2 hands from plo25

[Stl10202]

Couple hands from my session today that I was wondering if I could've played better,

Hand 1
***** Hand History for Game 2601971788 *****
0/0 Omaha Game Table (PL) - Fri Aug 26 17:21:04 EDT 2005
Table Table 37205 (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Flak888 ( $33.40)
Seat 2: dodmanshand ( $16.82)
Seat 3: merckx1111 ( $25.50)
Seat 4: mr_pekk ( $24.25)
Seat 6: tulsaandy ( $24.75)
Seat 7: redskins0024 ( $24.35)
Seat 8: in_training7 ( $49.35)
Seat 9: duke992222 ( $5.80)
Seat 10: Wolf_Pack_ ( $17.11)
merckx1111 posts small blind (0.10)
mr_pekk posts big blind (0.25)

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to in_training7 [ 9c, 7h, Ts, Th ]
redskins0024 folds.
in_training7 calls (0.25)
duke992222 folds.
Wolf_Pack_ calls (0.25)
Flak888 folds.
dodmanshand raises (1.35) to 1.35
merckx1111 folds.
mr_pekk folds.
in_training7 calls (1.10)
Wolf_Pack_ calls (1.10)

** Dealing Flop ** : [ 5d, 8s, Jd ]
in_training7 checks.
Wolf_Pack_ checks.
dodmanshand checks.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 9s ]
in_training7 bets (2)
Wolf_Pack_ folds.
dodmanshand calls (2)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4d ]
in_training7 bets (2)
dodmanshand calls (2)

** Summary **
Main Pot: $11.80 | Rake: $0.60
Board: [ 5d 8s Jd 9s 4d ]
Flak888 balance $33.40, didn't bet (folded)
dodmanshand balance $11.47, lost $5.35 [ 6h 2c 9d 4s ] [ two pairs, nines and fours -- Jd,9d,9s,4s,4d ]
merckx1111 balance $25.40, lost $0.10 (folded)
mr_pekk balance $24, lost $0.25 (folded)
devonium balance $8, sits out
tulsaandy balance $24.75, sits out
redskins0024 balance $24.35, didn't bet (folded)
in_training7 balance $55.80, bet $5.35, collected $11.80, net +$6.45 [ 9c 7h Ts Th ] [ a straight, seven to jack -- Jd,Ts,9s,8s,7h ]
duke992222 balance $5.80, didn't bet (folded)
Wolf_Pack_ balance $15.76, lost $1.35 (folded)

Dodman raises a lot so I didn't think anything of his raise hence the slightly loosish PF call. With the check on the flop I didn't figure him for a flush draw. On the turn he didn't raise so I figured he didn't have QT either. The river bet is questionable but I was ready to drop if raised.

Hand 2
***** Hand History for Game 2602262907 *****
0/0 Omaha Game Table (PL) - Fri Aug 26 18:18:36 EDT 2005
Table Table 37205 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Flak888 ( $23.25)
Seat 2: dodmanshand ( $34.60)
Seat 3: merckx1111 ( $44.55)
Seat 4: mr_pekk ( $57.98)
Seat 5: DCP48 ( $9.50)
Seat 6: RichieAArich ( $18.15)
Seat 7: redskins0024 ( $21.70)
Seat 8: in_training7 ( $57.35)
Seat 9: HawkEye888 ( $44.45)
Seat 10: sangrefrio ( $37.55)
HawkEye888 posts small blind (0.10)
sangrefrio posts big blind (0.25)

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to in_training7 [ Jh, Ac, Qc, 9c ]
Flak888 folds.
dodmanshand raises (0.50) to 0.50
mr_pekk folds.
DCP48 raises (1.85) to 1.85
RichieAArich calls (1.85)
redskins0024 folds.
in_training7 calls (1.85)
HawkEye888 folds.
sangrefrio folds.
dodmanshand calls (1.35)

** Dealing Flop ** : [ Jc, 6c, Qd ]
dodmanshand checks.
DCP48 bets (7.40)
RichieAArich calls (7.40)
in_training7 raises (37) to 37
dodmanshand folds.
DCP48 calls (0.25)
DCP48 is all-In.
RichieAArich calls (8.90)
RichieAArich is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4h ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Th ]
Creating Main Pot with $29.20 with DCP48
Creating Side Pot 1 with $16.40 with RichieAArich

** Summary **
Main Pot: $29.20 | Side Pot 1: $16.40 | Side Pot 2: $20.70 | Rake: $2.40
Board: [ Jc 6c Qd 4h Th ]
Flak888 balance $23.25, didn't bet (folded)
dodmanshand balance $32.75, lost $1.85 (folded)
merckx1111 balance $44.55, sits out
mr_pekk balance $57.98, didn't bet (folded)
DCP48 balance $29.20, bet $9.50, collected $29.20, net +$19.70 [ Ad Kd Ah 2c ] [ a straight, ten to ace -- Ad,Kd,Qd,Jc,Th ]
RichieAArich balance $0, lost $18.15 [ 7c 8h 6h Tc ] [ two pairs, tens and sixes -- Qd,Tc,Th,6h,6c ]
redskins0024 balance $21.70, didn't bet (folded)
in_training7 balance $55.60, bet $38.85, collected $37.10, lost -$1.75 [ Jh Ac Qc 9c ] [ two pairs, queens and jacks -- Qc,Qd,Jh,Jc,Th ]
HawkEye888 balance $44.35, lost $0.10 (folded)
sangrefrio balance $37.30, lost $0.25 (folded

For those who care:
pokenum -o jh ac qc 9c - ad kd ah 2c - 7c 8h 6h tc -- jc 6c qd
Omaha Hi: 666 enumerated boards containing Jc 6c Qd
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ac Qc 9c Jh 407 61.11 253 37.99 6 0.90 0.616
2c Ad Kd Ah 134 20.12 526 78.98 6 0.90 0.206
Tc 7c 8h 6h 119 17.87 547 82.13 0 0.00 0.179

Here I figured with top two and nut flush draw and backdoor str draw I was golden to push this hand hard. Any other way to play it?

[Felonius_Monk]

[Stl10202]

[Felonius_Monk]

[Stl10202]

Yeah I can admit betting 2 on the turn was a bit weak, 3 or pot would've been better but I really believed I had the best hand so I just threw out a value bet. I know you don't always have the nuts in omaha but in this case I believe I did unless a T came off on the river. Thanks for your help on this one Monk.

[euri10]

hand 1 I bet the flop half pot to full pot
hand 2 I like that

[briachek]

Hand 1 - i don't mind that flop check but i am leaning towards a bet. Turn, bet the pot. don't make anything cheap. Value bet the river and fold if raised.

Hand 2 - fold preflop. Flop is a higher variance play but not bad however, I wouldn't get involved for that preflop.

[Felonius_Monk]

Not sure how you can fold hand 2 preflop - that's a pretty good hand to give up for another $1.85, in the best position, with a couple of short stacks (possibly poor players?) and a guy with $34 who you cover. Worth seeing the flop I think, position is very promising here in particular. IF you hit a big one you could get paid VERY handsomely and you might get some freebies as you are last to act.

[briachek]

[Felonius_Monk]

You don't have to, you gotta invest the price of a can of Busch you cheap bastard

[Stl10202]

[Felonius_Monk]

Also brian, did you notice he had a nut flush draw to go with his two pair?

I love hands like this where you have a marginal/decent primary feature but a strong back-up feature - even if it goes horribly wrong and one guy has the remaining two queens in the deck to kill your top two, you're still 30% or so equity with your flush draw, so it's basically impossible to make a "huge" mistake in a shallow-stack online game!