I felt like I was playing pretty well at this table and had a tight image but had also shown some willingness to get decent amounts of money in with less than the nuts. Anyhow, here's the way the hand played out. I do think I have too much hand to just check-fold, but my problem on the turn is that if I hit a straight, it's likely to be the low end. So, my solution, for better or (more likely) for worse, was just to push. There are lots of KT hands that are underdogs to me, and some diamond draws. The hand I was up against is about 60-40 favorite on the flop, then 80-20 underdog on the turn.
The real problem I have with playing this hand is that I have an enormous number of draws (even an additional J beats a lot of hands), but none of them are to the nuts except an 8, giving me only 3 secure outs. The only AA hands that I think can stay in has to have either QQ with it, a diamond draw, or KT imo. I feel like I have quite a bit of fold equity as a result, and am not in horrible shape to very many of those.
PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $2 BB (9 handed)
BB ($82.65)
UTG ($556.10)
UTG+1 ($126.65)
MP1 ($111.35)
MP2 ($387.30)
MP3 ($226.20)
CO ($476)
Button ($192)
Hero ($388.25)
Preflop: Hero is SB with J:heart:, T:club:, 8:club:, 9:heart:.
3 folds, MP2 raises to $7, 2 folds, Button raises to $24, Hero calls $23, 1 fold, MP2 calls $17.
Flop: ($74) Q:heart:, J:diamond:, 4:diamond: (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks, Button bets $54, Hero raises to $233, MP2 folds, Button calls $114 (All-In).
Turn: ($475) T:heart: (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($475) 6:heart: (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $475
Results in white below:
Hero has Jh Tc 8c 9h (flush, queen high).
Outcome: Hero wins $475.
Button had AcAd5h7dStatistics: Posted by Aisthesis — Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:36 pm
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