Well, at a certain point in NLHE, I started posting every hand that I thought I played poorly, and I think it was a good exercise--in that it discouraged me from playing them poorly. So, I think I'll try something similar here. Anyhow, if I end up posting a bunch of stupid plays, please don't think those are the only kinds I make...
Opponent in this hand is ULTRA-tricky--to the point of making him a pretty bad player (I think he does understand hand-values and would be pretty decent if he didn't out-tricky himself so much). I've seen him check nut hands a LOT on draw-heavy boards, and pot-sized bets are very often bluffs. As a result, I think I need to check the turn here, then call or possibly raise (I don't object to raising the Q-high here since it was runner-runner) the river. But the turn bet when I get overstraighted just isn't a good play imo, despite having picked up the flush draw.
Here's the hand (villain has Ah6h7s9s):
Poker Stars
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
9 players
Stack sizes:
UTG: $52.45
UTG+1: $105.95
MP1: $169.05
MP2: $14.50
MP3: $166.55
Hero: $145.10
Button: $26
SB: $45.50
BB: $318.75
Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is CO with
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, Hero calls, Button calls, SB calls, BB checks.
Flop: ($7, 7 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets $6.65, 2 folds, BB calls, 3 folds.
Turn: ($20.3, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $19.35, BB raises to $77.4, Hero calls.
River: ($175.1, 2 players)
BB bets $172.1, Hero calls all-in $60.05.
Uncalled bets: $112.05 returned to BB.
Results:
Final pot: $295.2