How was this hand won? Beginner PLO question.

[Swallowtail]

Just started playing PLO, so please be kind if I'm asking a dumb question. Playing on Pokerstars and watched this hand take place. How did "mgolba" not win the hand with an A high flush?

PokerStars Game #12911812044: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/10/29 - 01:18:35 (ET)
Table 'Storeria' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Shrivel ($21.50 in chips)
Seat 2: BaggitNSTFU ($8.30 in chips)
Seat 4: mgolba ($15.90 in chips)
Seat 5: deviIbiss ($18.45 in chips)
Seat 6: vandampoker ($22 in chips)
mgolba: posts small blind $0.10
deviIbiss: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Shrivel [Tc 6s Ah Kh]
vandampoker: folds
Shrivel: folds
BaggitNSTFU: raises $0.60 to $0.85
Roothluss joins the table at seat #3
mgolba: raises $0.90 to $1.75
deviIbiss: folds
BaggitNSTFU: calls $0.90
*** FLOP *** [7c 7s 3c]
mgolba: bets $0.75
BaggitNSTFU: calls $0.75
*** TURN *** [7c 7s 3c] [6c]
mgolba: bets $1
BaggitNSTFU: raises $4.80 to $5.80 and is all-in
mgolba: calls $4.80
*** RIVER *** [7c 7s 3c 6c] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mgolba: shows [Ac As Ts 5s] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
BaggitNSTFU: shows [9h Qc Jc Qh] (a flush, Queen high)
BaggitNSTFU collected $16.05 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16.85 | Rake $0.80
Board [7c 7s 3c 6c 9c]
Seat 1: Shrivel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BaggitNSTFU (button) showed [9h Qc Jc Qh] and won ($16.05) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 4: mgolba (small blind) showed [Ac As Ts 5s] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 5: deviIbiss (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: vandampoker folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[chucky]

You need two hole cards to make a five card hand. two cards to make a flush/straight/fh etc.

[Buzz]

Swallowtail - You have to use exactly two cards from your own hand and exactly three cards from the board in Omaha.

Buzz

[Swallowtail]

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Swallowtail - You have to use exactly two cards from your own hand and exactly three cards from the board in Omaha.

Buzz

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That makes more sense then. Thank you - I did not know that. Boy do I feel like a newb...

[pete fabrizio]

this belongs in low content thread.

[sqwisssssss]

this belongs in the scary section.

op........i hope your not playing yet. just some friendly advice.......but you are welcome here. i think i'm welcome here......not sure.

[Buzz]

Hi Pete - Don't you want new players to understand the game?

The question is not low content at all to someone who wants to understand the game and who needs that question answered. It very definitely does not belong in the low content thread.

As an aside, it's a very common mistake in a real game to have a beginner think he has a flush when he doesn't, because he isn't using two cards from his own hand. I have seen some very intelligent excellent poker players make that very same mistake.

Please, if you don't want to answer a question, don't give an unhelpful answer. Just ignore the question. Please.

Thanks.

Buzz

[OrrLives]

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As an aside, it's a very common mistake in a real game to have a beginner think he has a flush when he doesn't, because he isn't using two cards from his own hand. I have seen some very intelligent excellent poker players make that very same mistake.


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I remember when I first started playing limit omaha high, I had XXX6s on a 4s5s7s8sX board. I thought I had the immortal nuts and it went to 4 bets on the turn and river. When the pot wasn't pushed to me, I felt like a total idiot.

Good thing it was only 0.50/1.00.

[pete fabrizio]

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Hi Pete - Don't you want new players to understand the game?

The question is not low content at all to someone who wants to understand the game and who needs that question answered. It very definitely does not belong in the low content thread.

As an aside, it's a very common mistake in a real game to have a beginner think he has a flush when he doesn't, because he isn't using two cards from his own hand. I have seen some very intelligent excellent poker players make that very same mistake.

Please, if you don't want to answer a question, don't give an unhelpful answer. Just ignore the question. Please.

Thanks.

Buzz

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I'm pretty sure so-called "newbie" questions actually are supposed to go into the low content thread. I.e., ones that pretty much anyone can answer so they don't actually contribute to the forum. At least that's how it used to be. I wasn't trying to be snide.