Who the &%$# is Kristy Gazes anyway?

[JDLush]

Whoever she is, she has a table with her name on it at Full Tilt. PLO8 $200 table, to be exact. I watched for a while and the play didn't seem all that spectacular, so I bought in for $120.

Nothing playable for the first round and a half, then I get A34Q in MP. Folds to me and I make a min raise to $4. 2 callers, plus Kristy calls me from the BB. Pot is $9.

Flop is 24K rainbow. Ok, I have a nut low draw and pair of 4s, woohoo. Kristy checks, and I bet $5. Everyone folds, but she flat calls. Pot is $19.

Turn is another 4, giving me trips with an ace kicker, but it puts a 2nd diamond on the board. She bets the pot now, but I can't see any way that she would slow play a set on the flop with 2 to a low, so I really think my trip 4s are good here. I reraise the pot $75 or so back at her. No way she can call this.

She calls. RIver is a 5 of diamonds, giving me a wheel and putting a backdoor flush on the board. She pushes me in, I call expecting at least half the pot.

Well, not exactly. She takes 3/4 thanks to a A3KQ hand with the KQ of diamonds. So she called a pot bet on 4th street with a pair of kings, low draw, and king high flush draw. Am I not the only one that sees this as a pretty fishy play on her part? Any card but a diamond and I am getting a minimum of 3/4 here.

pokenum -o8 ah 4s 3c qc - ac 3h kd qd -- 4c 2d kh 4d
Omaha Hi/Low 8-or-better: 40 enumerated boards containing 4c 4d 2d Kh
cards scoop HIwin HIlos HItie LOwin LOlos LOtie EV
4s Qc 3c Ah 19 28 9 3 0 0 16 0.706
Ac Kd Qd 3h 5 9 28 3 0 0 16 0.294

I guess even semi-WCPs can suck one out once in a while, huh?

[JDLush]

[euri10]

[Felonius_Monk]

It's not the worst play in the world, it's pretty hard for you to have a hand that absolutely decimates her on the turn. That said, given your raise on the turn, it's pretty hard for you to HAVE a hand that she's significantly better than 30% against, and certainly the implied odds arent great because there's not a great deal you can call on the river when/if she hits something big.

What can I say, most people can't lay down a decent hand in omaha....

Monk
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