I’ve been on fire in the multi table tournaments in various Omaha games. 6 final tables in the last 3 weeks with 4 cashes.

Last night I played the Full Tilt fixed O8 $22 tournament with 32 players. I was chip leader for most of the second half of the tournament and most of the final table. We got down to 4 players (now we were all in the money). I had about $12K in chips and a dude to my right had about $13K. Another guy had $6K and the other had $2K. So I was in good shape but needed one big one to put it away. Here’s how it went down:

My hand is:

A 2 4 K


Flop is: 10 3 J

I bet $2000, dude calls

Turn is: 3 (I now have the nut flush, although there is no low possible at this point)

I bet $2000 and he re-raises me (this is where hubris sets in and I call)

River is 5

I check, he bets and I call (I simply had to, even though it left me with only $800 in chips)

He turns over 3s full of 10s for the full.

I knew I was beat when he re-raised me, but for some reason I just couldn’t fold the hand. It cost me big time. I won $76, but first place got $288 and I should have done no worse than 3rd.

It’s the difference between going for it and playing like a wuss. Sometimes the aggression gets the better of you.

This hand bothered me all night of course. After kicking booty for 2.5 hours, I was beginning to feel unstoppable. The guy I was in against had just gone from poor man to rich man and I didn't have a great read on him. I realized that the guy had to have a full, but I was so deep into the hand I just couldn't fold it up. Have any of you been in the same situation? Its easy to say that the board paired and watch out, but at that point I have like mayb $3000 in chips left and I couldn't give him credit for the full with that much cheese out there.

playing off your sig...

your greed blinded you. fold to the raise and wait for another hand.

unless you had a read on this guy that suggests he would jam with a non-nut flush on a paired board, i would bide my time.