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Four Card chicken

18/6/2014

6 Comments

 
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$1500 pot limit Omaha today. Starting in a while.


Halfway into level one and little to say, as was expected in Omaha. A few bust outs on other tables early, but on mine no-one's spazzing out with one pair just yet.


Around 650 players at present. No car-crashes to be seen thus far. Just won my first small pot, and still around starting stack. No heroics.


Just beat aces when I turned a straight with a flopped wrap and back door spades. Not a huge pot but still nicely on the average stack. Now 750 players signed up.


Up to 5000 chips. Value bet a straight on a flushed board against the only player I have pegged in the table as weaker then the rest. He had a set and paid me off anyway. Still tiptoeing.


Comfortably up to 6k with the 2nd nut flush getting a little river value from my opponent. Pretty sure I've got the image of someone only playing proper PLO starting hands, which at this stage is no bad thing. A few peoples stacks are already dwindling, so I'm just keeping in with the pack. The last PLO tournament I played I had monster draws that all vaporised once all the money was in. Even though PLO is about the draw more than the hand pretty often, still no need to go ballistic when people around are making tiny mistakes for me.


First break. My 4500 is 5500.


Ok cancel that first break posting of joy. Literally the final hand as I just typed that the following hand comes up. The car crash picture above is appropriate.

Me: 
4c5c7d7s

Opponent:
Ac Qc 5d 8d

Flop 7c 6c 4h

We get it in on the flop. Me with a set and a straight flush draw, him already with the made straight and the nut flush draw. The flush immediately hits and I'm out. Slightly in shock to be plodding along so well and then play a huge pot on the last hand of that level and suddenly be out.

6 Comments
Calvin
17/6/2014 10:09:24 am

Don't see how it can play out any other way. unlucky to find him holding clubs and the straight, you have to presume that you're either winning on the flop or if he has the made straight then you're drawing to 18 outs ( give or take an out, I can't be bothered to work it out properly!).

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Kevin O'Leary
18/6/2014 03:06:38 pm

I was a bit taken aback, but in my opinion now I played it wrong. Part of pot limit is pot control, and when I bang the pot on the flop and get action I'm up against the nuts with a draw out of position. I could have check called and fired the turn or just shut down. Trying to just hammer the last pot of the level to win it is what killed me.

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Calvin
18/6/2014 06:13:09 pm

In your spot, I lead the flop then call the raise. I check the turn and flat. I check call the river, although if I'm looking at a pot sized bet and I don't think that my opponent is bluffing, I fold.
There still nothing wrong with playing it fast with you hand, unless he has the hand that he's actually got.

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rg
18/6/2014 11:54:02 pm

Top set in a great drawing hand, plus you can't be sure clubs are redundant. Some days you play this hand fast, it pairs the turn and its yes yes yes, other days it doesn't. The only criticism I'd make, if I was making one, is did this hand need to played in the first place? As soon as that flop comes down the hand plays out anyway. Yes you could fannyarse around getting it in and maybe save the last call, but do you really want too? I wouldn't. If I'd elected to play these cards, once the flops come down I want my money in the middle. As I said, once in, some you win, some you lose. But I can guarantee nobody's ever one a PLO comp by tiptoeing carefully through the minefield. And personally, I'd of played that hand, I like being down that end of the pack. He could've been over playing AA or a smaller set and been in all kinds of shit shape. Keep swinging mate, The World Loves a Trier

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Calvin
19/6/2014 06:23:14 am

I have a similar thought process to RG on this, once electing to play pre, I am committing to that flop, hoping for a pair up, knowing I could be winning in the flop, if not, a pair up wins it for me, whilst I'm 50/50 with the clubs.

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Kevin O'Leary
19/6/2014 07:19:27 am

It's all relative. The only really glaringly differing factor here is that this was a WSOP tournament and not a cash game. PLO is normally all about the draw rather than the made hand sure. But you can't reload if you miss and are now out, and whilst playing strong is normally the best thing, I personally feel I made a mistake. I'm over it, but it's good to get some thoughts from you guys.

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