Hand 2:
Here I've only been playing at the table for about an orbit, so my reads aren't terribly solid. Villain seems fairly decent, though. Hasn't done anything stupid anyway.
My play on this one I view as much more controversial. I raise the flop to rep AA, which I don't think villain has in light of my own hand. What I do have is TP with open-ended straight draw as well as flush. I think I have some fold equity here. When I get a call, I'm almost certainly my opponent has 99, possibly A9. I think he'd clearly push AA.
On the turn, I don't think I have much fold equity, but now I have 2 pair, which I don't think are good but which should give me a couple of extra outs (a 2 if he has A9, and an A if he has 99). I still have my open-ender, but now I also have both flush draws. This should be approaching 20 outs. The reason I bet here, though, is that I'm pretty sure he'll push to a check anyway, and I'm definitely calling. So, I figure that if I have any fold equity at all, it's better for me to bet. I suppose, really, that the validity of this play depends on whether or not he's actually going to push. It seems to me rather bizarre, in any case, to check that turn with AA, so I just can't imagine his not assuming he's ahead and betting.
Here's the hand:
Poker Stars
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Stack sizes:
UTG: $8.65
UTG+1: $83.25
CO: $190.80
Button: $93.25
SB: $60.55
Hero: $115.30
Pre-flop: (
6 players) Hero is BB with
UTG raises to $2,
2 folds, Button calls, SB calls, Hero calls.
Flop: (
$8, 4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks,
Button bets $7.6, SB folds,
Hero raises to $30.4, UTG folds, Button calls.
Turn: (
$68.8, 2 players)
Hero bets $65.8,
Button calls all-in $60.85.
Uncalled bets: $4.95 returned to Hero.
River: (
$190.5, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $190.5)
Results:
Final pot: $190.5
Villain has 9h9s3s4h
I'll have to look up the odds on the turn as point of interest. Would just like to know how far behind I really was here (his 2 spades certainly don't help).