donkeyradish
02-21-2005, 06:48 AM
Maybe this illustrates why NL Omaha isn't that popular.
I'd never sat down at a NL Omaha table before yesterday but a European poker site I occasionally play at has them. So anyway I thought it was worth a try. Anyway I've been there a few minutes and on the button I get
J /images/graemlins/spade.gif 10 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif 8 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
Two middle position players limp in and so I do as well.
The flop comes:
K /images/graemlins/spade.gif Q /images/graemlins/club.gif 9 /images/graemlins/club.gif
Player MP1 who has $35 pushes it all in the middle.
Player MP2 who has $80 calls, leaving them $45
Its down to me to act and I have about $110 in front of me.
What an ugly situation, I have the temporary nuts but (my guess was) probably MP1 has them as well. I have no redraws to speak of. What to do now? Push it all in? Call and fold if the board pairs/3-flushes? Or fold, because a split pot is the best I can hope for anyway?
I'd never sat down at a NL Omaha table before yesterday but a European poker site I occasionally play at has them. So anyway I thought it was worth a try. Anyway I've been there a few minutes and on the button I get
J /images/graemlins/spade.gif 10 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif 8 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
Two middle position players limp in and so I do as well.
The flop comes:
K /images/graemlins/spade.gif Q /images/graemlins/club.gif 9 /images/graemlins/club.gif
Player MP1 who has $35 pushes it all in the middle.
Player MP2 who has $80 calls, leaving them $45
Its down to me to act and I have about $110 in front of me.
What an ugly situation, I have the temporary nuts but (my guess was) probably MP1 has them as well. I have no redraws to speak of. What to do now? Push it all in? Call and fold if the board pairs/3-flushes? Or fold, because a split pot is the best I can hope for anyway?