Moved up to PLO200 this weekend and so far the results have been agreeable. Nothing like running like God to boost your confidence in a game. I have also been reading Jeff Hwang's PLO book. I think I finally have starting hand values down pat (only took me, what, 3 months?). I am now on to more advanced concepts like "how to know when you are drawing dead" and "bluffing might actually be possible in this game, on occasion."
Favorite hand of the day, which I will entitle Inducing the Bluff:
Full Tilt Poker Game #9475134378: Table Coburn (6 max) - $1/$2 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 16:28:41 ET - 2008/12/13
Seat 1: willpga ($501.80)
Seat 2: famouslastwords ($227.25)
Seat 3: BOTSLAYER ($200)
Seat 4: Skyscrapers ($375.30)
Seat 5: schwingk ($57.30)
Seat 6: Emaninch ($343.15)
Skyscrapers posts the small blind of $1
schwingk posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to famouslastwords [7c Jh Th Qs]
Emaninch calls $2
willpga folds
famouslastwords raises to $9
BOTSLAYER folds
Skyscrapers folds
schwingk folds
Emaninch calls $7
*** FLOP *** [3d Kd 8c]
Emaninch checks
famouslastwords bets $14
Emaninch calls $14
*** TURN *** [3d Kd 8c] [7h]
Emaninch checks
famouslastwords has 15 seconds left to act
famouslastwords bets $38
Emaninch calls $38
*** RIVER *** [3d Kd 8c 7h] [7s]
Emaninch checks
famouslastwords bets $2
Emaninch raises to $131
famouslastwords has 15 seconds left to act
famouslastwords calls $129
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Emaninch shows [5h 9s 2d Ac] a pair of Sevens
famouslastwords shows [7c Jh Th Qs] three of a kind, Sevens
famouslastwords wins the pot ($384) with three of a kind, Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $387 | Rake $3
Board: [3d Kd 8c 7h 7s]
Seat 1: willpga didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: famouslastwords showed [7c Jh Th Qs] and won ($384) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 3: BOTSLAYER (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Skyscrapers (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: schwingk (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Emaninch showed [5h 9s 2d Ac] and lost with a pair of Sevens
It may just be the luckbox talking, but the PLO games are so good that I don't know if I'll ever go back to NLH. Well, we'll see. I do kind of miss knowing what my equity is in a hand without having to go online and calculate it.
More later.
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