My first PLO/8 final table.. 20+2 on stars

[Hotrod0823]

Really my first PLO/8 tourny in a very very long time.

2nd in chips.

Hotrod

[ansky451]

PokerStars Game #2572355641: Tournament #12384212, Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit - Level XIII (1000/2000) - 2005/09/14 - 03:41:44 (ET)
Table '12384212 9' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: The Omaholic (50637 in chips)
Seat 2: YerNotPunk (36152 in chips)
Seat 3: Hotrod0823 (42064 in chips)
Seat 4: Gstacks (35829 in chips)
Seat 5: Zmanspaw (2564 in chips)
Seat 6: RobieG (35790 in chips)
Seat 7: Lucky7VN (41632 in chips)
Seat 8: grimreaper77 (26832 in chips)
The Omaholic: posts small blind 1000
YerNotPunk: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Hotrod0823: calls 2000
Gstacks: folds
Zmanspaw: folds
RobieG: folds
Lucky7VN: folds
grimreaper77: calls 2000
The Omaholic: calls 1000
YerNotPunk: checks
*** FLOP *** [2d 3s 4h]
The Omaholic: bets 8000
YerNotPunk: folds
Hotrod0823: calls 8000
grimreaper77: folds
*** TURN *** [2d 3s 4h] [9s]
The Omaholic: bets 24000
Hotrod0823: raises 8064 to 32064 and is all-in
The Omaholic: calls 8064
*** RIVER *** [2d 3s 4h 9s] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
The Omaholic: shows [5s 6c 5d 9h] (HI: a straight, Deuce to Six; LO: 6,5,4,3,2)
Hotrod0823: shows [Kh As Th 6h] (HI: a pair of Nines; LO: 6,4,3,2,A)
The Omaholic collected 44064 from pot
Hotrod0823 collected 44064 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 88128 | Rake 0
Board [2d 3s 4h 9s 9d]
Seat 1: The Omaholic (small blind) showed [5s 6c 5d 9h] and won (44064) with HI: a straight, Deuce to Six; LO: 6,5,4,3,2
Seat 2: YerNotPunk (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Hotrod0823 showed [Kh As Th 6h] and won (44064) with HI: a pair of Nines; LO: 6,4,3,2,A
Seat 4: Gstacks folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Zmanspaw folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: RobieG folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Lucky7VN folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: grimreaper77 (button) folded on the Flop

Im no Omaha expert, but I question the value in that play. You really cant win the high at all, and have the 2nd best low. Maybe I'm wrong but it looked kinda bad.

[Hotrod0823]

I'm not either, but I dinn't think he would be betting into me with a wheel.

[Hotrod0823]

Maybe next time I will learn how to play this game. Had a shot with my A34J hand on a J32 board but lost to running T's to a a higher two pair. Villian was holding AAQ9. My low missed, my flush draw missed and my 2 pair didn't hold up.

Out in 7th.

[ansky451]

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I'm not either, but I dinn't think he would be betting into me with a wheel.

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Then why call, and hope that you win half the pot? At least a raise gives you a chance to push him off of a mediocre high.