Go easy, I've no clue.

[Zarathustra888]

There's nothing exceptional about these hands, but I've played less than an hour of this game and I like it, so if anyone can point me in the right direction that'll be great.

I'm Harmonica and have no idea how to use the converter.

Table "Clinker" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: ladyboar ($38.40 in chips)
Seat 2: Tank333 ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: daltrey ($31.95 in chips)
Seat 4: Harmon!ca ($26.15 in chips)
Seat 6: villa_lad ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 7: diw66 ($25.15 in chips)
Seat 8: Gromitt ($39.85 in chips)
Seat 9: kulta ($52 in chips)
Seat 10: iama... ($22.50 in chips)
daltrey: posts small blind $0.15
Harmon!ca: posts big blind $0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Harmon!ca [5/images/graemlins/spade.gif 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/club.gif]
villa_lad: calls $0.25
diw66: folds
Gromitt: folds
kulta: folds
iama...: folds
ladyboar: calls $0.25
daltrey: calls $0.10
Harmon!ca: checks
----- FLOP ----- [2/images/graemlins/club.gif 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif 5/images/graemlins/club.gif]
daltrey: checks
Harmon!ca: bets $1
villa_lad: calls $1
ladyboar: folds
daltrey: calls $1
----- TURN ----- [2/images/graemlins/club.gif 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif 5/images/graemlins/club.gif]Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif
daltrey: checks
Harmon!ca: bets $4
villa_lad: folds
daltrey: folds
Returned uncalled bets $4 to Harmon!ca
Harmon!ca: doesn't show hand
Harmon!ca collected $3.80 from Main pot
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I'd been playing very tight in the previous 30 hands i'd played, so I might have given away the strength of my hand. In the back of my mind was the horror of someone holding a pair and catching another to make a higher full house than I held.

[Zarathustra888]

------HAND 8------
Game #1375468123: Omaha PL ($0.15/$0.25) - 2005/11/20 - 16:47:09 (ET)
Table "Clinker" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: ladyboar ($39.40 in chips)
Seat 2: Tank333 ($21.30 in chips)
Seat 3: daltrey ($17.05 in chips)
Seat 4: Harmon!ca ($20.80 in chips)
Seat 5: nutgrovea ($20.28 in chips)
Seat 6: Carr006 ($28.26 in chips)
Seat 7: diw66 ($17.50 in chips)
Seat 8: Gromitt ($40.85 in chips)
Seat 9: kulta ($52.75 in chips)
Seat 10: iama... ($24.75 in chips)
Carr006: posts small blind $0.15
diw66: posts big blind $0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Harmon!ca [A/images/graemlins/club.gif K/images/graemlins/club.gif 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif]
Gromitt: folds
kulta: folds
iama...: folds
ladyboar: folds
Tank333: folds
daltrey: calls $0.25
Harmon!ca: raises to $1.15
nutgrovea: calls $1.15
Carr006: folds
diw66: calls $0.90
daltrey: calls $0.90
----- FLOP ----- [9/images/graemlins/club.gif Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif]
diw66: checks
daltrey: checks
Harmon!ca: checks
nutgrovea: checks
----- TURN ----- [9/images/graemlins/club.gif Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif][Q/images/graemlins/club.gif]
diw66: checks
daltrey: checks
Harmon!ca: bets $3
nutgrovea: calls $3
diw66: folds
daltrey: folds
----- RIVER ----- [9/images/graemlins/club.gif Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif][Q/images/graemlins/club.gif][4/images/graemlins/club.gif]
Harmon!ca: checks
nutgrovea: checks
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Harmon!ca: shows [Ac Kc 2s Ad] (A Flush, Ace high)
nutgrovea: mucks hand
Harmon!ca collected $10.25 from Main pot

Firstly I was scared of a fullhouse, maybe this is a bit paranoid? And secondly I tried to induce a bluff from the other player, which in hindsight was a bit crap conisidering all the possible hand I could have had.

[TheRempel]

RE: Hand 1

I might slightly underbet the pot on the turn to feign weakness but the line is good. These are hands you'll typically win small pots on unless your opponents are very stupid.

RE: Hand 2

Bet the flop. That's a decent enough flop for your hand. On the turn I may or may not lead out again depending on the player, and on the river I definitely make a value bet.. the size depends on how much you think he'll call with a worse hand.

[bholdr]

Hand 1: big blind special! sweet... i might bet 1/2 pot on the turn, though you're vulenerable, you want to let thse flush draws stick around, but don't want to let overpairs and such draw to beat you for free... it'd also keep the pot managable in case someone decides to get frisky on the river...

your play was fine, though, and probably the one i'd reccomend to a player new to the... complications... of PLO.


Hand 2:

Being an aggressive player, i'd probably bet at this flop. even though it's a total miss it there's few draws there. I'd do it as a steal, for information, to buy the button, to set up a steal, to build the pot, and on general principle...

but your play was fine. i like that you bet your flush draw on the turn- but imagine how much more powerful that bet would be had you bet the flop, too? ...and then, when the flush comes, how's anyone gonna put you on that?

just my 2c- i am a PLO noob still too.

[Zarathustra888]

Thanks for the advice, nice to know I'm not playing like a total idiot.