Omaha Hi/Lo Poker Tournament with only 10 players registered when we started this game tonight on Players Cardroom, we ended up with 15 after the late registration. I did an instant addon when I sat down, surprised because I was the only one.
Its Early I’ll Play Nice
Smooth start as I put fear into my opponents minds with my big stack ; )
Building up chips at a rounders pace and when the blinds go to 50/100 I started to see a few more flops, specially after taking notes on how they are playing for lows and other draws, mostly the flopped flush. I got my chips in with a player that liked to draw when I flopped trips and let out my fish line and he did bite. He pushed on the turn and I called, the pot was built up on the re-raise flop. I scored a 5k pot and moved into 2nd place.
Just Before Break Suxs
About 10 mins till break and I get slapped around a bit when in 3 hands I either chopped or got out drawn on by short stack desperation moves. Was kinda sick because I had flopped 2 pair on those three hands, and as I have said before I hate flopping two pair. With my work cut out for me now it was time to put on my steel toe donkey kicking boots. I didn’t do an addon.
Don’t Stop Now It Feels Goooood
Ohhhh I get a suck out on the riva when I snagged the flush for a chop pot.
I didn’t stop there with the moves when I pushed a very aggressive call train off with a river bluff to take down a much needed pot. Then while holding the nut low with 3 players to the river I fired out a pot size bet and scooped that down with out a caller.. and people say don’t bet for the low as your just gonna chop, well they need to call first.
In The Money When
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
FOOSERBACK: bets [$ 1568]
I_BEE_N calls [$ 1568]
Assistanc3 calls [$ 1568]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
I_BEE_N checks
Assistanc3 checks
FOOSERBACK shows [ 9h, 5d, 6d, 6h ]a straight, six high
I_BEE_N shows [ Ac, 5c, Jc, 7d ]a straight, five high
Assistanc3 shows [ 6s, 2c, 7s, Ad ]a flush, queen high
Assistanc3 wins high with a flush, queen high [ Qs, 7s, 6s, 3s, 2s ]
I_BEE_N wins low with 5, 4, 3, 2, A [ Ac, 5c, 4d, 3s, 2s ]
Notice the double check down? Guess it didn’t make that much of a difference tho as I cashed out in 3rd to _Bee_ who went on to win this Omaha Tournament.
When I watched you play this game there were so many times when I thought omg what is he doing?? But, you won or chopped those hands and I thought hmmm ok, I need to review that hand to see exactly how it was played.
It’s no secret that Omaha intimidates me. All those huge preflop raises I saw being made by some players surprised me as well as the number of people who actually called huge bets post flop. How can 5 people all think they have the best hand?
Yes just before break was a little iffy, however overall you played a really great game. That’s evident in your impressive stats. Your preflop fold percentage was very low yet you still won nearly half of all the hands that you saw the flop in.
Congrats on the cash out, I’d like to see you play Omaha more often
it is tough sometimes to keep up with how someone wins a hand in Omaha, specially in Hi/Lo but after awhile you will pick up on what is the best hand and see who has it.