Very interesting situation

[MaxRaises]

Ok, I'm sitting shorthanded at a $0.50/$1.00 PLO game on Stars when all of a sudden amichaiKK sits down with $37 (short-buy). I was about to leave the table - because I know amichaiKK is a lot better than I am - when he says "im on tilt...pot every time pf" (meaning he is going to raise/re-raise the pot every time preflop).

What is our range here? I have two interesting hands below where in the first hand I got him all in preflop with AAxx and he ended up hitting two pair on the flop and doubling up. The VERY NEXT HAND I pretty much stack him when I hit my ace high flush on a paired board (figured there was less than a 25% chance he had a boat).

Funny side note - amichaiKK ended up playing some donk HU when amichai had like $4 left after I took most of it... ami kept potting/re-potting preflop and donk basically blinded away 40BB to him.

Hand 1:

PokerStars Game #11123234018: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/07/25 - 03:45:50 (ET)
Table 'Saldanha II' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 5: MercuryXk ($12.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Max Raises ($97.40 in chips)
Seat 9: amichaiKK ($35.70 in chips)
MercuryXk: posts small blind $0.50
Max Raises: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Max Raises [8s Ah 4d Ad]
amichaiKK: raises $2.50 to $3.50
MercuryXk: folds
Max Raises said, "gl"
Max Raises: raises $7.50 to $11
amichaiKK: raises $22.50 to $33.50
Max Raises: raises $63.90 to $97.40 and is all-in
amichaiKK: calls $2.20 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [6s Qc 4h]
*** TURN *** [6s Qc 4h] [2d]
peluchesjb joins the table at seat #2
*** RIVER *** [6s Qc 4h 2d] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Max Raises: shows [8s Ah 4d Ad] (a pair of Aces)
amichaiKK: shows [7d 2s 6c Qd] (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
amichaiKK collected $70.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $71.90 | Rake $1
Board [6s Qc 4h 2d 7h]
Seat 5: MercuryXk (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Max Raises (big blind) showed [8s Ah 4d Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 9: amichaiKK (button) showed [7d 2s 6c Qd] and won ($70.90) with two pair, Queens and Sevens

[[ Did I play this hand correctly? ]]



Hand 2:

PokerStars Game #11123237402: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/07/25 - 03:46:21 (ET)
Table 'Saldanha II' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: MercuryXk ($11.60 in chips)
Seat 6: Max Raises ($61.70 in chips)
Seat 9: amichaiKK ($70.90 in chips)
Max Raises: posts small blind $0.50
amichaiKK: posts big blind $1
peluchesjb: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Max Raises [9h Ah 8h Ts]
MercuryXk: raises $1 to $2
Max Raises: calls $1.50
amichaiKK: raises $6 to $8
MercuryXk: folds
Max Raises: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [4h 3h 3c]
Max Raises said, "AA obv worse than Q6"
Max Raises: checks
amichaiKK: bets $17.10
Max Raises: calls $17.10
*** TURN *** [4h 3h 3c] [6h]
Max Raises: checks
amichaiKK: bets $45.80 and is all-in
Max Raises: calls $36.60 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [4h 3h 3c 6h] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Max Raises: shows [9h Ah 8h Ts] (a flush, Ace high)
amichaiKK: mucks hand
Max Raises collected $124.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $125.40 | Rake $1
Board [4h 3h 3c 6h Jc]
Seat 5: MercuryXk (button) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Max Raises (small blind) showed [9h Ah 8h Ts] and won ($124.40) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 9: amichaiKK (big blind) mucked [6c 5d 2h Qh]

[Glyndiana J]

this is interesting, of course we all know how easily AA can be cracked in plo, my advice would to avoid this situation completely and play in a game where the players are taking the game seriously. my vote is never go all in preflop in plo, this is not to say i would not have done the same.

[piiop]

whats the question

[MaxRaises]

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whats the question

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This post wasn't really centered around a single question, just trying to start a discussion.

I guess I'd like to know what your preflop strategy would be? Mine was mainly limp into him and call his raise and to fold marginal hands I'd normally limp with because the pot sized raise was coming right after me.

Should I have seen the flop with my AA hand or was getting it in preflop the same play you would have made?

[TimsterToo]

I would say that against a single opponent getting it in preflop is always ok. The only time you're a dog is if he has an AA with better side cards like AATJ double suited.

[alavet]

what is discussion about? oO
you surel should go all in with AA vs donk preflop without even thinking abou (if you arent deep much, depends of your bankroll - i.e. in a long run you win anyway but you probably dont want to lose very deep stack when you are 60% favorite)

[Exitonly]

if he's just raising at every possible opportunity, and you're even semi-bankrolled for it, i'd just get it in real light with him PF (he's got a random hand everytime, any 2 broadway hand or better i think i'd just get it in with no problem. If you have less of a bankroll don't reraise PF (w/o AA/KK/something you dont mind getting in pf even with a short br), and just repot his flop bet when you connect decently (two pair+ or 1pair+draw)

[jbird]

I wonder why he decided that $37 was the proper amount to tilt off.

[piiop]

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if he's just raising at every possible opportunity, and you're even semi-bankrolled for it, i'd just get it in real light with him PF (he's got a random hand everytime, any 2 broadway hand or better i think i'd just get it in with no problem.

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that's just dumb. omaha hand values. pot limit.

[SteveL91]

Hand 1 is ridiculously standard. I would have gotten it in with AA-JJ regardless of sidecards and other pairs would depend on sidecards. It wouldn't surprise me if getting it in with TT and possibly 99/88 would be profitable; I just don't feel like running the numbers right now. I wouldn't necessarily get it in with unpaired hands given his stack; I'd prefer to just see a flop and make my decision there.

I'd just get it in on the flop in hand 2, otherwise you're left with a crappy spot on the turn when you brick completely (though I'd be calling the turn if you paired against someone playing like this).