45 runners in the $500 PLO8 today, and yours truly managed to final table it, finishing 8th (we were playing 8-handed) for a whopping $875. Also at the final table was my friend and fellow Poker Savvy Plus instructor Tom Chambers, who finished 4th after a series of gross suckouts by every other player at the table. Tom assures me it was not good to get it in with AcQcTx8x for 14BB’s UTG+1 early at the final table (my bustout hand).
Two other moderately interesting hands:
50/100, I open to 300 with AA64, solid online guy on the button calls, decent slightly passive European lady calls on BB. Flop Q95r, she checks, I bet 600, Button calls, she check-raises pot, I have a pretty standard fold.
100/200, four limpers, I check Q246 in the BB. Flop Kh Qh 2c (I have no hearts). Checks around.
Turn Kh Qh 2c 7d. I check, first limper checks, same lady from before bets 500, gets one fold. I have about 3K in my stack and fold, but I am not so sure this was good. I think check-raising probably gets me a fold maybe 20-25% of the time, and while I’m not ahead of her calling range, it’s very difficult for her to be ahead of me for both high and low.
Overall, playing live PLO8 wasn’t nearly as fun as I was hoping. I think this was mostly because I was card dead all tournament and the structure sucked.
Hey Andrew
I’ve got no idea if you’re still on the Bahamas and I don’t even know if there’s any truth to it, but just in case…
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/carefull-travelling-home-pca-683199/
Thanks, I think I was actually on the same flight as that guy. The TSA guy was definitely on a power trip, acting very aggressively, etc. I deposited all my cash in my Poker Stars account before I left, so I only had a couple hundred dollars on me. I didn’t get searched or anything even though I told them I’d been at the casino, but I did overhear him giving a guy who answered “$4000” a hard time.
the lady at your table was Katja Thater if you haven’t found out by now
That’s what I thought at first, but I thought Katja was Polish, and this woman was wearing Team Germany patch. Guess I was just wrong about her nationality, though.
There were actually two women at my table, though, and the one involved in these hands was not Katja, though you’re probably right that the other one was.