Another in a long line of PMB is an Omaha donkey hands

[poormanbilly]

OK, who plays this differently and if so, how? I was a 65% favorite to win against these two donkeys on the flop btw.

If anyone is getting sick of these posts, let me know. I think I'm going to start playing Omaha for the next few months and I obviously need some help.


PokerStars Game #4202021723: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2006/03/06 - 22:49:19 (ET)
Table 'Kuma IV' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: PoorManBilly ($48 in chips)
Seat 2: not1chance ($25.95 in chips)
Seat 3: Tibnuq ($20 in chips)
Seat 4: Prae ($13.05 in chips)
Seat 5: avidadolares ($33.80 in chips)
Seat 6: kombo747 ($30.70 in chips)
Seat 7: billsdo ($22.65 in chips)
Seat 9: Kagezuchi ($29.50 in chips)
PoorManBilly: posts small blind $0.25
not1chance: posts big blind $0.50
Tibnuq: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PoorManBilly [:Qc: ]
TILOREB leaves the table
Tibnuq: raises $1.25 to $1.75
Prae: folds
avidadolares: calls $1.75
kombo747: calls $1.75
billsdo: calls $1.75
Kagezuchi: folds
PoorManBilly: calls $1.50
not1chance: calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [:9c: ]
PoorManBilly: checks
spreebase joins the table at seat #8
not1chance: bets $2
Tibnuq: calls $2
avidadolares: folds
kombo747: calls $2
billsdo: calls $2
PoorManBilly: raises $20 to $22
not1chance: calls $20
Tibnuq: calls $16.25 and is all-in
kombo747: folds
billsdo: folds
*** TURN *** [9c 4d Ts] [:6c:]
PoorManBilly: bets $6.50
not1chance: calls $2.20 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [9c 4d Ts 6c] [:4s:]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PoorManBilly: shows [Qc Th 9h Jc] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
not1chance: shows [:2s: ] (two pair, Jacks and Fours)
not1chance collected $11.90 from side pot
Tibnuq: shows [:As: ] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
Tibnuq collected $66.25 from main pot
kombo747 said, "haha"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $81.15 Main pot $66.25. Side pot $11.90. | Rake $3
Board [9c 4d Ts 6c 4s]
Seat 1: PoorManBilly (small blind) showed [Qc Th 9h Jc] and lost with two pair, Tens and Nines
Seat 2: not1chance (big blind) showed [2s Tc Jh Js] and won ($11.90) with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Seat 3: Tibnuq showed [As Ad 2d Kd] and won ($66.25) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 4: Prae folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: avidadolares folded on the Flop
Seat 6: kombo747 folded on the Flop
Seat 7: billsdo folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Kagezuchi (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[mervhage]

Keep the posts coming, it's all good!

I'll tell you right off the bat why you have a MONSTER MONSTER hand. Your opponents raise screams one thing, "Hey look at me, I have aces!". Since you can bet he has aces, your top two pair are looking might fine, not to mention the super straight draw .

Tibnuq makes the common mistake of telegraphing his hand and once you've put in this kind of money, you feel compelled to defend your hand.

[poormanbilly]

Keep the posts coming, it's all good!

I'll tell you right off the bat why you have a MONSTER MONSTER hand. Your opponents raise screams one thing, "Hey look at me, I have aces!". Since you can bet he has aces, your top two pair are looking might fine, not to mention the super straight draw .

Tibnuq makes the common mistake of telegraphing his hand and once you've put in this kind of money, you feel compelled to defend your hand.

I checked right off the bat to see what happened. Since everyone just called all the way around, I was confident no one had a set. Anybody playing 44 there is a donkey anyway. The funny thing is, me raising the pot loosened up the whole table. One guy went off telling me how big of a donkey I was and I made him lay down his hand (duh). I assume he had a 4. I kept egging him on and he tilted off $100. Sadly, not very much of it came my way.

Seriously though, I'm commited to Omaha for the next few months, so I'll probably be posting a lot.

[mervhage]

By all means keep posting hands.

How's your confidence level in your ability to lay down small sets in the face of heavy action? (btw, I'm going to bed now, so if you respond tonight, I won't read it until the AM).

[poormanbilly]

By all means keep posting hands.

How's your confidence level in your ability to lay down small sets in the face of heavy action? (btw, I'm going to bed now, so if you respond tonight, I won't read it until the AM).

I'm ok with folding a small set, the problem I'm working on is folding the non-nut straights and flushes to river bets. I think I pay that off more than I should when I question if they are a donkey or not. Really, there are better spots to put money in the pot though and I have to keep reminding myself of that. I'm not saying I wouldn't call in certain situations, but I've found that river bets are generally what they appear.