FTOPS Event 6

I almost didn’t play the $500 PLO 6-max, but a few people convinced me I should, and I’m glad I did. The field was really weak, and it was a lot of fun to boot. Well, except for losing a monster pot, but I’m getting ahead of myself. For a while I was getting short but then finally managed to connect with a flop (and turn)

Full Tilt Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $50/$100
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $8528
UTG+1: $10433
Hero: $2450
Button: $4604
SB: $10522
BB: $7720

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with :3d :2s :3c :4s
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls, Button raises to $550, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: :5s :7h :2d ($1800, 3 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $1800, Button raises all-in $4054, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls all-in $100.

Turn: :2h ($11808, 1 player + 2 all-in – Main pot: $7500, Sidepot 1: $4308)

River: :5c ($11808, 1 player + 2 all-in – Main pot: $7500, Sidepot 1: $4308)

Results:
Final pot: $11808
Button showed Qh Ac 7s Ah
UTG+1 showed Jc Qs 7d 9c
Hero showed 3d 2s 3c 4s

Four Pair

Full Tilt Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $60/$120
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $8768
UTG+1: $2396
Hero: $6820
Button: $7556
SB: $10247
BB: $8470

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with :kc :ah :2c :qd
2 folds, Hero raises to $370, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: :2s :qs :ac ($800, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $550, BB raises to $1200, Hero calls.

Turn: :kd ($3200, 2 players)
BB bets $3200, Hero raises all-in $5250, BB calls.

River: :6h ($13700, 1 player + 1 all-in – Main pot: $13700)

Results:
Final pot: $13700
BB showed 5h As 5c 7s
Hero showed Kc Ah 2c Qd

I figured him for the nut flush draw on the flop, but if he’s got something like a gut shot or better to go with it, he could still be the favorite or a very slight dog, so I wanted to get it in on a non-spade turn. Obviously a broadway card wasn’t ideal, but I felt I could be way ahead and I’d have a lot of boat outs even if he had turned a straight. Unfortunately, my exuberance over my big stack was short-lived:

Gwaaaaaaah!!!

It’s definitely not a good idea to re-pot habitually with Aces in PLO, but here I had a nut flush draw and the opportunity to get a good chunk of my stack in preflop. Both turned out to matter, but not enough:

Full Tilt Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $60/$120
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: $13700
UTG+1: $7436
CO: $10187
Button: $1530
SB: $9008
BB: $2396

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with :ad :ac :9c :3h
Hero raises to $400, UTG+1 folds, CO raises to $960, 3 folds, Hero raises to $3460, CO calls.

Flop: :jc :9h :tc ($7100, 2 players)
Hero bets $6300, CO raises all-in $7127, Hero calls.

Turn: :2h ($21354, 1 player + 1 all-in – Main pot: $21354)

River: :5d ($21354, 1 player + 1 all-in – Main pot: $21354)

Results:
Final pot: $21354
CO showed 7c 7d 8d 8c
Hero showed Ad Ac 9c 3h

I have no idea what he was thinking pre-flop. If he just called that wouldn’t be too bad, though in general two pair is an overrated PLO holding. But to make that tiny 3-bet and then call my 4-bet is awful. This would have been a tough decision for me without the flush draw, but with it I definitely have no choice but to stick it in and hope for the best.

Bit of a Comeback

Full Tilt Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $60/$120
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $8828
UTG+1: $2706
Hero: $4826
Button: $7136
SB: $19051
BB: $1710

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with :ks :kh :qh :7h
2 folds, Hero raises to $376, Button calls, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: :tc :jc :3s ($1188, 3 players)
BB bets $1188, Hero raises all-in $4450, Button folds, BB calls all-in $146.
Uncalled bets: $3116 returned to Hero.

Turn: :9d ($3856, 0 player + 2 all-in – Main pot: $3856)

River: :8s ($3856, 0 player + 2 all-in – Main pot: $3856)

Results:
Final pot: $3856
BB showed 7s 8c 6c 5s
Hero showed Ks Kh Qh 7h

This put me back in the running for a while, but eventually I got ground down, shoved QJ96 or something from the SB, and got it in against AQJ9, in other words I was massively dominated. And that was that.

I’m off on my road trip by now, but I’ve tried to take advantage of a new Blogger feature and post-date some entries, so hopefully there will continue to be updates even while I’m not around.