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[akishore]

playing my first $10/20 omaha hi/lo session. highest stakes i've played in my life. going alright so far, split some decent pots, made i think only one mistake that wasn't huge but that left me slapping myself upside the head.technically, i'm just taking a shot as i normally play $3/6 and $5/10 omaha hi/lo, but this game just looked soooooo freaking juicy (87% players to the flop, $300 average pot, huge maniacs everywhere!!!).i'll be sure to post some hands in the omaha forum, but i just wanted to make this post since this is a huge thrill for me right now. i'm on a short roll, too, even by omaha standards, but i've set a stop-loss limit since i'm technically taking a shot and not really moving up.wish me luck, i'll post some hands.aseem

[Vade]

Congrats and GL!

[akishore]

ok, i officially made my first real donkey mistake.horrible, argh! (it's definitely psychological, i'm playing a little weak/tight scared money etc etc etc etc freaking a...)A-3-6-x with a suited ace in spades on the button. five limpers, i limp, SB completes, BB checks.flop is 8c-4d-2c giving me nut low and just a gutshot to a decent high (6-high straight). SB bets out, gets just one caller so i opt to call and not raise.turn is a brick non-low, SB checks, guy bets, i flat-call to invite SB to call, he does.river is a 3c! counterfeits my nut low leaving me with the second nut low and no high really. SB bets out, and i completely saw this coming!! guy raises!! i think this is a very standard cold-call, but i completely pussied out and folded figuring ONE of those bets/raises HAD to be the new nut low, so i folded. SB called, and that bastard guy scooped it with Ac-3x-7c-x for the nut flush and third-nut low.oh well, stop playing scared money aseem!aseem

[akishore]

ok, after a few standard pots of hovering around (splitting some, missing some draws, maybe a few questionable folds but i'm definitely playing tighter than usual), i just won a huge one!i raised UTG with Ah-Qh-Qd-10d, UTG+1 three-bet, folded over to the SB who cold-called, the BB also cold-called, and i just called.flop came Jd-10h-4c, blinds checked, i BET, guy raised, blinds folded, i called.turn came Ks, i checked, he bet, i checkraised, he three-bet, i capped, he called all-in.river bricked, he had K-J-J-x so i kinda sucked out. oh well!aseem

[akishore]

hmm, real interesting hand came up.UTG limped, and the whole table surprisingly folded to me in the small blind. i raised with A-K-3-6 double-suited with the ace of clubs. the big blind and the limper both called.the flop came a miracle! Kc-5-2c! i bet out, both guys called.the turn came an offsuit 8, giving me the nut low with top pair and the nut flush draw. i bet, the big blind called, the limper raised, i fearlessly three-bet, the big blind cold-called and the limper called.the river came another king. i bet, and suddenly the big blind awoke and raised, the limper cold-called and i called knowing i was quartered.oh well.aseem

[JesseW316]

akishore said:

hmm, real interesting hand came up.UTG limped, and the whole table surprisingly folded to me in the small blind. i raised with A-K-3-6 double-suited with the ace of clubs. the big blind and the limper both called.the flop came a miracle! Kc-5-2c! i bet out, both guys called.the turn came an offsuit 8, giving me the nut low with top pair and the nut flush draw. i bet, the big blind called, the limper raised, i fearlessly three-bet, the big blind cold-called and the limper called.the river came another king. i bet, and suddenly the big blind awoke and raised, the limper cold-called and i called knowing i was quartered.oh well.aseem

Tough river. Nice flop, though. It seems as if you are playing well, so keep it up.

[akishore]

up about 8 BB's right now, but it's still hovering near even for the stakes since i've been swinging between -5 BB to +5 BB, but this is the highest i'm up so far.just had an interesting hand, not sure if i like my flop raise, check it out. three players limp, i limp on the button with A-K-10h-3h, the SB completes and the BB checks.flop comes 9-4-2 with two diamonds and one heart. the SB bets out, the BB and the first limper call, the other two limpers fold, and i raise here in this four-way pot. i did it automatically (i had the ace of diamonds, but no other diamond, so i think i mistakenly figured i had a nut flush draw too), not sure if it was correct. anyway, all three players called.the turn brought the 7h to give me the nut low with a weak 10-high flush draw. checked to me, i bet, all called. river brought the 4h, pairing the board, but they all checked to me again, so i bet again, and all called again, all mucked as i surprisingly scooped.alright, up about 12 BB now, just scooped another pot after limping/folding.aseem

[akishore]

ok, the table's breaking up. ended about +14 BB after roughly an hour?i'm going to go through my hand histories and post a bunch of hands in the omaha forum.aseem

[akishore]

alright, well the site's hand history function isn't working right now (real bummer, i really wanted to review all my hands). i sent support an email but am going to bed now, so we'll have to wait till tomorrow at least before i can post the hands.aseem

[Egarim]

Aseem, you need to make yourself a poker blog and put your stuff in there.

[akishore]

Egarim said:

Aseem, you need to make yourself a poker blog and put your stuff in there.

eh, i have one but haven't updated in a loooong time. too lazy, i guess.aseem

[Jordan]

akishore, get on at jayson's site..bunch of blogs over there.- Jordan

[flintsword]

akishore said:

ok, after a few standard pots of hovering around (splitting some, missing some draws, maybe a few questionable folds but i'm definitely playing tighter than usual), i just won a huge one!i raised UTG with Ah-Qh-Qd-10d, UTG+1 three-bet, folded over to the SB who cold-called, the BB also cold-called, and i just called.flop came Jd-10h-4c, blinds checked, i BET, guy raised, blinds folded, i called.turn came Ks, i checked, he bet, i checkraised, he three-bet, i capped, he called all-in.river bricked, he had K-J-J-x so i kinda sucked out. oh well!aseem

You say you sucked out, but while I was reading this I was sure you were ahead on the turn with a made str8. Just to make sure, I dropped the cards into cardplayer's Omaha calculator and sure enough, you are an 80% favourite, so why would you think you sucked out?He can only beat your str8 with a boat or a quad, no flushes being possible, so that means the river has to be a J, a T, a 4, or a K to beat you. A total of (1+3+3+2=9) nine cards out of 44 cards left so you pretty well have to be ahead on the turn. Even if he puts you on a made str8 and IDs your A and Q so it is 9 cards out of 42 (or 1:4 roughly), he is behind.So the real question is whether the pot was laying him good enough pot odds to go ahead. There are 12 bets pre-flop with four players. After the flop there are 4 more bets for a total of 16 bets heads up.He is right to bet given the pot but you are ahead on the hand. Looks like a well played hand to me.On the flop you are vulnerable against trips, but with the made str8, it is looking good.

[akishore]

flintsword said:

You say you sucked out, but while I was reading this I was sure you were ahead on the turn with a made str8. Just to make sure, I dropped the cards into cardplayer's Omaha calculator and sure enough, you are an 80% favourite, so why would you think you sucked out?[/b]

i didn't mean much by it, but he was roughly a 3-to-1 favorite on the flop, so i sucked out on the turn. but then again, i was a favorite preflop, so in a sense he sucked out on me on the flop.regardless, all i meant was that he had the best hand on the flop and was a favorite, but i sucked out on the turn and was fortunate enough to have my straight hold up on the river.aseem

[flintsword]

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i didn't mean much by it, but he was roughly a 3-to-1 favorite on the flop, so i sucked out on the turn. but then again, i was a favorite preflop, so in a sense he sucked out on me on the flop.  regardless, all i meant was that he had the best hand on the flop and was a favorite, but i sucked out on the turn and was fortunate enough to have my straight hold up on the river.  aseem

I understand. The great thing about posting hands like these that are common in Omaha is that we all get to 'revisit' the math and odds that underpin the hand.