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  1. Are we always 3 betting this? Calling the shove after original UTG folds?

    Full Tilt Poker Game #22491154731: $6,500 Guarantee (Rebuy) (173490917), Table 13 - 400/800 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 16:52 ET - Wed, July 21, 2010
    Seat 1: J-texRN (3,690), is sitting out
    Seat 2: Bolikk (40,748)
    Seat 4: drunkreindeer (41,022)
    Seat 5: julziexox (15,646)
    Seat 6: moskito28 (34,289)
    Seat 7: hyena74 (35,938)
    Seat 8: WB123456789 (13,288)
    Seat 9: im_to_good2 (39,640)
    drunkreindeer posts the small blind of 400
    julziexox posts the big blind of 800
    The button is in seat #2
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to im_to_good2 [Jh Qc Kd Ad]
    moskito28 raises to 1,600
    hyena74 folds
    WB123456789 folds
    im_to_good2 raises to 4,000
    J-texRN folds
    Bolikk folds
    drunkreindeer folds
    julziexox raises to 14,000
    moskito28 folds
    im_to_good2 raises to 24,000
    julziexox calls 1,646, and is all in
    im_to_good2 shows [Jh Qc Kd Ad]
    julziexox shows [Ah Kh Ks 6d]
    Uncalled bet of 8,354 returned to im_to_good2
    *** FLOP *** [2h 6c 4c]
    *** TURN *** [2h 6c 4c] [Tc]
    *** RIVER *** [2h 6c 4c Tc] [Ts]
    im_to_good2 shows a pair of Tens
    julziexox shows two pair, Kings and Tens
    julziexox wins the pot (33,292) with two pair, Kings and Tens
    Bolikk has been disconnected
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 33,292 | Rake 0
    Board: [2h 6c 4c Tc Ts]
    Seat 1: J-texRN didn't bet (folded)
    Seat 2: Bolikk (button) didn't bet (folded)
    Seat 4: drunkreindeer (small blind) folded before the Flop
    Seat 5: julziexox (big blind) showed [Ah Kh Ks 6d] and won (33,292) with two pair, Kings and Tens
    Seat 6: moskito28 folded before the Flop
    Seat 7: hyena74 didn't bet (folded)
    Seat 8: WB123456789 didn't bet (folded)
    Seat 9: im_to_good2 showed [Jh Qc Kd Ad] and lost with a pair of Tens
    Edited By: dipper502 Jul 21st, 2010 at 09:57 PM
  2. I'm probably not 3-betting here. 3 Betting without monster hands isn't the norm as much in Omaha as it is in NLHE. Esp with UTG raiser, unless you have info on him, your hand isn't a huge hand, and still needs to hit probably a straight or full house to win. The problem with this kind of hand is that players see face cards and a suited ace and think you're ahead of most hands. It's a good hand to call and see if you can hit a wrap flop, or a big combo draw and try to get it in. After you get 4 bet, IMO its a pretty easy fold. You're behind most of his(/her) range, and even if your ahead, PLO tourney's aren't where you want to get your money in preflop, because most of the hands are flips. In this case, the villian has you pretty smashed, and with other possible hands you're beating, most of them you're only a 55% favorite, if they shoved something like JT98 with 2 suits, or A987 with ace suited. If you decide to flat, and 4B raises, you can decide to call ~6,400 or fold.
  3. I don't understand what your asking....calling what shove?? After he 4bet you allin? You have .25 left of a BB are you questioning that?

    The only question I have is how strong of a player is villian? Cause with 9 BB's I can't see you playing this any other way than jamming, but I am probably not folding a pair of kings suited with an ace against anybody unless you know the villians range is super tight to be raising in his position. What has he been showing down? (questions are rhetorical btw) This late in the stage, Kings will hold up much better than early game.
  4.  
    Originally Posted by williambrasky14 View Post

    I'm probably not 3-betting here. 3 Betting without monster hands isn't the norm as much in Omaha as it is in NLHE. Esp with UTG raiser, unless you have info on him, your hand isn't a huge hand, and still needs to hit probably a straight or full house to win. The problem with this kind of hand is that players see face cards and a suited ace and think you're ahead of most hands. It's a good hand to call and see if you can hit a wrap flop, or a big combo draw and try to get it in. After you get 4 bet, IMO its a pretty easy fold. You're behind most of his(/her) range, and even if your ahead, PLO tourney's aren't where you want to get your money in preflop, because most of the hands are flips. In this case, the villian has you pretty smashed, and with other possible hands you're beating, most of them you're only a 55% favorite, if they shoved something like JT98 with 2 suits, or A987 with ace suited. If you decide to flat, and 4B raises, you can decide to call ~6,400 or fold.

    The problem with what you said in bold is that Hero only needs about 35% equity vs villain's 4b range, so the more hands you can put in his range that you have ~55% equity against, the better it is for Hero to get it in pre (obv).

    That said, unless you know the guy cold 4betting has been tossing chips around like crazy, I think it'd be a pretty big mistake to assume that a significant portion of his range includes hands that you're a favorite against. This is almost always AAxx or KKxx, and it's usually AAxx, assuming villain isn't a psycho. If you somehow knew he'd 4b all AAxx and all KKxx hands, and fold everything else, you'd have 35.3% equity against that range. Like I said earlier, you need ~35% to breakeven, so it's super borderline vs that range. If he's been nitty and/or you just don't think he'd be doing this w/o AAxx and premium KKxx hands (which is generally wise to assume vs most villains here imo) then I'd fold... if he's been crazy, it's probably an okay spot to gamble.

    Also, I probably flat pre, but your 3b isn't awful if UTG villain has been reasonably active.
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  5. Sorry...I don't agree...I am never flatting anywhere with 9 bb's. So any cbet your folding unless you nail it square? Flop comes 457 2 flush (not yours) and he bets out what are you doing? Flop comes TJx 2 flush not yours and he cbets what are you doing?

    I am never flat/fold with 9 bb's personally anywhere.
    Edited By: Polar_Bears Jul 21st, 2010 at 10:59 PM
  6.  
    Originally Posted by shanetrain22 View Post


    Also, I probably flat pre, but your 3b isn't awful if UTG villain has been reasonably active.

    basically this...I doubt I'm 3betting this pre unless utg has been pretty active...you are middle position with lots of action behind you, maybe I 3 bet this if I'm on the button or in the blinds to try and take it down right there but it doesn't seem like a good spot to 3 bet in MP...
  7. I dont mind your first 3 bet, it is probablly about 50/50 on calling or 3betting here for me, just depends on day and people at table. But at this point in a tourney, unless people notice you as super aggressive, this 4 bet is almost always kkxx or aaxx...So im folding to the 4 bet and saving some chips for later
    Edited By: clantaztic Jul 21st, 2010 at 11:34 PM
  8. I like flatting pre a lot more than 3betting. Not sure where all this talk of 9bbs is coming from??
     
  9.  
    Originally Posted by ndahlhoff10 View Post

    I like flatting pre a lot more than 3betting. Not sure where all this talk of 9bbs is coming from??

    Agreed
  10. ITT Polar_Bears did not read the hand history.

    EDIT: Shortest stack at the table (next to the guy sitting out) has like 17 BBs. OP has nearly 50 BBs.
    Edited By: Jason2890 Jul 22nd, 2010 at 03:02 AM
  11.  
    Originally Posted by Polar_Bears View Post

    I don't understand what your asking....calling what shove?? After he 4bet you allin? You have .25 left of a BB are you questioning that?

    The only question I have is how strong of a player is villian? Cause with 9 BB's I can't see you playing this any other way than jamming, but I am probably not folding a pair of kings suited with an ace against anybody unless you know the villians range is super tight to be raising in his position. What has he been showing down? (questions are rhetorical btw) This late in the stage, Kings will hold up much better than early game.

    He had 11k behind when i raised to 24k (that was just me putting him all in)
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  12. It's not terrible...but, this is the kind of hand you really want to be playing, and not more or less flipping with...it would be a lot better if you were double suited as well. It is a very strong hand, yet, you should have a pretty good idea of where you are at once he pretty much shoves all his chips in.
    As played, probably just flat pre, and play some Omaha...this way you can either extract some value from your hand, or easily toss it into the muck.
    edit: oh yeah, frown and fold to his reraise....
    double edit: shoot, I just realized his stack...meh....this spot kinda sucks....
    Edited By: nw25th Jul 22nd, 2010 at 03:19 PM
  13.  
    Originally Posted by nw25th View Post

    It's not terrible...but, this is the kind of hand you really want to be playing, and not more or less flipping with...it would be a lot better if you were double suited as well. It is a very strong hand, yet, you should have a pretty good idea of where you are at once he pretty much shoves all his chips in.
    As played, probably just flat pre, and play some Omaha...this way you can either extract some value from your hand, or easily toss it into the muck.
    edit: oh yeah, frown and fold to his reraise....
    double edit: shoot, I just realized his stack...meh....this spot kinda sucks....


    Rarely do i see someone 4 bet all in without aces or kings so I knew I would be behind, but felt like at that point for 10k more I kind of had to call. I suppose this all couldve been taken care of had I simply flatted the UTG raise, and went from there. Although I dont want to be results oriented, and I feel like thats a pretty passive play here right?
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  14. Wow did I misread this hand, and the scary thing was I put it in the hand viewer and "still" fked it up! I swear to God this isn't the same numbers I was looking at yesterday! OK...so forget what I said. "If" I was to play this hand, I am either flatting or folding. This definitely isn't a reraise hand OOP. The player is in mid so his range can be a little wider at this stage, but you definitely don't have a reraise hand. If I know for sure my villian was a NIT, I might not want to play this hand OOP just cause the 6 does nothing to help, and your primarily walking into this with "just" K's. I might personally dump this hand depending on my player read of villian.

    Let's just say you flatted him, and you got the same flop...how are you playing it? He's probably cbetting so what are you doing? That's why I am not thrilled with this hand. You put in 20% of your stack to fold on a cbet unless you nail it square? The best your doing OOP here is check raise jam, but your doing it on a pretty tough flop for your hand. So now I am even wondering if this is a jam or fold preflop only.
  15.  
    Originally Posted by Polar_Bears View Post

    Wow did I misread this hand, and the scary thing was I put it in the hand viewer and "still" fked it up! I swear to God this isn't the same numbers I was looking at yesterday! OK...so forget what I said. "If" I was to play this hand, I am either flatting or folding. This definitely isn't a reraise hand OOP. The player is in mid so his range can be a little wider at this stage, but you definitely don't have a reraise hand. If I know for sure my villian was a NIT, I might not want to play this hand OOP just cause the 6 does nothing to help, and your primarily walking into this with "just" K's. I might personally dump this hand depending on my player read of villian.

    Let's just say you flatted him, and you got the same flop...how are you playing it? He's probably cbetting so what are you doing? That's why I am not thrilled with this hand. You put in 20% of your stack to fold on a cbet unless you nail it square? The best your doing OOP here is check raise jam, but your doing it on a pretty tough flop for your hand. So now I am even wondering if this is a jam or fold preflop only.

    Strike 3.

    edit: oi
    Edited By: shanetrain22 Jul 22nd, 2010 at 06:58 PM
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  16. Good luck to ya! Ego is 90% of the battle in poker :) Looks like your doing well on that front...

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