Thursday, June 15, 2006

Only Play the Nuts in Omaha 8/b

Poor Bossman. You gotta play for a scoop, but also have a nut hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #650549505: Table Pyramid - $2/$4 - Limit Omaha Hi/Lo - 12:35:53 ET - 2006/05/20
Seat 1: OMAHABOSSMAN ($45)
Seat 5: thegooch154 ($75)
Seat 6: Bender2006 ($94.50)
Seat 7: Count Chipula ($29.50), is sitting out
Seat 9: JamalJohnson86 ($51)
Bender2006 posts the small blind of $1
JamalJohnson86 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bender2006 [Ad Ts 2h 4d](Very Good low Potential hand. Diamonds are also great)
OMAHABOSSMAN calls $2
thegooch154 calls $2
Bender2006 calls $1
JamalJohnson86 checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 8c Kc](Nut Low draw, and it can't be counterfitted)
Bender2006 checks
JamalJohnson86 checks
OMAHABOSSMAN bets $2
thegooch154 raises to $4
Bender2006 calls $4
JamalJohnson86 folds
OMAHABOSSMAN calls $2
*** TURN *** [3s 8c Kc] [2s](Jackpot. I'm definitly got low. Since it's less likely someone's going to play A-4 than A-2 I've hit a monster card)
Bender2006 bets $4
OMAHABOSSMAN calls $4
thegooch154 raises to $8
Bender2006 calls $4(My only mistake I feel in this hand. I should have probably trapped the caller and freerolled for a 5 to take down the whole pot.)
OMAHABOSSMAN calls $4
*** RIVER *** [3s 8c Kc 2s] [2d]
Bender2006 checks
OMAHABOSSMAN checks
thegooch154 bets $4
Bender2006 calls $4(Again I should have bet, I have trips now and still have the nut low. However a call won't scare off bossman. It won't make sense though for gooch and I to go to war if Gooch has High and I've got low)
OMAHABOSSMAN calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
thegooch154 shows [Kd Ah Qd Kh] (a full house, Kings full of Twos)(Shows Nut Full House)
Bender2006 shows [Ad Ts 2h 4d] (three of a kind, Twos)
(8,4,3,2,A)(Shows nut low)
OMAHABOSSMAN mucks
thegooch154 wins the high pot ($27) with a full house, Kings full of Twos
Bender2006 wins the low pot ($27) with 8,4,3,2,A
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $56 | Rake $2
Board: [3s 8c Kc 2s 2d]
Seat 1: OMAHABOSSMAN mucked [8s Ks Ac 5d] - HI: two pair, Kings and Eights; LO: 8,5,3,2,A (Had 2nd nut low and Top 2 pair. Lost Both Pots)
Seat 5: thegooch154 (button) showed [Kd Ah Qd Kh] and won ($27) with HI: a full house, Kings full of Twos
Seat 6: Bender2006 (small blind) showed [Ad Ts 2h 4d] and won ($27) with HI: three of a kind, Twos; LO: 8,4,3,2,A
Seat 7: Count Chipula is sitting out
Seat 9: JamalJohnson86 (big blind) folded on the Flop

Generally I like having nuts one direction or another in multiway pots. The goal is to scoop, but get something. Generally just nut high won't get you quartered, and hidden nut lows like my A-4 won't get you quartered either. Play the nuts, and you'll see the difference.

1 Comments:

At 7:02 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice play. I found the hand is easier to follow like this:

http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/2943

You can embed the visual right in your posts so that it's easier to understand.

 

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