Posts Tagged ‘PLO8’

(Sorry had trouble finding a converter for PLO8)

I mean I’m no expert but jeebus, guy cold calls a 3-bet out of position with AKT8 and then stacks off with top-pair, a gutshot, and a backdoor flush draw:

PokerStars Game #49366543208: Tournament #2010090013, $200+$15 USD Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit – Level III (20/40) – 2010/09/09 12:52:27 ET
Table ’2010090013 85′ 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: p3rc4 (10237 in chips)
Seat 2: JorgeArias (2650 in chips)
Seat 3: Fisstik (6805 in chips)
Seat 4: fliksflaks (4055 in chips)
Seat 5: foucault82 (5143 in chips)
Seat 6: Pokerccini (10425 in chips)
JorgeArias: posts small blind 20
Fisstik: posts big blind 40
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to foucault82 [Ad Td 4s Kc]
fliksflaks: folds
foucault82: raises 80 to 120
Pokerccini: folds
p3rc4: raises 200 to 320
JorgeArias: calls 300
Fisstik: folds
foucault82: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Jd Kd 6c]
JorgeArias: checks
foucault82: checks
p3rc4: bets 645
JorgeArias: calls 645
foucault82: raises 2935 to 3580
p3rc4: folds
JorgeArias: calls 1685 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1250) returned to foucault82
*** TURN *** [Jd Kd 6c] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Kd 6c 6s] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JorgeArias: shows [Tc Ac 8d Kh] (HI: three of a kind, Sixes)
foucault82: shows [Ad Td 4s Kc] (HI: three of a kind, Sixes)
JorgeArias collected 3153 from pot
foucault82 collected 3152 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6305 | Rake 0
Board [Jd Kd 6c 6s 6h]
Seat 1: p3rc4 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: JorgeArias (small blind) showed [Tc Ac 8d Kh] and won (3153) with HI: three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 3: Fisstik (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: fliksflaks folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: foucault82 showed [Ad Td 4s Kc] and won (3152) with HI: three of a kind, Sixes  Read the complete post...

This was the second rush tournament I’ve played, and while I miss having reads and establishing dynamics at the table, I will say that rush otherwise allows for great tournament structures. You get in a ton of hands at each blind level and the tournament still goes by pretty quickly. Especially for non-NLHE games, where reads aren’t worth nearly as much to me, I think I’m a big fan. Anyhow, here are a few random hands:

Slowplay Costs Me the Pot

It’s really rare that slowplaying is correct in PLO8, and despite the results of this hand, I’m pretty happy with my decision. On the flop, it’s just really hard for him to have anything at all and so easy for me to have trips. When I’m ahead, I’m usually way ahead, sweating two or in this case just one out. Turn is great for me since it means there will be no low; I probably would have bet a rag. I don’t think I can expect too many calls if I bet the river, and most of the hands will value bet if I check anyway, so I’d rather try to induce. Or, in this case, save myself some money.

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha Tournament, 25/50 Blinds (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com  Read the complete post...

I like PLO8 and know a bit about it, but I’m far from an expert. I also played the $100, in which I was surely a favorite, but the 1K had a surprisingly competent field (or maybe not so surprising- I mean it was a 1K). Not that there wasn’t any bad play, but I may well have been a dog to the field.

I decided that at least in the early stages of the tournament, I was going to limp in EP with anything I wanted to play. Villain here had been isolating me a lot, so I decided to check-raise him on this flop- not sure if that’s good or nto.

Poker Stars $1000+$50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Tournament – t15/t30 Blinds – 9 players

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: t5294 M = 117.64
Hero (UTG+1): t4975 M = 110.56
UTG+2: t3913 M = 86.96
MP1: t8037 M = 178.60
MP2: t4955 M = 110.11
CO: t5992 M = 133.16
BTN: t5202 M = 115.60
SB: t8119 M = 180.42
BB: t8852 M = 196.71

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is UTG+1 with A T 4 5
1 fold, Hero calls t30, UTG+2 raises to t120, 6 folds, Hero calls t90

Flop: (t285) 3 3 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 bets t180, Hero raises to t555, UTG+2 calls t375  Read the complete post...

OK I did play it . It didn’t end up taking up much time at all.

I’m still not sure about this fold. He certainly ought to have more than AA to do this, but you never know with these clowns. Then again if he does have AA2 (or any A2, really), I’m smoked.

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 (t5000)
Hero (CO) (t4940)
Button (t4955)
SB (t4970)
BB (t4940)
UTG (t6260)
UTG+1 (t5000)
MP1 (t5000)
MP2 (t3935)

Hero’s M: 109.78

Preflop: Hero is CO with 5, 4, A, 3
2 folds, MP1 calls t30, 2 folds, Hero bets t135, Button raises to t480, 3 folds, Hero calls t345

Flop: (t1035) 3, 7, 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t750, Hero folds

Total pot: t1035

Results:
Button didn’t show
Outcome: Button won t1035

Here’s the one that cost me most of my chips. When I saw the flop, I had every intention of folding, but once everyone in between folded, I decided to go with it.

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha Tournament, 20/40 Blinds (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 (t5113)
Hero (MP3) (t4350)
CO (t5250)
Button (t5045)
SB (t3476)
BB (t7096)
UTG (t6703)
UTG+1 (t4833)
MP1 (t3134)

Hero’s M: 72.50  Read the complete post...

Edit: Yeah, I’m an idiot. It was late when I posted this, and I did in fact calculate my pre-flop equity rather than my flop equity. I’m actually a 2:1 dog here, which is more what I expected. Thanks to qanda201 for pointing it out in the comments. I thought it seemed too good to be true.

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 (t32863)
MP1 (t13444)
MP2 (t17933)
MP3 (t4420)
CO (t19270)
Button (t11849)
Hero (SB) (t20290)
BB (t16994)
UTG (t11219)

Hero’s M: 13.53

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K, 2, 3
1 fold, UTG+1 bets t2500, 1 fold, MP2 calls t2500, 3 folds, Hero calls t2000, BB calls t1500

Flop: (t10000) 5, 10, J (4 players)
Hero checks, BB bets t10000, 2 folds, Hero raises to t17790 (All-In), BB calls t4494 (All-In)

Turn: (t38988) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t38988) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t38988

Results:
Hero had K, K, 2, 3 (flush, Jack high).
BB had 5, 7, Q, 5 (full house, fives over eights).
Outcome: BB won t38988

Shows what I know about this game. I was embarassed to even post this because I felt like I played this bad and got my money in bad, but turns out I’m a pretty substantial favorite:  Read the complete post...

45 runners in the $500 PLO8 today, and yours truly managed to final table it, finishing 8th (we were playing 8-handed) for a whopping $875. Also at the final table was my friend and fellow Poker Savvy Plus instructor Tom Chambers, who finished 4th after a series of gross suckouts by every other player at the table. Tom assures me it was not good to get it in with AcQcTx8x for 14BB’s UTG+1 early at the final table (my bustout hand).

Two other moderately interesting hands:

50/100, I open to 300 with AA64, solid online guy on the button calls, decent slightly passive European lady calls on BB. Flop Q95r, she checks, I bet 600, Button calls, she check-raises pot, I have a pretty standard fold.

100/200, four limpers, I check Q246 in the BB. Flop Kh Qh 2c (I have no hearts). Checks around.

Turn Kh Qh 2c 7d. I check, first limper checks, same lady from before bets 500, gets one fold. I have about 3K in my stack and fold, but I am not so sure this was good. I think check-raising probably gets me a fold maybe 20-25% of the time, and while I’m not ahead of her calling range, it’s very difficult for her to be ahead of me for both high and low.  Read the complete post...

This time on FTP, and there were only 110 runners. I busted in 7th on a kinda dumb shove:

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha Tournament, 800/1600 Blinds (7 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB (t145518)
UTG (t15658)
MP1 (t38832)
MP2 (t32782)
CO (t31976)
Hero (Button) (t31765)
SB (t33469)

Hero’s M: 13.24

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, 3, K, 9
4 folds, Hero bets t3200, SB raises to t11200, 1 fold, Hero raises to t31765 (All-In), SB calls t20565

Flop: (t65130) Q, 7, 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t65130) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t65130) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t65130

Results:
Hero had A, 3, K, 9 (one pair, Queens).
SB had J, 2, K, A (two pair, Queens and Jacks).
Outcome: SB won t65130

Hand	Pot equity	Scoops	Wins Hi	Ties Hi	Wins Lo	Ties Lo
As3dKh9s	43.12%	208,408	389,305	272,054	160,600	38,880
Js2sKsAd	56.88%	320,179	424,649	272,054	348,344	38,880

I dunno, I didn’t end up in horrible shape, but this is almost a best case scenario. He can definitely have me in pretty bad shape:  Read the complete post...

Hand	Pot equity	Scoops	Wins Hi	Ties Hi	Wins Lo	Ties Lo
As3dKh9s	36.61%	123,915	159,573	7,285	162,520	42,349

Edit: On further reflection, I actually think his call is OK. He needs barely 33% equity, as he probably isn’t behind the SB caller, and my range is likely weighted towards the strong draws, against which he is a slight favorite, than the strong made hands that have him in bad shape.

A little over an hour into the PLO8 FTOPS Knock-Out event. I’ve been getting a lot of crap but also playing conservatively and have just a hair over the 5K starting chips. Blinds are 50/100, I raise UTG+1 with Ac Jd 4c 2h. MP2 calls and BB calls.

Flop comes Kc 8d 7c, giving me nut flush draw, overcard, and nut low draw with counterfeit protection. I bet 650 into 950, both players call. Turn is the Qs, and I have just about a pot-sized bet left in my stack. I shove, and the MP guy calls me with AA54 for an overpair, a gutshot, and a shitty low draw.

Hand	Pot equity	Scoops	Wins Hi	Ties Hi	Wins Lo	Ties Lo
Ac4cJd2h	44.38%	11	12	0	14	3
AsAh5d4d	55.62%	15	28	0	0	3

But of course against a few other hands in my range he doesn’t fare so well:  Read the complete post...