Session #16

Online play only today.

First game was a $30 SNG Omaha hi/low split. I played a very tight conservative first few rounds. I was doing very well (which is staying stable at my chip count. Fine by me in an Omaha hi/low) until one hand knocked me down to slightly less than 250 chips. But then the dragon was unleashed. I switched gears around the $50/$100 blind level and after doubling up my first all-in it was like a buffet for Xorply! I capped out at around 4800 chips (almost 4x my next opponent's chip stack) and then the unthinkable happened.... our power went out!! Holy shit I jumped up and screamed at my computer. I think I just about damn near gave my wife a heart attack. The power blipped on again after about five seconds but I had to reboot my computer as well as my cable modem and it took around five minutes for that to happen. By the time I fired Party Poker back up again I had lost almost 2000 chips to being blinded out! I lost my decisive advantage but at least I got back in on time to finish in the money.... second for $90.

At the moment that I'm typing this I'm playing a $2/$4 Omaha hi/low split ring game and I'm about $15 up after dropping down $25 but I got two to go all-in against me when I flopped the dream Omaha flop of a straight flush to the king (I held a jack, so no chance of a better hand) with no low possible. Yeah baby! $60 scoop in a $2/$4 game!

I just made another nice hand (and a bit of a semi-bluff I think) when I check-raised two pair on the small blind with a straight showing and no low possible. Pot size = $36.50.

Here's the hand history for a great hand that I played but that I think I missed a bet on:

***** Hand History for Game 3495471557 *****
$2/$4 Omaha Hi/Lo - Saturday, February 04, 19:05:14 EDT 2006
Table Table 71293 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: steverino_78 ( $74.63 )
Seat 4: crippler420 ( $98.75 )
Seat 5: igotskillz ( $49 )
Seat 6: LuckyBarrel ( $188.68 )
Seat 9: Baseya ( $20.12 )
Seat 7: Xorply ( $134.75 )
Seat 8: golfnutty ( $37.62 )
Seat 2: kurtizus ( $12.19 )
Seat 10: minisavage ( $79.38 )
Seat 3: harke016 ( $85 )
Baseya posts small blind [$1].
minisavage posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Xorply [ 4c Kc Ks Ac ]
steverino_78 raises [$4].
kurtizus calls [$4].
harke016 folds.
crippler420 folds.
igotskillz folds.
LuckyBarrel folds.
Xorply raises [$6].
golfnutty folds.
Baseya folds.
minisavage folds.
steverino_78 calls [$2].
kurtizus calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 6c, 9c ]
steverino_78 checks.
kurtizus checks.
Xorply bets [$2].
steverino_78 calls [$2].
kurtizus folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ]
steverino_78 checks.
Xorply checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
steverino_78 checks.
Xorply bets [$4].
steverino_78 calls [$4].
Xorply shows [ 4c, Kc, Ks, Ac ] a flush, ace high.
steverino_78 doesn't show [ Qs, 2c, As, Jh ] two pairs, jacks and twos.
Xorply wins $31.50 from the main pot with a flush, ace high.
There was no qualifying low hand.
harke016 has left the table.

So I make it three bets to go before the flop as I do have a great hand. Flop comes down with two low cards and two flush cards. I can make a pretty good low and I'm drawing to the nut high. I only get one caller on the flop though, and I figure my only chance to get one more bet (and possibly two if he bets out) is to check my nut flush on the turn and hope he catches something. He checks the river, however, but still pays me off for one more big bet. Did I miss a bet on the turn? Who knows? If I bet the turn, maybe he folds and I don't get anything more.

Here's a hand where I hung in when I shouldn't have and it ended up costing me as I raked in a measely quarter share:

***** Hand History for Game 3495498057 *****
$2/$4 Omaha Hi/Lo - Saturday, February 04, 19:09:49 EDT 2006
Table Table 71293 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: steverino_78 ( $57.63 )
Seat 4: crippler420 ( $120.32 )
Seat 5: igotskillz ( $49 )
Seat 6: LuckyBarrel ( $188.68 )
Seat 9: Baseya ( $10.93 )
Seat 7: Xorply ( $154.25 )
Seat 8: golfnutty ( $37.62 )
Seat 2: kurtizus ( $0 )
Seat 10: minisavage ( $76.38 )
Seat 3: jwardo ( $97.81 )
crippler420 posts small blind [$1].
igotskillz posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Xorply [ 4c 7s Ac 2h ]
LuckyBarrel folds.
Xorply raises [$4].
Baseya folds.
minisavage folds.
steverino_78 folds.
jwardo folds.
crippler420 raises [$5].
igotskillz folds.
Xorply calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, Jh, 8h ]
kurtizus has left the table.
crippler420 checks.
Xorply checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ As ]
crippler420 bets [$4].
Xorply calls [$4].
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
crippler420 checks.
Xorply bets [$4].
justericason has joined the table.
crippler420 calls [$4].
Xorply shows [ 4c, 7s, Ac, 2h ] a pair of aces.
Xorply shows 8,4,3,2,A for low.
crippler420 shows [ Ah, Ts, 2s, 4d ] two pairs, aces and tens.
crippler420 shows 8,4,3,2,A for low.
crippler420 wins $14.25 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and tens.
crippler420 wins Lo ($7.13) from the main pot with 8,4,3,2,A.
Xorply wins Lo ($7.12) from the main pot with 8,4,3,2,A.
LuckyBarrel has left the table.

I shouldn't have chased the low hand and it ended up costing me for sure. So with these two examples you can see what benefits you when playing Omaha. Spank with the nuts, turtle with the rag chasers.

Session Total = +$114 US.

Live MTD earnings are +$34 CAN.
Live YTD earnings are -$353 CAN.

Online MTD earnings are +$114 US.
Online YTD earnings are +$534 US.