This was a $200 PLHE/PLO mixed event. I was thinking it would be pretty juice because of how poorly even some of the better hold ’em players would do in the PLO portion, and boy was I right. Unfortunately, I didn’t get much chance to push my edge. I lost a flip for about half my chips with AK on the button all in against QQ in the BB, then this happened in PLO:
Full Tilt Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $25/$50
9 players
Converter
Pre-flop: (9 players) Foucault is CO with :ac :ah :3h :7h
2 folds, MP1 raises to $175, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, Foucault raises to $775, 3 folds, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.
Flop: :qs :6d :7d ($2400, 3 players)
MP1 checks, MP3 checks, Foucault is all-in $1510, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.
Turn: :9d ($6930, 2 players + 1 all-in – Main pot: $6930)
MP1 checks, MP3 checks.
River: :4d ($6930, 2 players + 1 all-in – Main pot: $6930)
MP1 checks, MP3 bets $1650, MP1 calls.
Results:
Final pot: $10230
MP3 showed 9h 8d Jc Jd
MP1 mucks As Qc 4s Ks
Foucault mucks Ac Ah 3h 7h
Aces are not the monster in PLO that they are in hold ’em, and with deeper stacks I probably would not have 3-bet here since my hand doesn’t have a lot of post-flop playability (one shot at flopping the nut flush draw but nothing else). However, here I had a chance to squeeze and get 1/3 of my stack in pre-flop, which means I didn’t have to worry too much about getting outplayed after.
MP1 was one of those decent hold ’em players who sucked at PLO, though in his defense he openly acknowledged that after this hand. It’s true that hand ranges run closer in PLO and you’ll often be getting the right odds to call a 3-bet, but it’s pretty obvious I have AAxx here, and calling with AKQ4 is pretty suicidal. Regardless, calling the all in with TPTK, no redraws, and a player still to act behind him is God awful.
The second guy played it well: he had a hand with good equity against AAxx (no dominated Aces, can flop straight/set/big draw) and flopped a pair plus an open-ended draw and a flush draw. I especially liked the way he took MP1’s two pair to value town on the river.
Dude, that’s at least 5 tourneys in a row without a FT. Weak.
-Logan
You don’t know the half of it. Not counting a freeroll in which FTP automatically registered me where I cashed for $15, I have cashed in exactly one tournament in 2008 and am currently on an ~50 tournament streak with 0 cashes. -95% ROI for the year. But if I can keep running bad in tournaments and running good at 25/50 NL, that’s a trade off I’ll gladly accept.