PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $0.50 BB (8 handed)

SB ($16.85)
BB ($54)
UTG ($77.40)
UTG+1 ($49.85)
MP1 ($37.85)
MP2 ($17)
Hero ($72.20)
Button ($48.20)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , , , .
UTG calls $0.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.50, Button calls $0.50, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($2.50) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets $1.5, Hero calls $1.50, Button raises to $3, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls $1.50, Hero calls $1.50.

Turn: ($11.50) (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, Button bets $5, UTG calls $5, Hero calls $5.

River: ($26.50) (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Final Pot: $26.50

Results in white below:

utg had [6c Qc 4s 4c]
Button had [As Qs 8s Js]
I win

Outcome: Hero wins $26.50.

another hand with a river question

PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $0.50 BB (9 handed)

Hero ($58.30)
UTG ($15.65)
UTG+1 ($53.45)
MP1 ($45.45)
MP2 ($73.80)
MP3 ($54.85)
CO ($60.95)
Button ($23.20)
SB ($60.35)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , , , .
UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.50, MP3 calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($3.50) , , (7 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3.35, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $3.35, MP2 calls $3.35, MP3 folds, CO folds, SB folds.

Turn: ($13.55) (3 players)
Hero bets $12.9, UTG+1 calls $12.90, MP2 folds.

River: ($39.35) (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks.

Final Pot: $39.35

Results in white below:
utg+1 had [9h As 8s Qd]

Outcome: Hero wins $39.35.

Button sure played hand 1 badly. I think you've almost certainly won on the river, but it's hard to get a significant call out of anyone. Might be nice to try to induce a bluff from the last player and call whatever he bets. You should only bet here if your opponents are very loose and passive, i.e. there's a chance they'll call half pot with a straight, or a tiny backdoor flush, but little or no chance they'll raise you.

Hand 2 I'm not sure how keen I am on betting the turn, but by that same token checking seems a bit weak. My main worry here is that you got TWO flop calls; now, it of course depends on the playerrs (one might be a complete muppet, we don't know) but usually this suggests one has the nut flush draw and the other has either a straight or a set, so there's a chance you're behind anyway (although lack of preflop action suggests AA is less likely). By the river, once more checking is best as you want him to bluff if he has no hand, and realistically there's not much he can have hit here that gives him a strong enough hand to call and lose with. A9 is about the only thing, and even that I can't see him calling if he's half decent as he must know you have a set or straight. Checking is fine here in my book.

Monk
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