Sunday Poker..

Ok so I bought into another $15 holdem sit n go but its a Sunday and I feel kind of iffy cause I usually try not to play poker on Sundays..but I'm sitting at home bored and the Warriors just lost a huge game to the Hornets (Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson must be playing really hurt because they are not playing the way they need to be playing my goodness, but that could be a whole another blog which I probably will write on my xanga..)

So here we go in hopes of continuing the latest run of cashes!

Really did not get anything to play with..and finished 4th when I lost a race with AQ vs 88

really boring tournament and I guess it was one of those where I was destined to lose

Goodbye hot streak!


Since that was boring, I had to buy in $30 to a .25/.50 omaha table

PokerStars Game #16538209599: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/04/06 - 18:07:14 (ET)
Table 'Merga V' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: crypto55 ($69 in chips)
Seat 2: New motion ($58.20 in chips)
Seat 3: hanbangoo ($39.05 in chips)
Seat 4: mskyneh ($11.35 in chips)
Seat 5: mangu18 ($24.15 in chips)
Seat 6: beathe7 ($64.95 in chips)
New motion: posts small blind $0.25
hanbangoo: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hanbangoo [Ah 4d 7s 6d]
mskyneh: calls $0.50
mangu18: calls $0.50
beathe7: folds
crypto55: folds
New motion: folds
hanbangoo: checks
*** FLOP *** [As 8d 9d]
hanbangoo: checks
mskyneh: checks
mangu18: bets $1
hanbangoo: raises $3.70 to $4.70
mskyneh: folds
mangu18: calls $3.70
*** TURN *** [As 8d 9d] [Jh]
hanbangoo: bets $10.60
mangu18: raises $8.35 to $18.95 and is all-in
hanbangoo: calls $8.35
*** RIVER *** [As 8d 9d Jh] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hanbangoo: shows [Ah 4d 7s 6d] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
mangu18: shows [5d Kc 7c Tc] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
mangu18 collected $46.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $49.05 | Rake $2.40
Board [As 8d 9d Jh 9s]
Seat 1: crypto55 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: New motion (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: hanbangoo (big blind) showed [Ah 4d 7s 6d] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 4: mskyneh folded on the Flop
Seat 5: mangu18 showed [5d Kc 7c Tc] and won ($46.65) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 6: beathe7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This hand really made me upset cause I knew the guy was weak on the flop..Based on his play, I could tell he was not a good omaha player and a total donkey..All he had was a weak open ended that was not even the top draw for the straight draw..I knew he was weak so I raised him with my multiple draws in order to push him out..Unfortuntaely he called and I lost the hand..Against a good omaha player, I would definitely have had that hand on the flop..

The very next hand, I picked up a decent playable hand and even though I was upset about the previous hand, I thought I'd try to play off a tilt type table image and became aggressive with this hand

PokerStars Game #16538231503: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/04/06 - 18:08:07 (ET)
Table 'Merga V' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: crypto55 ($69 in chips)
Seat 2: New motion ($57.95 in chips)
Seat 3: hanbangoo ($14.90 in chips)
Seat 4: mskyneh ($10.85 in chips)
Seat 5: mangu18 ($46.65 in chips)
Seat 6: beathe7 ($64.95 in chips)
hanbangoo: posts small blind $0.25
mskyneh: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hanbangoo [7c Ad 5c 6d]
mangu18: calls $0.50
beathe7: folds
crypto55: folds
New motion: folds
hanbangoo: raises $1.50 to $2
mskyneh: calls $1.50
mangu18: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [8d As 5s]
hanbangoo: bets $5.70
mskyneh: calls $5.70
mangu18: folds
*** TURN *** [8d As 5s] [Qc]
hanbangoo: bets $7.20 and is all-in
mskyneh: calls $3.15 and is all-in
mangu18 leaves the table
*** RIVER *** [8d As 5s Qc] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hanbangoo: shows [7c Ad 5c 6d] (a full house, Fives full of Aces)
mskyneh: mucks hand
hanbangoo collected $22.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $23.70 | Rake $1.10
Board [8d As 5s Qc 5d]
Seat 1: crypto55 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: New motion (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: hanbangoo (small blind) showed [7c Ad 5c 6d] and won ($22.60) with a full house, Fives full of Aces
Seat 4: mskyneh (big blind) mucked [Jc 6h 8s 9s]
Seat 5: mangu18 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: beathe7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I hit a perfect flop and followed my preflop raise with a quick pot bet to make it appear like I was tilting..It worked because the guy calling called with his weak straight/flush draws

PokerStars Game #16539239713: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/04/06 - 18:51:06 (ET)
Table 'Merga V' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: crypto55 ($62.05 in chips)
Seat 2: New motion ($72.45 in chips)
Seat 3: hanbangoo ($40.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Jomppa(80) ($22.60 in chips)
Seat 5: drewlo12 ($82.35 in chips)
Seat 6: beathe7 ($47.40 in chips)
beathe7: posts small blind $0.25
crypto55: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hanbangoo [Kc Td Qc Ad]
New motion: folds
New motion leaves the table
hanbangoo: raises $1.25 to $1.75
Jomppa(80): folds
drewlo12: calls $1.75
beathe7: calls $1.50
crypto55: folds
*** FLOP *** [8c Qh As]
Jomppa(80) leaves the table
beathe7: checks
hanbangoo: bets $3.50
drewlo12: calls $3.50
beathe7: folds
*** TURN *** [8c Qh As] [4d]
hanbangoo: bets $12.15
drewlo12: calls $12.15
*** RIVER *** [8c Qh As 4d] [Jd]
johnsell joins the table at seat #2
Y2JKID joins the table at seat #4
hanbangoo: bets $23.35 and is all-in
drewlo12: folds
hanbangoo collected $35.25 from pot
hanbangoo: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $37.05 | Rake $1.80
Board [8c Qh As 4d Jd]
Seat 1: crypto55 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: New motion folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: hanbangoo collected ($35.25)
Seat 4: Jomppa(80) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: drewlo12 (button) folded on the River
Seat 6: beathe7 (small blind) folded on the Flop

So here was my thought process on this hand..I picked up a pretty strong hand..double suited, connecting high cards and I hit a strong flop..I made a smaller bet than I usually have been, Usually I'd pot it but I wanted to mix this up with 2 other players in the hand so I bet out about 2/3 of the pot. The one guy called behind me and I had to start thinking if he was smooth calling with a weak two pair or a set. If he had the top 2 like I did, I definitely would have expected a raise which probably would be a good play for him. If he had the set, he could have smooth called and pushed it on the turn which is risky in Omaha. Usually most players will push it on the flop to give worse odds to players that have drawing hands.

I knew I could cross off a set of Aces cause he just called a small raise preflop. A set of 8's would have reraised me on the flop..So what I was really looking at was a set of Queens, Q8, or A8.

I bet out hard on the turn to find out what he really had. My pot bet gave me the information that I needed. If he pushed, then he would have had the set of Queens but since he just called, I knew he had to have the weak 2 pair. When the J gave me the nut straight on the river, I pushed in hoping that he'd call with that 2 pair. I wanted to think that he would think that there was no way I really could have made the straight with the way I had played the hand.

I guess I could have made a value bet but with the nuts in Omaha, you almost always want to pot it because there will be many time where you pot it on the river on a position bluff bet so you have to make sure you are setting that play up.

Sadly, he folded..

Overall
Start - $270
End - $325