May 20, 2009
Hands for review - big pots
The road continues. I’m becoming more of a bluffing station and less of a calling station, but I think I need to calm down my flop/turn bet frequencies a bit. Swung from -4BI today to just a hair over breakeven, which I’ll take. Got in about 400 hands. Plz post if you have any comments, I’m learning and am hoping to discuss some of these sorts of spots more in detail.
Bet Sizing on Flop, PreflopPoker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
Hero (CO): $50.00
BTN: $50.00
SB: $25.00
BB: $29.15
UTG: $69.60
MP: $56.10
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with A 
A 
J 2
1 fold, MP raises to $1, Hero raises to $3.75, 3 folds, MP calls $2.75
Flop: ($8.25) 3 9 6 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $5.50, MP raises to $24.35, Hero raises to $46.25 all in, MP calls $21.90
Turn: ($100.75) Q 
(2 players – 1 is all in)
River: ($100.75) J (2 players – 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $100.75
Hero mucks A A J 2
MP shows 6 
9 4 7 (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
MP wins $97.75
(Rake: $3.00)
Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 5 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
SB: $185.75
BB: $50.00
UTG: $50.00
CO: $96.55
Hero (BTN): $50.00
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with A 4 K Q
1 fold, CO calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2, SB calls $1.75, 1 fold, CO calls $1.50
Flop: ($6.50) T A 6 (3 players)
SB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $6, SB folds, CO calls $6
Turn: ($18.50) 5 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $12, CO calls $12
River: ($42.50) Q (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $24, CO calls $24
Final Pot: $90.50
CO shows 5 K A 5 (three of a kind, Fives)
Hero shows A 4 K Q (two pair, Aces and Queens)
CO wins $88.50
(Rake: $2.00)
Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
Hero (MP): $93.60
CO: $25.15
BTN: $23.10
SB: $40.05
BB: $24.45
UTG: $37.65
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is MP with J 6 T Q
UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.25, 3 folds, BB calls $1.75, UTG calls $1.75
Flop: ($7.00) T T K (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $2.50, Hero raises to $8, BB folds, UTG folds
Final Pot: $12.00
Hero wins $11.45
(Rake: $0.55)
Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
Hero (SB): $99.80
BB: $24.65
UTG: $35.25
MP: $15.75
CO: $19.45
BTN: $32.65
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with 7 T K K
UTG calls $0.50, MP calls $0.50, CO raises to $2.75, BTN calls $2.75, Hero calls $2.50, BB calls $2.25, UTG raises to $17, MP calls $15.25 all in, CO calls $14.25, 2 folds, BB calls $14.25
Flop: ($72.25) 5 2 8 (4 players – 1 is all in)
BB checks, UTG bets $18.25 all in, CO calls $2.45 all in, BB folds
Turn: ($77.15) 4 (3 players – 3 are all in)
River: ($77.15) 8 (3 players – 3 are all in)
Final Pot: $77.15
UTG shows A T 9 A (two pair, Aces and Eights)
MP mucks A T 4 J
CO mucks K A J T
UTG wins $8.65
UTG wins $65.50
(Rake: $3.00)
4 Comments:
rvtsteve posted on May 20, 2009 at 06:36 AM
Hand 1: pretty standard imo. Flop bet sizing kind of depends on your intentions I think. Are you trying to induce a c/r or get some value while stringing him along to the turn? I like it (might be results oriented) because it seems a little weak and your hand looks like it missed flop other than the flush draw a naked wrap and blockers or fd could c/r and a smaller fd with a pair and bdsd like 9JT* with 2 spades could call. I think potting the flop loses more players and induces less action from villains.
Hand 2: oooooooh, I see. you posted this one. cooler :)
see forum for my comments on this one.
Hand 3: Without reads on villain I think it's a call. Yeah, he's going to call at least once with a naked T but I think if you raise the flop you're likely only getting action for one street or you find out really quick you're toast. Otherwise, your hand has a million ways to improve and if he has the naked T or a bluff he can bet again on a lot of turns. The sizing is good I think since you save some when he ships over you and it's not an intimidating number so he might peel with a fd or naked T***.
hand 4: ship? really? no way, not multiway with a weak KK** hand. this is prime calling material from SB imo.
Entity posted on May 20, 2009 at 15:46 PM
With hand #4, when I say "ship," I just meant should I get money in (call the extra $15 748 ways to the flop, or fold because I'm effectively calling off 1/2 of effective stacks vs. the only remaining player left but with a gigantic overlay it's going to be hard to fold on the flop to a shove unless the board is super dry).
rvtsteve posted on May 20, 2009 at 17:53 PM
I see, I see...
yeah, I'm folding preflop here. mostly for the reasons you say. UTG's range limp/3betting into 4 players has to be AA** and I don't think I'm being results oriented by saying that. We'll be getting sick odds on any flop. Effectively you're almost in a capped PLO100 game with stack sizes as they are and given the pot size we're almost always getting it in on the flop and almost never really liking it.
overlay is tempting but good fold imo. make the 7 a J or Q, ship obv?
How about my other comments, agree / disagree?
yourhappy posted on June 21, 2009 at 17:09 PM
Hand 1: your play was standard. I always play agressive on a flush draw. especially with an ace high.
Hand 3: I think you could have got more if you slow played post flop. wait till the timer is nearly up, or ask for more time and then just call. let him do the betting. Just like what "CO" did to you on the turn in hand 2.
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