I posted this hand in the new "Tales of Big Money Donks " thread in the Bankroll forum, because I thought it was a great example of two big stacks both playing like total morons. However, I'm still a relative newbie at PLO, so maybe there's something missing in my assessment of their play here.

Did they really play as bad here as I think they did?


***** Hand History for Game 2901750343 *****
$25 PL Omaha - Sunday, January 01, 00:54:33 EDT 2006
Table Table 36548 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: KTG_unltd ( $37.95 )
Seat 2: babyjacksmom ( $6.79 )
Seat 3: jimboy55 ( $4.65 )
Seat 5: elnickoo7 ( $18.60 )
Seat 6: krukert ( $103.89 )
Seat 8: MuddyRRiver ( $24.26 )
Seat 9: YelaBely ( $109.25 )
Seat 10: bayouaggie ( $61.42 )
Seat 4: stickdude90 ( $24.65 )
Seat 7: errad ( $23.75 )
bayouaggie posts small blind [$0.10].
KTG_unltd posts big blind [$0.25].
MuddyRRiver posts big blind + dead [$0.35].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stickdude90 [ ]
babyjacksmom folds.
jimboy55 folds.
stickdude90 folds. (I had nothing special, but this was a fun hand to watch)
elnickoo7 raises [$1.10].
krukert raises [$3.90].
errad folds.
MuddyRRiver did not respond in time.
MuddyRRiver folds.
YelaBely calls [$3.90].
bayouaggie folds.
KTG_unltd folds.
elnickoo7 calls [$2.80].
** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]
elnickoo7 checks.
krukert bets [$11.80].
YelaBely raises [$23.60].
elnickoo7 folds.
krukert calls [$11.80].
** Dealing Turn ** [ ]
krukert checks.
YelaBely bets [$45].
krukert calls [$45].
** Dealing River ** [ ]
krukert is all-In.
YelaBely calls [$31.39].
krukert shows [ , , , ] a straight, seven to jack.
YelaBely shows [ , , , ] three of a kind, jacks.
krukert wins $209.38 from the main pot with a straight, seven to jack.

So we have one big stack firing huge pot-sized bets with nothing more than trips, and the other calling those big bets while chasing a OESD on a paired board...

it makes sense because you either get a huge stack doing this or lose alot.