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Did I play this hand well? What did I do well or poorly here? Thanks for any advice.

Omaha Hi/Low $5-$5 PL (real money)

9 Nov 2005 04:02 AM

Seat 1: UTG ($1,055.30 in chips)
Seat 2: UTG+1 ($354 in chips)
Seat 3: EP3 ($563.85 in chips)
Seat 4: MP1 ($524.50 in chips)
Seat 5: MP2 ($128 in chips)
Seat 6: MP3 ($495 in chips)
Seat 7: cut-off ($540.50 in chips)
Seat 8: Button ($518.50 in chips)
Seat 9: SB ($627.50 in chips)
Seat 10: Hero [A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]] ($542 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS

SB posts blind ($5), hero posts blind ($5).

PRE-FLOP

UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $5, EP3 folds, MP1 calls $5, MP2 calls $5, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB checks, Hero bets $25, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls $25, MP2 calls $25, SB folds.

Pot is now $100 (20 bets)

Must ram and jam this early and get it heads up, right? In a limit game, should I raise, and be thankful for a big multiway pot? But in pot-limit you have a chance to stack somebody, so you are better off going heads up or 3 handed here, right?

IMO Perfect result, MP1 has a big green + sign on my notes and a fish icon in poker tracker net losses of about $775 over about 485 hands about 36 bb/100. Tries to be aggressive preflop, 10% raises, but doesn’t understand how or why, just a bad semi-loose aggressive player.

MP2 has an ‘elephant’ logo, he’s loose (61% preflop), average aggression (4% pflop raises) and doesn’t win at showdown nearly as often as he should (slightly over 50%, very bad for a loose player in this game). That’s the best result I could have hoped for. MP2 has lost $1000 over 145 hands or about 60 BB/100. Poker tracker considers BB two times the big blind for some reason, even though the ‘biggest’ minimum bet is the BB in this game.

FLOP [board cards 5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],8 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]

That’s a fantastic flop, I think. If someone is calling MY raise with 67, so be it. I’m fairly tight-aggressive (25% or so preflop, 6% raises) for this game, I’ve played a lot with these guys, and anyone paying attention knows if I pot it pre-flop from the BIG BLIND, I have a hand, many of those 6% are mini-raises designed to build a pot – I can’t think of a situation where I’m potting it into 4-5 players without AA2 or AA3 at least single suited. If it’s A267 I’m up against, I’m in some trouble, but it’s not the end of the world, they still have to catch up.

Hero bets $100, MP1 calls $100, MP2 folds.

MP1 has to have A2 at this point. I’m praying it’s a naked A2 or something like A245, etc. and for the 2 of diamonds on the next card . . .

Pot is now $300 (60 bets)

TURN [board cards 5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],8 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]

King of diamonds, what a great card! MP1’s A2 is really hurting now (I can't see her calling that flop bet with high cards that aren't QQ), and I picked up the nut flush draw, and if she has the Q high flush draw now, it’s 2nd best instead of 3rd best, which may get me a call if it hits, since she's not a very good player. Also, there are no made draws on the board yet, so short of MP1 having QQ or KK or 55 or 88 I’m in pretty good shape here. But I still see her having A2, it fits her actions perfectly. So . . .

Hero bets $300 . . . right, wrong, other?