Post tagged with risky hand
June
14
You have read this millions of times, and it’s a fact - always fold your hole card sets and quads. I still recommend that, but sometimes, maybe you can make an exception. Don’t know when to be honest, but if you take a look at the Omaha Hi Pot Limit poker hand bellow, you’ll understand what I am saying.
Since I was on big blind position, I only checked to see the flop, and the Lady fortune did her thing. I had a Three of a kind, Threes. With the rainbow flop, with no straight connections, I decided to bet as much as possible. After the turn I had a Full House, so I kept pushing with bets till everybody else folded their cards.
So I won, despite the odds totally against me. What can I say to my defense? Nothing much except - That’s Omaha Poker - everything is possible!
Pocket Set Won the Hand?
June
5
Phew, this was close. I was just sitting there with close to perfect hole cards. If, for example, King was in spades, I would consider them perfect. I called before the flop, sitting and hoping for a flush draw or a rainbow high-card flop.
Well, the flop was disappointing. My great advantage turned into a misery. Sure, I had best possible Two Pair, but there were so many diamonds on the table. Luckily for me, there were 5 players involved in the hand so the pot was close to 20 blinds before the flop. To my big surprise, nobody raised, so I got a free card. 4th diamond on the turn gave me some courage, since I can use it as a block card. I thought about it for a second, and decided to pot-raise. To raise minimum, or even half pot would bring suspicion, since if any of the players had two diamonds, no matter how small they are, they would call to see what happens next.
To cut the long story short, the truth is I took advantage of my early position and raised a pot, hoping that everybody else would fold. And they did! I won 20 blinds pot, but if any of the players re-raised or called, I could be in a big trouble. True, I had 6 potential cards to hope for on the river (three king and queens, so - instead of bluffing, let’s call it a calculated risk).
Nope, who am I kidding. It’s bluffing. I bet that at least one of the opponents folded 2 small diamonds in this Omaha Hi Pot Limit poker game.
Is this Bluffing or a Smart Play?
May
8
This entire tournament I was playing like a crazy. Not sure what was wrong with me. I was active in every single hand, either by calling or raising. In a matter of minutes, most of my chips were gone.
I was playing this hand too (Ac-10d-10h-3h) and I called my opponent’s bet after the flop cards, consisting of a King, a Two and a Jack. A Nine was a turn card and he wanted more of my chips. Well, I had nothing! A pair of Tens doesn’t worth a lot in Omaha Hi. What am I doing? This is, by all means, not good. But, if a Queen shows up on the river, it will be perfect! I decided to go for it! Since this was Omaha Hi Pot Limit poker game I raised a whole pot.
And there she was! Wow! A charming Queen brings me a straight, Ace high, and more importantly - enough chips to continue with this tournament.
Miracle in a Shape of Charming Queen
May
3
Oh my God, this was a close call! I had great hole cards in this Omaha Hi Pot Limit poker hand (suited A-Q and a pair of Eights), and the flop was pretty good. Only one player followed my initial flop raise, which was great in that moment. However, turn card was a Queen with a word straight written all over her forehead, so I just checked. My opponent was thrilled with the Queen and he raised a whole pot, which was my all in. I simply knew he had a straight and my only chance was to hit a third diamond on the river. After couple of seconds I made a decision to take that risk.
Since I was all in I saw his cards and the straight was there! OMG, I was right. Once I saw the river card the smile on my face was back again. Yeah, I am still in the game - it was one risky flush!
Big Risk Paid Off in a Pot Limit Omaha Hi
