Cooler?

Wilhelm

Don't worry, it's not a bad beat story.  I'm new to the game and want to know from some experienced omaha players whether this is a cooler or if I should be more cautious about getting my money in with the second nuts?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
ipswich53	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.14
potofgreen	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£5.52
	Your hole cards	9 9 3 7
adasilva	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£2.46
Wilhelm	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£1.64
Rattious	Call		£0.04	£0.18	£3.84
necmitch	Call		£0.04	£0.22	£2.39
ipswich53	Call		£0.02	£0.24	£5.12
potofgreen	Check
Flop
		9 7 Q
ipswich53	Check
potofgreen	Bet		£0.24	£0.48	£5.28
adasilva	Fold
Wilhelm	Raise		£0.96	£1.44	£0.68
Rattious	Call		£0.96	£2.40	£2.88
necmitch	Fold
ipswich53	Fold
potofgreen	Raise		£3.84	£6.24	£1.44
Wilhelm	All-in		£0.68	£6.92	£0.00
Rattious	All-in		£2.88	£9.80	£0.00
potofgreen	Unmatched bet		£0.24	£9.56	£1.68
potofgreen	Show	Q 10 Q K
Wilhelm	Show	9 9 3 7
Rattious	Show	10 10 8 6
Turn
		J
River
		A
potofgreen	Win	Straight to the Ace	£9.09		£10.77

unknown_username

flopped a set, they flopped top sets and wraps.

im no expert but... standard omaha ?

Wilhelm

In Response to Re: Cooler?:

flopped a set, they flopped top sets and wraps. im no expert but... standard omaha ?
Posted by Deadluck

Well, that's why I asked.  Is this a cooler?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Wilhelm	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.80
Rattious	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.99
	Your hole cards	Q 9 2 J
THEGUV60	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£2.51
FROLICS	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£4.13
Luke_Jones	Fold
Wilhelm	Call		£0.02	£0.16	£2.78
Rattious	Check
Flop
		J 10 10
Wilhelm	Bet		£0.16	£0.32	£2.62
Rattious	Raise		£0.32	£0.64	£3.67
THEGUV60	Fold
FROLICS	Call		£0.32	£0.96	£3.81
Wilhelm	Call		£0.16	£1.12	£2.46
Turn
		8
Wilhelm	Check
Rattious	Bet		£0.56	£1.68	£3.11
FROLICS	Fold
Wilhelm	All-in		£2.46	£4.14	£0.00
Rattious	Call		£1.90	£6.04	£1.21
Wilhelm	Show	Q 9 2 J
Rattious	Show	4 7 5 10
River
		7
Rattious	Win	Full House, 10s and 7s	£5.74		£6.95

MereNovice

The first hand shows why it is VERY risky to play medium pairs in Omaha. You have no real draws either so fold this hand pre-flop because it is far more likely to get you into bad spots like this than make you money.

In the second hand, if the board is paired it is VERY likely that your opponent has a full-house so, unless you have a good read on your opponent, proceed with caution. In this case we can see that your opponent was playing "fast and loose" and got lucky but I'd generally pass here as it is quite likely that he might hold JT for a full house.

Tikay10

Hi VillHelm,

First Hand.

9-9-3-7? Muck it, pre. It'll get you into trouble even on the odd occasion you hit. Not an Omaha starting hand. It's Hold 'Em equivelant would be J-4 or somesuch. Just fold Pre.

Q-9-2-J . See the Post by MereNovice. Paired Board = RED ALERT.

Tikay10

Mr Vill,

Invest half an hour reading THIS thread.

There's some useful stuff on there, especially by Talon & MereNovice, but others, too.

Wilhelm

Thanks alot for the help.  The 3 hands and no danglers rule is something that should help me.  An annoying thing about last night was not realising that I had the nuts on a couple of occassions and just flatting, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.  I plan to win it all back as soon as Orford takes up the game.

Tikay10

Hi Willhelm,

One other quick tip, in case you missed it in that "Hints & Tips" Thread.

Enable "Show Hand Descriptions" (it's in" OPTIONS), then your best hand is clearly shown for you. I also use the 4 colour Deck, also available in Options.

Compared to Texas, there is a lot of information to absorb & process in Omaha (in effect, you are playing 6 Texas hands at once), so these little things all help.

Good Luck, & if you have any further questions, just ask. In particular, Talon & MereNovice will always help you with these sort of things. 

Wilhelm

Thanks again boss.  I'll be tearing up the tables tonight.

Tikay10

In Response to Re: Cooler?:

Thanks again boss.  I'll be tearing up the tables tonight.
Posted by Wilhelm

Good man. I'm doing PTP Omaha tonight, so we may bump into each other at some stage.

Machka

Wilhelm, go easy on Tikay tonight, I think he's new to Omaha*.


*based on TKO2 leg 2.

Tikay10

Enough!