Got High at the Omaha H/L Game

Reed — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:09:56 +0000

I waited a long time to get into the Omaha H/L game this morning ( well didn’t actually get in till this afternoon) and was a little anxious to play. I had played a single table Hold’em shootout tournament that morning and got knocked out fourth place ( no money) and because of my bad timing I was far enough down on the Omaha list to make for a long wait. So i left the casino for about two hours or so and got back on the list.

I sit down and right off the bat I get some premium hands that hit the board square on and get paid off. The start of a good session. I know most of the table really well, a couple new faces but all in all I know exactly how to play to squeeze out the maximum from the poor and frankly weak play.

I get this hand on the button (Qd,Qs,3h,9h) which by all standards should have not only been folded but burned might be more appropriate. Anyway there was the usual table full of limper’s and frankly I was thinking I was going to at least hit a Queen so I limped in also. Flop came Kc,Qh,3c. Bingo! Well my feeling was right now My set of Queens just has to hold up ( if I’m not beat already with someone holding pocket Kings) so after two people check a moderately aggressive younger guy bets out, couple callers and here I come over the top with a raise to try and protect my hand while at the same time get more money in the pot. I get two callers ( at this point I have a filthy three percent chance of wining after finding out what my opponents had I ran it through a calculator). The turn reveals a Ah. Not a horrible card but it certainly made at least one of them a straight so it’s time to slow down. Sure enough the caller was now betting with what I figured to be a made nut straight ( but I still have a forty one percent chance of wining with my flush and full house draws). A beautiful 8h hits the river giving me a flush. The original better fires out a bet leaving me only able to call with my weak flush. The other person called also with their straight.

My flush holds up for high and I get a very decent pot. Unfortunately the original better also had a 2,4 to split half the pot (he also had the nut straight with the club re draw)

No Limit Hold’em-Nut Flush Draw

Reed — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:08:34 +0000

I decided to play some no limit hold’em since the jackpot was over $330,000, so even with the exta rake, getting even a players share would more then make up for it. The table was very active with alot of money changing hands. I was up a little over $20 and was feeling pretty good with how I was playing. I normally don’t like calling a big raise out of position with a one gap suited connector but with $12.75 already in the pot I was being laid some good odds with a decent hand. The flop was decent giving me the second nut flush draw and two overcards to the board. A different person bets out a little over half the pot and I call with my big draw. A bad card hits the turn and everyone checks ( thankfully) giving me a free card to draw. I complete my flush on the river and check in hopes that someone will bet. The person who was just calling the whole way then goes all in. I call the pot+ size bet and take it down with my higher flush. Stage #1760906146: Holdem No Limit $0.50 – 2009-11-23 01:05:40 (ET)
Table: SPOKANE (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 – ZZXYZX ($57.10 in chips)
Seat 2 – MRSPAUL2005 ($32.21 in chips)
Seat 3 – SOPION ($38.75 in chips)
Seat 5 - me (our hero) ($59.95 in chips)
Seat 6 – BIGTONY190 ($38.82 in chips)
Seat 7 – SHERMSTAR ($38.80 in chips)
Seat 8 – TOMDWANDURRR ($44.50 in chips)
Seat 9 – XXCKXX ($103.35 in chips)
MRSPAUL2005 – Posts small blind $0.25
SOPION – Posts big blind $0.50
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to me (our hero) [10s Ks]
me (our hero) - Calls $0.50
BIGTONY190 – Calls $0.50
SHERMSTAR – Raises $3 to $3
TOMDWANDURRR – Folds
XXCKXX – Folds
ZZXYZX – Calls $3
MRSPAUL2005 – Folds
SOPION – Folds
me (our hero) - Calls $2.50
BIGTONY190 – Calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [4s 7c 3s]
me (our hero) - Checks
BIGTONY190 – Checks
SHERMSTAR – Checks
ZZXYZX – Bets $7
me (our hero)- Calls $7
BIGTONY190 – Calls $7
SHERMSTAR – Folds
*** TURN *** [4s 7c 3s] [5c]
me (our hero) - Checks
BIGTONY190 – Checks
ZZXYZX – Checks
*** RIVER *** [4s 7c 3s 5c] [6s]
me (our hero) - Checks
BIGTONY190 – All-In $28.82
ZZXYZX – Folds
me (our hero) - Calls $28.82
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BIGTONY190 – Shows [Qs 5s] (Flush, queen high)
me (our hero)- Shows [10s Ks] (Flush, king high)
me (our hero) Collects $87.89 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($91.39) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [4s 7c 3s 5c 6s]
Seat 1: ZZXYZX (dealer) Folded on the RIVER
Seat 2: MRSPAUL2005 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: SOPION (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: me (our hero)won Total ($87.89) HI:($87.89) with Flush, king high [10s Ks - P:Ks,P:10s,B:6s,B:4s,B:3s]
Seat 6: BIGTONY190 HI:lost with Flush, queen high [Qs 5s - P:Qs,B:6s,P:5s,B:4s,B:3s]
Seat 7: SHERMSTAR Folded on the FLOP
Seat 8: TOMDWANDURRR Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 9: XXCKXX Folded on the POCKET CARDS

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Got High at the Omaha H/L Game

No Limit Hold’em-Nut Flush Draw