A Sunday Omaha Stroll
I haven’t been playing much online recently, as I’ve started to find it a little boring without the social aspect of the live games. However, I was at a loose end for a couple of hours this Sunday morning, so fired up the online sites for a little 2/4 Omaha.
With an allocated budget of USD 1,200, it all started rather badly when my huge wrap on the flop, ended up against top set and the nut flush draw:
Flop
Me: Qs, 10s, 7h, 8h (31%)
Player2: Set of Jacks (47%)
Player3: Nut flush draw (22%)
Obviously all the money went in, and the $1,200 pot shot over to the 22% guy by the river.
However, I then played pretty well, getting all my money back and an extra $300. I didn’t do anything fancy, just bet hard when I had it, and called down a few suspicious looking river bets with marginal hands.
Then I experienced the joys of someone else tilting. Now, normally, if there is flashing red tilt sign it is above my seat - it’s one of the biggest weaknesses in my cash game. This time I saw the flip side of it.
I didn’t see his hole cards, but I presume I sucked out on the guy sitting in the small blind next to me, when I put him all in for $100 on the flop with my overpair of Kings, and he snap called and I hit the set on the river.
At this point, he reloaded 3 times for $120 each time, and insisted on getting it all in against me on any flop, when we were down to a blind on blind battle. Amusingly, every time he chose to do this my starting hands were Aces double suited (twice) and Kings double suited, so I stacked him 3 times before he called it a night.
The rest of the session was pretty uneventful, and most of the players left our table. It ended up being 3 handed, and one of my opponents was Mike “Timex” McDonald (EPT Dortmond winner and 19 year old online guru). I didn’t really fancy the value in this line up, so I called it a day $600 up.
Clearly, my self imposed 3 week cash table ban only applies to live games ;)