Online Weekend 2 - WCOOP - $215 Omaha

I decided to play this tournament on Friday, as I hadn’t had any poker action in the week, and was pleasantly surprised to find a really well structured Omaha tournament. The 5k starting stack, with blinds beginning and 10-20 and gently increasing gave players a ton of play, and I rarely got the feeling that I needed to “double up or die”, as I sometimes find in other Omaha events.

I didn’t cash - busting about 600th with 420 paying, but enjoyed the event. I made some brief notes while I was playing - bulleted below:

• Get from 5k starting stack to 10k with a bunch of small pots playing solidly, before running a river bluff and sneaking to 13k.

• Grind up to 16k before first setback. I hold TTxx on a board of JJT99 and get check raised on the river, after very passive betting before that. I should fold here, but I decide there is a chance he is being a moron with the nut flush. I tank call, but lose to a straight flush. Back down to 10k.

• Run a check-raise river bluff - down to 6k.

• Run a check-raise river bluff - up to 9k.

• Slowly move back up to 16k after winning a load of small pots

• Lose 10k pot :( I hold KKxx on a 555xx three heart board. I lose to AAxx.

• After the above hand I am down to 6k, with 950 left and way below average - Call a short stack all in with T987 and win to get to 8k.

• Key hand - make a big call on the river with Queen flush (3rd nuts) when he puts me all in. He has KKxx for a total bluff and I get to 19k. I am sitting 250th now with 650 remaining.

• Drift down to 16k and now critical hand. Scandi has been 3 betting very frequently pre-flop, irrespective of position. I raise button with AhJs7h8s to 900. Scandi pots it to 3k or so and I decide to take a stand in position and call. Flop is QT4 with 2 hearts, giving me nut flush draw, gutshot + potential overpair. Scandi bets 5k, and I shove for 13k total. He pretty much has the odds to call, but only has KKragrag. Turn and river blank out and I am down to about 1k as I have him slightly covered. Not sure how I feel about this hand. Ruined my whole tournament, but if Scandi is going to 3 bet KKgarbagegarbage you have to make a stand, or he is just going to run over you. My problem was I didn’t have much fold equity with my shove. Despite that, I still had 13 outs (if they were all out there), so it was a flip I guess, but maybe that is a situation I should have avoided.

• Get my micro stack in with live cards, but don’t manage to hit anything and am busto in 600th.