$25 PL Omaha Hi-Lo (8 handed)

SB ($24.75)
BB ($55.05)
UTG ($24.65)
UTG+1 ($24.03)
MP1 ($55.04)
MP2 ($25)
LP1 ($24.50)
LP2 ($20.61)
OTB ($41.38)

Preflop: Hero is in UTG+1 with
(4 folds), LP2 calls [$0.25], OTB raises [$1.10], (1 fold), BB raises [$1.70], (1 fold), OTB raises [$5.10], BB calls [$4.25]

Flop: ($12.15) (2 players)
BB checks, OTB bets [$12.15], BB raises [$24.30], OTB is all-In [$23.03], BB calls [$10.88]

Turn: ($80.11) (2 players)


River: ($80.11) (2 players)


Results in white below:
BB shows [ 2s, 7d, 3d, As ] a flush, ace high.
BB shows 7,6,3,2,A for low.
OTB doesn't show [ Ac, 4s, Ah, Th ] a pair of aces.
OTB doesn't show 7,6,4,3,A for low.
BB wins $40.06 from the main pot with a flush, ace high.
BB wins Lo ($40.05) from the main pot with 7,6,3,2,A.


OTB is a well known TAG who can be a little too aggressive at times and BB a less well know TAG. It is unusual to see two reasonable players fighting it out like this at the $25 tables, so I thought it would interesting to analyze the hand a little.

What do you think of the way both players played this hand?

I don't think BB should have re-raised pre-flop, but otherwise it looks standard to me by both players.

BB's preflop raise is generally a bad idea, but if the purpose is to ask, "do you have AA" and get a correct answer very often, then his minraise is less bad.

OTB's c-bet for pot is also bad. what hands will fold that he is behind? what does he put BB on to make a min-raise out of position (ie. does he do that without an A)?

-g