PLO Diaries

Played a ton of hands today. Ran really really poorly early on vs. a few very bad, very straightforward players who ran good in big pots, but managed to suck out in a few huge pots against a TAG I was having HUGE battles with (I’d say 75%-80% of pots were 3-bet preflop between the two of us). Evens out in the end, I suppose. Went from -7.5BI to +2BI.

Biggest pot lost, vs. super aggro LAGTAG:

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
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Hero (BB): $113.80
BTN/SB: $221.40

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with 6 7 A A
BTN/SB raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, BTN/SB raises to $13.50, Hero raises to $40.50, BTN/SB calls $27

Flop: ($81.00) K T 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $73.30 all in, BTN/SB calls $73.30

Turn: ($227.60) K (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($227.60) 6 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $227.60
Hero shows 6 7 A A (two pair, Aces and Kings)
BTN/SB shows K T 3 J (a full house, Kings full of Tens)
BTN/SB wins $227.10
(Rake: $0.50)

Biggest “it’s gonna be one of those days” hand (still can’t fade the frush draws):

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
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Hero (BB): $95.80
BTN/SB: $61.10

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with A 5 K A
BTN/SB raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, BTN/SB calls $3

Flop: ($9.00) A 2 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $5, BTN/SB raises to $24, Hero raises to $81, BTN/SB calls $32.60 all in

Turn: ($122.20) T (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($122.20) 9 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $122.20
Hero shows A 5 K A (three of a kind, Aces)
BTN/SB shows K 6 7 J (a flush, King high)
BTN/SB wins $121.70
(Rake: $0.50)

Biggest pot won by sucking out (vs. above LAGTAG where I lost w/AAxx to his KTJ3). FWIW, I’m 100% convinced this looks much worse than it is given recent history and that he’d be checkraising big with good Aces and any Ace with a flush draw. He’d definitely be doing it with AQJx.

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
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Hero (BTN/SB): $188.80
BB: $190.80

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN/SB with J A K 2
Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $4.50, Hero calls $3

Flop: ($9.00) 2 A A (2 players)
BB bets $6, Hero raises to $16, BB calls $10

Turn: ($41.00) T (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $20.50, BB raises to $71, Hero raises to $168.30 all in, BB calls $97.30

River: ($377.60) J (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $377.60
Hero shows J A K 2 (a full house, Aces full of Jacks)
BB shows A 7 T 5 (a full house, Aces full of Tens)
Hero wins $377.10
(Rake: $0.50)

Snap call of the day (things started to go nuts vs. the LAGTAG after this hand):

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
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Hero (BTN/SB): $223.50
BB: $104.80

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN/SB with 4 T Q J
Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $4.50, Hero calls $3

Flop: ($9.00) 9 7 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9, BB calls $9

Turn: ($27.00) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $27, BB calls $27

River: ($81.00) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $64.30 all in, Hero calls $64.30

Final Pot: $209.60
Hero shows 4 T Q J (a straight, Jack high)
BB shows 2 A A 5 (two pair, Aces and Eights)
Hero wins $209.10
(Rake: $0.50)

Overall only a +2BI day, but I put in a ton of hands and started to feel very very very comfortable by the end of it. Now it’s time for a run and to get away for a while.