omaha8b live game blunder

[Mike J]

Hey all, I am posting this partly for your amusement, partly to educate, and let you learn from my mistakes.

I have been playing O8B online for about 3 months now, and finally decided to play live. I went to Pechanga Indian Casino, found a 3-6 Kill game and sat down. About 30 minutes in, I look down at my hand, and find the Holy Grail of Omaha hands, AA23 double suited. Now, the previous hand was scooped, so it is a kill game, doubling the stakes, but of course I had to put in a raise. I had 3 callers. Flop comes all high cards, 2 spades. I am thinking, well, the low is worthless, but I have Ace-Duece of spades, so I bet, and was called. Turn is another Spade. So I bet again, and was raised. I am thinking, I got the NUT flush, so I re-raise, and its called. River is a Blank, so I bet, get called, and Triumphantly turn over my Ace-Deuce of CLUBS? Well, you can imagine my embarressment at that point. Since it was my first time playing omaha in a B&M without my cards being onscreen the whole time, and the excitement of being dealt the best starting hand in split Omaha, I totally misread my hand, and did not think to look back at my cards when that 3rd spade hit. Lesson learned, although an expensive one, about 80 bucks, that left me with only 18 dollars left on the table. I left, rather than steam off the rest of my money. The only plus was that since I lost because of my mistake, I didn't get upset at the AA23 not holding up.
Anyways, I hope everyone either gets a lesson out of this, or at least a good chuckle!

MJ