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Old 12-20-2006, 11:49 PM
MHP MHP is offline
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Default Re: Second nuts facing river raise in $0.50/$1 PLO

This does remind me of a live 10-25 omaha hand. I flopped an open ended straight flush- but the flop also had a pair on the board.

The flop was 10d8d8s... i had 7d9d. There was heavy pre-flop action and I was facing a 600 dollar bet on the flop. There was 1 caller, so I essentially was getting 2 to 1 on my money. I was considering raising, but I had to assume they both had a hand.

I had a 3000 dollar stack so I had to figure someone had an 8 and threw my open ended straight flush draw away. Risking 20% of my stack on 2 outer isnt a very good play.

As it turned out- one guy had trip 8's with an ace kicker. And one guy had 10's full. The river gave me a straight flush! Damn I was kicking myself for not gambling, but it was a case of making the right laydown at the wrong time. I would have nearly tripled up.

The point is- the odds of making such a big hand as quads in omaha is rare. The 2nd nuts in this case is almost always good. I mean people with the big full house go broke to quads way more often than quads going broke to straight flushes. And they both happen very infrequently.

At these limits and with 120 BB's- reraising river is correct play. Now if your really deep- it may be wise to just call after a few re-raises back and forth.
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