Post tagged with flop nuts
October
16
If I’m a player who bluffs all the time I can understand this Omaha Hi Pot Limit Poker hand. Since I’m not, it’s hard to me to understand what was going on after the river card. For me, this hand was pure hit - with flop nuts, quads.
After the flop I raised just half of a pot. I didn’t want to scare players away and end up empty handed. Only one player bite the bait. Great! The same thing happened after the turn card, since he had called again! Cool! After the river I raised whole pot which was my all in and he called! I thought he hit the straight or he had a full. The truth was he had nothing, only two Queens on the flop! Jesus! Ok he was waiting for a straight, but he didn’t hit it on the river. That’s OK. Calling a bet after the river is ridiculous if you have nothing!
Anyway, thanks for the chips my friend!
Thank You My Friend
October
1
There are three ways you can play Omaha Poker to win: aggressive way, more aggressive and absolutely aggressive. Specially when you hit flop nuts.
I limped in to see the flop, and hit the straight instantly. Pot-raise from one of the players forced everybody else to fold, except me. Rainbow flop encouraged me to re-raise a whole pot immediately. He thought for a second and went all in and I called.
When I saw his cards I remembered many similar situations when cards paired on the board leaving me beaten by a full house. But that’s the risk you cope with in Omaha Hi Pot Limit Poker! But the gods of turn and river were nice to me. Guess because I did all I possibly could to prevent further draws. So, new Omaha Poker rule is born - you can’t chase off three of a kind on low stakes tables.
Flop Nuts Rule in Omaha
September
17
Play aggressive, that’s what they say for Omaha Poker. This example shows you why. I had a pretty bad hand, but since nobody placed any bet, I got a free flop from big blind. Now I had an open-ended straight draw. One more thing went to my favor - rainbow on the flop. With all that in count, I finally raised, and this all wouldn’t happen if the guy in the cut off raised since I would be far gone from the pot by now.
What happened next is the guy just called my bet on the flop. Again, serious re-raise would chase me away. On the turn, the magic card appeared and I completed my nut straight, King high. Since this was Omaha Hi Pot Limit Poker hand I had to fear of the river, but I didn’t calculate but rather I was all in before the river. My opponent called and it turned out we have the same hand!
What is interesting in this hand is that the guy already had a nut straight on the turn, but he didn’t raise?! That poor decision lead him to lose this pot completely since the river card completed my Ace High straight leaving him with nothing.
Conclusion brought here is you have to play flop nuts aggressively in Omaha Poker, or you’re doomed.
Learn to Let Go in Omaha Poker
September
6
I feel so angry because it’s still fresh in my mind. I was involved in the running Full Tilt Poker Take 2 promotion so I had to play two tables at once, which was a bit distracting. As you can see below, I had a pocket Kings and a 7-4 suited as my hole cards. Omaha Hi Pot Limit is my weapon of choice for this promotion, so you may or may not agree that this is a good starting hand.
Since I was busy playing on the other table, I just called before the flop. Flop brought me a marvelous hand - King Quads. With scary two Kings on the table, nobody wanted to place a bet. I quietly hoped for someone with pocket aces (which would complete a monster full house), but no luck. Nobody placed a damn bet! OK, so I waited for a turn knowing that even a minimal bet will chase off all players. Turn came, weak Deuce, still no action. Again. I couldn’t wait any longer so I placed a half pot bet… and as I suspected everybody folded. So, I scooped only some blinds with a monster hand! That’s simply wrong.
Buster Quads
I question myself, what could I do better:
- I could raise pre flop. Perhaps some players that already given away some serious money would continue to pay smaller bets
- I could wait till the river with betting. Maybe another Ace would come to the table, another Deuce, some middle card that would complete somebody’s full house or a set. Also, maybe a Queen, Jack or Ten could show up, which would have completed potential straight. However, I am not sure anybody would call my bets with Kings and Ace on the table.
What would you do in this situation?
August
26
It was very early in the morning when I started playing this Omaha Hi/Lo Limit poker tournament. While I was drinking my coffee I almost threw away my hold cars 10c-9d-9s-8h. Thanks to the coffee taste I was awake enough to realize that I need to see a flop. Flop was like a dream. Am I awake for real or still dreaming? I got Quads!! What a nice morning.
Off course, I was pretending like I’m not happy with a flop by checking. My goal was to let other players lead this hand. Player with pocket Aces probably thought: Oh well my Aces rock! Only after the turn I started with re-raising. Till the end of this hand I doubled up my chips by winning a whole pot. Nobody could win low hand because community cards were too high.
I understand that player with two Aces thought that he can win with two pair. But… take a look at the other player’s cards! His hole cards were 2-3-5-6, community cards were 9-K-9-4-4. He had nothing and he was calling every bet! What was he thinking? That he can use all four hole cards? That’s weird.
Flop Nuts and Weird Player
May
12
Well isn’t it just great when after the flop you know who will take the chips? My hole cards were very good for Omaha Hi hand (suited A-7 and a pair of Jacks), but nothing is good until you see the flop. Flop… my eyes are playing tricks with me?! I wasn’t sure.. so I counted like a child. One, two, three… no, one more time… one, two, three, four… four Jacks! Oh yeah!
It’s great when you have a four of a kind, but now I have two sweet problems. First, this is Omaha Hi/Lo Limit poker game, and I simply want a whole pot just for myself. Second, if I bet after the flop lots of players will go away, and that’s something I don’t want. I have nuts, dammit! So I just checked, hoping that the flop suits someone else as well. Turn card brings good news – there won’t be a low hand this time. Couple of players followed my bet.
After a river only one player followed me. Good, the pot is bigger now. Coooool!
Now I have a new problem. I am trying to figure out why on earth he called any of my bets without a single pair! Weird! Perhaps he thought he can win Omaha hand with Ace high? Come on…
When the Four Jacks Marching in...
