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Omaha is really starting to get to me now + Some people are just born with luck!
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Just so annoying, it's alway on the river, it's ALWAYS against me... I play the game the way it should and i get fu**** over each time.
Ive lost to much money by going in ahead and coming out behind, and i know this is one of the main aspects of Omaha, but when i get nothing to play with properly at the start, but when i do hit i ALWAYS get outdrawn by the river, so many time sin the past few days.
Sorry i know it always appears i'm moaning but nothing is going my way.
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HartshorN | Small blind | 10.00 | 10.00 | 2170.00 | |
| deejon1965 | Big blind | 20.00 | 30.00 | 2140.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
| ||||
| littlele27 | Call | 20.00 | 50.00 | 1530.00 | |
| corbett04 | Fold | ||||
| Retz | Call | 20.00 | 70.00 | 2010.00 | |
| alexis74 | Call | 20.00 | 90.00 | 1940.00 | |
| HartshorN | Call | 10.00 | 100.00 | 2160.00 | |
| deejon1965 | Check | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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| HartshorN | Check | ||||
| deejon1965 | Bet | 100.00 | 200.00 | 2040.00 | |
| littlele27 | Call | 100.00 | 300.00 | 1430.00 | |
| Retz | Fold | ||||
| alexis74 | Fold | ||||
| HartshorN | Call | 100.00 | 400.00 | 2060.00 | |
| Turn | |||||
| |||||
| HartshorN | Check | ||||
| deejon1965 | Check | ||||
| littlele27 | Bet | 200.00 | 600.00 | 1230.00 | |
| HartshorN | Raise | 800.00 | 1400.00 | 1260.00 | |
| deejon1965 | Fold | ||||
| littlele27 | Call | 600.00 | 2000.00 | 630.00 | |
| River | |||||
| |||||
| HartshorN | Check | ||||
| littlele27 | Check | ||||
| HartshorN | Show |
| |||
| littlele27 | Show |
| |||
| littlele27 | Win | Flush to the Ace | 2000.00 | 2630.00 | |
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| littlele27 | Small blind | 25.00 | 25.00 | 1775.00 | |
| corbett04 | Big blind | 50.00 | 75.00 | 1580.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
| ||||
| Retz | Call | 50.00 | 125.00 | 2550.00 | |
| alexis74 | Fold | ||||
| HartshorN | Raise | 100.00 | 225.00 | 1240.00 | |
| deejon1965 | Fold | ||||
| littlele27 | Call | 75.00 | 300.00 | 1700.00 | |
| corbett04 | Call | 50.00 | 350.00 | 1530.00 | |
| Retz | Call | 50.00 | 400.00 | 2500.00 | |
| Flop | |||||
| |||||
| littlele27 | Check | ||||
| corbett04 | Check | ||||
| Retz | Check | ||||
| HartshorN | Bet | 50.00 | 450.00 | 1190.00 | |
| littlele27 | Call | 50.00 | 500.00 | 1650.00 | |
| corbett04 | Call | 50.00 | 550.00 | 1480.00 | |
| Retz | Fold | ||||
| Turn | |||||
| |||||
| littlele27 | Bet | 50.00 | 600.00 | 1600.00 | |
| corbett04 | Call | 50.00 | 650.00 | 1430.00 | |
| HartshorN | Raise | 250.00 | 900.00 | 940.00 | |
| littlele27 | Raise | 400.00 | 1300.00 | 1200.00 | |
| corbett04 | Fold | ||||
| HartshorN | Call | 200.00 | 1500.00 | 740.00 | |
| River | |||||
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| littlele27 | All-in | 1200.00 | 2700.00 | 0.00 | |
| HartshorN | All-in | 740.00 | 3440.00 | 0.00 | |
| littlele27 | Unmatched bet | 460.00 | 2980.00 | 460.00 | |
| littlele27 | Show |
| |||
| HartshorN | Show |
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Ive lost to much money by going in ahead and coming out behind, and i know this is one of the main aspects of Omaha, but when i get nothing to play with properly at the start, but when i do hit i ALWAYS get outdrawn by the river, so many time sin the past few days.
Sorry i know it always appears i'm moaning but nothing is going my way.
Comments
Hand 1 fold pre flop net result lose 10 chips not 1000
Hand 2 bet the pot on the flop net result win 300 chips not lose 1340.
You need to tighten both your calling and raising ranges to plug these leaks and NEVER EVER min bet.
If you do hit the flop and are playing PLO, then pot it, don't min raise as you will get anyone on the draws,two pairs etc being priced into the pot. If you had passed these hands you would have been in a much better position and not leaked your stack.
col
HartshorN,
Please read my Post on your Thread in General Poker Chat.
When - as I hope - you read the "Omaha Hints & Tips for Beginners" Thread, I'm sure you'll note the advice about "danglers".
"danglers" are cards that do not "fit" with your hand. Your first hand was J-T-7-2 - so the 7 & the 2 are "danglers". "Dead cards" really.
Think of the 4 cards in your hand as 6 x 2 card hands. Assuming we call each card, respectively, A, B, C & D, your "2 card" hands are.....
A-B
A-C
A-D
B-C
B-D
C-D.
Most Omaha players would instinctively want a minimum of THREE "2 card" hands before entering a Pot. So, in your case, J-T-7-2 is one hand, & should be binned.
Q-J-T-2 DS (DS = Double-Suited) is playable, just. It contains 5 playable 2-card hands - Q-J, Q-T, J-T, & the 2 FD's. (FD = Flush Draw). So if the PFB (Pre-flop Betting) is not heavy, worth taking a look at a flop.
Q-J-T-9 DS is excellent, (almost all 6 "2 card" hands are playable) as is Q-T-9-8 DS. Any decent Omaha player, if the hands were face-up, would be very happy to take on A-A-x-x (pre-flop) with hands such as this, (bin it if you miss the flop) as it has so many ways to improve. A-A-x-x has almost no improvenments in it, & has no "extensions" or "improvers".
Playing hands like J-T-7-2 will almost always end in tears.
Pre-Flop look to have 3 or 4 "2 card" hands".
Post-Flop you MUST have "extensions" or "improvers". "Extensions" are basically what Omaha is about.
By the way, can you fold the flopped nuts? If not, you must learn to. There are numerous situations in Omahs where it is 100% CORRECT to fold the flopped nuts. Welcome to Omaha!