Posted by Johnnymac 12:59 PM
I have lately become addicted to microlimit pot-limit Omaha Hi/Lo on Pokerstars. The hand below just happened. The pre-flop implied odds are typically huge in this particular game and I try to limp with just about any reasonable hand. This isn't really a good strategy in a limit game or any big-bet game with any preflop raising but it has been especially profitable for me in this little game because 2 cents (you read that right) before the flop can often be turned into $3 or $4 or even more by the river. In the particular hand below I flopped the straight flush then backed into the nut low hand but with the expectation of being quartered (a lot of raising at the end in this game typically signifies a bunch of inexperienced Omaha players not respecting the power of the quartered pot, usually). Much to my surprise I scooped the whole damn thing.

Note that I probably wouldn't have even called a full bet with the trash in my hand but the small blind made it cheap to see the flop (I almost always complete my small blind in this game for this reason) and hope for A3 or -ahem- a straight flush draw. Any other flop other than the one I got and I would have folded like a newspaper.

Once I hit the flop I had to hit the breaks and hope someone else would catch up. That's another element of this game - someone is almost always willing to bet your hand for you. I was scared that no one was going to bet and that I would win nothing for my beautiful flop - but I got lucky with the running Aces and by the time it was over all of my chips were in the middle. Whoo-hoo!

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PokerStars Game #2527568117: Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2005/09/08 - 13:34:58 (ET)
Table 'Brangane' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: pinkzero ($3.23 in chips)
Seat 3: royalhands ($1.88 in chips)
Seat 4: craego ($5.22 in chips)
Seat 5: The3rdMan ($1.94 in chips)
Seat 6: johnnymac96 ($1.88 in chips)
Seat 7: colywog ($5.66 in chips)
Seat 8: Becoming,Pt2 ($3.91 in chips)
Seat 9: Club8E ($1.14 in chips)
johnnymac96: posts small blind $0.01
colywog: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to johnnymac96 [2c 7h 5h 4s]
Becoming,Pt2: calls $0.02
Club8E: calls $0.02
pinkzero: calls $0.02
royalhands: folds
craego: calls $0.02
The3rdMan: calls $0.02
johnnymac96: calls $0.01
colywog: checks
*** FLOP *** [6h 3h 4h] (My first response was, " hey I made a crappy flush!"... it took me about 10 seconds before I added "oh shit!")
johnnymac96: checks
colywog: checks
Becoming,Pt2: checks
Club8E: checks
pinkzero: checks
craego: checks
The3rdMan: checks
*** TURN *** [6h 3h 4h] [Ah]
johnnymac96: checks
colywog: checks
Becoming,Pt2: checks
Club8E: checks
pinkzero: checks
craego: checks
The3rdMan: checks
*** RIVER *** [6h 3h 4h Ah] [Ad]
johnnymac96: bets $0.14 (and hope at one person calls and I win 10 cents at least)
colywog: folds
Becoming,Pt2: folds
Club8E: raises $0.14 to $0.28 HEY NOW!
pinkzero: raises $0.14 to $0.42 WOO WOO!
craego: folds
The3rdMan: folds
johnnymac96: raises $1.26 to $1.68 (of course)
Club8E: calls $0.84 and is all-in
pinkzero: raises $1.53 to $3.21 and is all-in (obviously)
johnnymac96: calls $0.18 and is all-in (obviously)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pinkzero: shows [Ac 3s 7s 6d] (HI: a full house, Aces full of Sixes; LO: 7,6,4,3,A)
johnnymac96: shows [2c 7h 5h 4s] (HI: a straight flush, Three to Seven; LO: 5,4,3,2,A) (The two sweetest words in Omaha, "Nut Nut")
johnnymac96 collected $0.72 from side pot
johnnymac96 collected $0.71 from side pot
Club8E: mucks hand
johnnymac96 collected $1.68 from main pot
johnnymac96 collected $1.67 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4.98 Main pot $3.35. Side pot $1.43. | Rake $0.20
Board [6h 3h 4h Ah Ad]
Seat 1: pinkzero showed [Ac 3s 7s 6d] and lost with HI: a full house, Aces full of Sixes; LO: 7,6,4,3,A
Seat 3: royalhands folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: craego folded on the River
Seat 5: The3rdMan (button) folded on the River
Seat 6: johnnymac96 (small blind) showed [2c 7h 5h 4s] and won ($4.78) with HI: a straight flush, Three to Seven; LO: 5,4,3,2,A (BWA-HAHAHAHA)
Seat 7: colywog (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 8: Becoming,Pt2 folded on the River
Seat 9: Club8E mucked [6c Qs As Qh]

4 Comment(s):

Posted by  Johnnymac, at 1:58 PM, September 08, 2005  

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Posted by  Junelli, at 5:19 PM, September 08, 2005  

C'mon Johnnymac!! You're suppposed to be a student of the game! I wouldn't put 1 cent games on your resume. You might as well be playing the free tables.

Good thing there's no more anonymous posting. I could envision some brutal replies.

:)

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Posted by  Dr Fro, at 10:22 PM, September 08, 2005  

Phil Hellmuth discusses the strategy of playing any three wheel cards in Play Poker Like the Pros.

Phil would play that hand in the highest limit games.

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Posted by  Johnnymac, at 8:12 AM, September 10, 2005  

Boys, my reputation for being a low-roller is deserved.

Seriously, I do it to pass the time in front of the TV, I don't play online to make money and penny poker is fun.

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