May. 11th, 2005

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A couple of Omaha hands. There was no $50 max buy-in, so I was forced to swim with the (baby) sharks at $100 max buy-in. To extend the watery metaphor, we see one hand where I was all at sea and one where I took a gamble that paid off.

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jdaltongang is at seat 0 with $87.
WHY ME 50 is at seat 1 with $58.55.
_DesTinY_ is at seat 2 with $39.20.
Stupidbet is at seat 3 with $167.
WhoWants2Mess is at seat 4 with $97.50.
Birks is at seat 5 with $90.50.
PurdueRick is at seat 6 with $85.60.
Lumbehund is at seat 7 with $26.50.
ctm is at seat 8 with $24.55.
rcsixthman is at seat 9 with $34.80.
The button is at seat 5.

PurdueRick posts the small blind of $.50.
Lumbehund posts the big blind of $1.


Birks: As 7d Ah Qh

ctm folds. rcsixthman calls. jdaltongang folds. WHY ME 50 folds. _DesTinY_ folds. Stupidbet calls. WhoWants2Mess calls. Birks raises to $6.50. PurdueRick calls. Lumbehund folds. rcsixthman
folds. Stupidbet folds. WhoWants2Mess folds.

I seriously thought about flat-calling here, solely because of the problem that subsequently arose.

Flop Ts 2c Qc

PurdueRick checks. Birks checks.

Yep, complete bottle job. I know it. Awful play.

Turn (board: Ts 2c Qc 6d):

PurdueRick bets $17. Birks folds. PurdueRick is returned $17 (uncalled).

Absolutely no excuses for any of this. I might as well have taken the money out of my pocket and given it to the man.


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And now for the one that paid off: Once again I am on the button.


jdaltongang is at seat 0 with $164.50.
_DesTinY_ is at seat 2 with $48.
Stupidbet is at seat 3 with $148.85.
GregBue is at seat 4 with $48.
Birks is at seat 5 with $82.50.
PurdueRick is at seat 6 with $92.
Lumbehund is at seat 7 with $27.75 (sitting out).
ctm is at seat 8 with $60.85.
rcsixthman is at seat 9 with $27.40.
The button is at seat 5.

PurdueRick posts the small blind of $.50.
ctm posts the big blind of $1.

Birks: 6c 9h 6s Ks


Pre-flop:

rcsixthman calls. jdaltongang calls. _DesTinY_ folds. Stupidbet calls. GregBue calls. Birks
calls. PurdueRick calls. ctm checks.

Flop 2c 6h 7h

Okay, a set of sixes. Once again I ignore worries about losing my market on the turn. ctm is a noted aggressive player, and I have a plan.

PurdueRick checks. ctm bets $7. rcsixthman folds. jdaltongang folds. Stupidbet folds. GregBue folds.
Birks calls. PurdueRick calls.

Turn 2c 6h 7h Ad

PurdueRick checks. ctm bets $28. Birks goes all-in for $74.50. PurdueRick folds. ctm folds.
Birks is returned $46.50 (uncalled).



$3 is raked from a pot of $84.
Birks wins $81.

The thing that was nice about this was that Purdue said he was loath to fold as he had a straight flush draw. I have no idea what ctm had, but, since he didn't raise pre-flop, I knew that it wasn't AA. But he didn't know that I didn't have AA. I don't think that I can get 77 to lay down, but I can get rid of any drawing hands, because they no longer have any implied odds for a river bet. I suspect that ctm had a set of twos or two pair Aces, with the former being my favourite.

Is there an argument for me flat-calling here? Possibly. but I don't think so. I'm relying on Purdue (and/or ctm) missing their draw and then one of them betting a bluff or calling with a lower set. No, I think that the raise all-in is correct. And it brings the $100 buy-in deficit down to less than $200. Woo hoo.


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