If You Want to Win You Need to Take a Risk Posted by rebecca , under: Omaha Hi/Lo Limit, Omaha Poker Hands

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Whenever a tournament is moving towards the end, I tend to play only safe hands. Yes, that’s my weakness in Poker, but can’t change it. The same thing happened in this hand. After the flop I just needed one card to complete a straight. I folded just before the river because it was too expensive for me to continue in this stage of game. Nobody wants to be a bubble boy. I desperately wanted that one card but I just didn’t want to crash my position even more.

Of course, river card was exactly what I needed, and again I regretted my stinginess. The most important thing is this was Omaha Hi/Lo Limit poker tournament and the whole pot would be mine since there was no low hand!

So, if you want to play Poker for real, you need to take a risk!

Four of a Kind is Laughing at Me Posted by rebecca , under: Omaha Hi/Lo Limit, Omaha Poker Hands

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No, these were not a good hole cards for Omaha Hi hand, neither for Omaha Lo. These were not good cards for me -  I never play with cards like this (10c-9s-5c-3d)! So, I just folded this hand before the flop. But, when I saw the flop I wasn’t sure I made a good decision. Three of a kind is smiling, two Nines on the flop and one Nine in my hand. In a couple of seconds the turn card shows up. I could not believe my eyes. Now, the four of a kind is not smiling – it’s actually laughing at me!

The river card was not important anymore, because the four of a kind was still laughing, telling me that I should play this hand. And I should because this was Omaha Hi/Lo Limit poker game and the blinds were very small in this stage. I am still very angry on myself for folding this time!