d ]
poppos checks
>You have options at Table 125381 (No DP) Table!.
HERO bets [$10 USD]
COMANDANTE4 is all-In [$30.42 USD]
redbull344 folds
>You have options at Table 125381 (No DP) Table!.
>You have options at Table 125509 (No DP) Table!.
poppos calls [$30.42 USD]
HERO raises [$137.33 USD]
>You have options at Table 125381 (No DP) Table!.
>You have options at Table 125509 (No DP) Table!.
>You have options at Table 125381 (No DP) Table!.
>You have options at Table 125381 (No DP) Table!.
poppos did not respond in time
poppos folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
HERO shows [ Ad, Tc, 7c, 5d ]a straight Four to Eight.
COMANDANTE4 shows [ Js, As, 5s, 7d ]a straight Four to Eight.
HERO wins $116.91 USD from side pot #1 with a straight, Four to Eight.
COMANDANTE4 wins $57.63 USD from the main pot with a straight, Four to Eight.
HERO wins $57.63 USD from the main pot with a straight, Four to Eight.