Thursday, January 31, 2008

One of my biggest

Been playing a lot of $50 6 max PLO8 and having fun. I'm not up too much, but I'm learning a bit more. Had a couple of spazz moments that held my BB/hr rate down, but then played well immediately following for a solid recovery. I'm not sure, but I think this may be one of my biggest PLO8 pots to date. After about an hour of playing, I concluded a trap/feigned weakness was the only way I'd likely be able to stack him. I KNEW he'd think I was bluffing.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5060707537: Table Delia (heads up) - $0.25/$0.50 - Pot Limit Omaha H/L - 22:37:26 ET - 2008/01/30
Seat 1: culottak ($71.85)
Seat 2: Zophar ($77.05)
Zophar posts the small blind of $0.25
culottak posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Zophar [2c 3s As 5c]
Zophar calls $0.25
culottak raises to $1.50
Zophar calls $1
*** FLOP *** [6d Th 3c]
culottak bets $3
Zophar calls $3
*** TURN *** [6d Th 3c] [Jc]
culottak bets $4.50
Zophar calls $4.50
*** RIVER *** [6d Th 3c Jc] [7c]
culottak bets $16.50
Zophar raises to $67.50
culottak calls $46.35, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $4.65 returned to Zophar
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Zophar shows [2c 3s As 5c] a flush, Jack high, for high and 7,6,3,2,A, for low
culottak mucks
Zophar wins the high pot ($71.60) with a flush, Jack high
Zophar wins the low pot ($71.60) with 7,6,3,2,A
culottak is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $143.70 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6d Th 3c Jc 7c]
Seat 1: culottak (big blind) mucked [8s Ad 3h 5h] - HI: a pair of Threes; LO: 7,6,5,3,A
Seat 2: Zophar (small blind) showed [2c 3s As 5c] and won ($143.20) with HI: a flush, Jack high; LO: 7,6,3,2,A

Funny, I posted this hand in the Poker Stories section of the FT Forum and not one comment. Should've posted it in the O8 section I guess. I wasn't looking for praise, although it was a bit of a brag post. I was hoping it would lead to some discussion though, because there are so many angles to the hand that could be discussed. Preflop, why? Flop play, why? Turn play, why? River play, why? Opponents actions that lead to the hand being played this way. Anything. I end up looking at hands in different ways from these discussions.

Omaha8 is sooo much different than hold'em and PLO8 is equally just as different from limit O8. At this point, I've found so little discussion that I'm just working it out myself. Working on different concepts, approaches, etc. It's interesting, while very challenging. Someone to bounce off would be nice.

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