Poker Stars $3/$6 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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CO: $406.25
BTN: $198.00
SB: $1098.00
BB: $1546.05
UTG: $671.05
Hero (MP): $600.00
Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is MP with 6
4
3
5
1 fold,
Hero raises to $21,
1 fold, BTN calls $21,
SB raises to $90,
1 fold, Hero calls $69, BTN calls $69
Flop: ($276.00) 7
3
5
(3 players)
SB bets $54, Hero calls $54, BTN folds
Turn: ($384.00) A
(2 players)
SB bets $381,
Hero raises to $456 all in, SB calls $75
River: ($1296.00) 5
(2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $1296.00
SB shows T
Q
A
A
(a full house, Aces full of Fives)
Hero shows 6
4
3
5
(a full house, Fives full of Threes)
SB wins $1293.00
(Rake: $3.00)
Drawing dead is fun..... I did consider folding preflop due to the threat of shortstack button pushing and reopening the betting. I figured he has AA a large amount of time when he 3 bets OOP into 2 players. And one of those aces is certainly a club when he bets the flop that small(does he ever bet that small with a smaller flush?). I have one club in my hand, which means that one of his two other cards have to be one of the 8 clubs left out of the 42 unknown cards. Shoving AA with the ace of clubs and no other club seems like his only play with that hand, and my 35 blockers take his equity down to 20%. I guess this is pretty much a basic math problem then, although it'd also be interested to calculate without the 35 blockers in my hand.
I'm heavily leaning towards thinking that my play was incredibly standard here, but if anyone feels otherwise I'll listen to reasons why.....
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This is another one where I take issue with your preflop raise. Perfect rundowns are powerful but a 6 high rundown has no high card value so the best flops for it, aside from a straight, are two pair and an OESD, a pair and a 9 card inside wrap, or an A2x flop with a no bust 9 card wheel wrap with a redraw to the 6 high straight. Your two pair hands will always suck beacuse they're low, and your wheel draws will often have the possibility of a broadway wrap on board due to the ace. Hwang talks a little about about this hand:
You can understand why the discussion of straight draws is so important - it tells us what hands we can play to get there. Four perfectly connecting rundown cards such as AKQJ down to JT98 and 9876 have excelletn straight potential. They offer the opportunity to flop the nut straight with a redraw and multiple 13 card straight drraws as well as two pair with an OESD.
The smaller rundowns such as 8765 down to 6543 are more speculative. Note that 6543 is the smallest playable rundown and not 5432.
I think this is a limp/call hand. You don't mind him raising preflop, but you don't want to commit with six high. And that's exactly what ended up happening. You committed to the hand because you put him on a range, but also because you had let the pot get to the point where he could suck you in with a pot building bet on the flop and a full pot on the turn.
There's a range of flops you love - and 3-5-7 is obviously one of them if it's a rainbow - and then a range of flops you like but don't love - and 3-5-7 all clubs is in that latter category. By raising so much preflop, you force yourself to commit to flops whether you like them or love them. Raising less preflop lets you get away from hands like this, or float to see what he does on the turn, or call them down cheaper.
Have you considered playing FTP instead of Stars? It seems like FT's main benefit (27% RB) is more suited to players who might change the frequency of their play. I know that PS requires you to play hard through the year if you want to hit the big bonuses.
That was a good podcast.
