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Good Morning, thought I'd post a hand played recently for some discussion as I enjoy reading this board and seeing opinions

Could well be straight forward but it has had mixed responses from people I ask

Game is live 1/2 Omaha 4/5/6 cards in London

It is 4am and 5 handed with one person away from the table, has been a lot of action through the night the big winners have left the game


Line up

Button: 50 year old, European professional PLO player used to have SNE on Pokerstars, always picks 4 cards, blasts away with blockers and unconnected boards even multiway, will call light and make life a misery at any opportunity, plays higher stakes but this is only game running

Small Blind: Myself, 25, not afraid to get involved preflop or post, known to bluff multiple streets/use blockers/multiway pots but will usually have best of it when lots of money goes in

Big Blind: 50 year old quiet Asain guy known to have ran big home games and won, limp calls preflop all day, 3 bet or raising range preflop AAxxx/KKxxx only from memory (typical for game), when winning very solid when stuck opens up a LOT

UTG: 50 year old Black guy who likes to moan about anything and everything, mostly his luck and dealers, limp calls all day, will call flops and turns and fold rivers with minimal money behind. When stuck he will call down light and get his draws/made hands in on flops and turns. Buys in for minimum but doesn't have much regard when he builds a stack. Plays his hand for what it is, rarely bluff, will check back missed draws. Will bluff with nut flush blocker on occasion, most other times will fold it face up and laugh


BB and UTG both stuck in the game




UTG (800) limps £2
Button (1000) raises to £9 - close to 100% here
SB (Covers) Calls £9? 4c 6d 7c 8c
BB (600) Calls £9

UTG Calls £9

Pot £36

Flop: 3s 5h 6h

SB Check? - Button will attack low flops in 4 card a lot, perhaps not one this connected with a suit though
BB Check
UTG bets pot £36
Button folds

SB Call?
BB pot for £180
UTG Calls in under 10 seconds

SB Calls?

Pot £576

Turn: 3s 5h 6h Ts

SB Pot £576
BB All in for ~£400
UTG Calls with £100 back



Could do something different on each street

Any opinions on the hand from anyone appreciated, I don't pretend to know what I'm doing in these games so feel free to say the opposite to what I did in game  rotflmfao

I don't know what to do, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading this OP :)

I'm folding pre here but I am one of the tighter players.

Having flicked in the £9(which I used to aged 25)I think you've played it perfecty.

Ha! I only play in this game once or twice a month but recognised UTG instantly, you've got him down to a tee.

I'd play the hand in exactly the same way - might ask the dealer for the  2c  ;)

£9 was a lot of money in 1965.

+1 to Rexas, most entertaining OP.

Seems absolutely fine as played. Tell the dealer you'll tip him for J-A c's d's and sweat the river.
What would you do if UTG was all in and the players asked to run it twice?

Wouldn't fold pre here in a live game.

Like your line.

agree, calling pre as it's a live game but i know 100% someone can prove using maths it better to fold though, would still call even after being shown that :D

Like the initial check call OTF, as it's not really a nice SPR to be check raising, you can push a LOT of equity by raising, but it's late, it's a live game you never quite know what people are capable of doing/not doing at this stage in a game so the deceptive value of just calling alongside the advantage of keeping the pot controlled with a pretty venerable monster makes calling defo the best play. The BIG downside to calling is if the turn checks through multi-way which is a crying shame as we've lost value vs all sorts and potentially given 8-12 cards a chance to outdraw a big made hand for £36, what can you do though, life can't always be perfect!

You cuold consider a flop lead, the SPR is not really that for a flop lead imo, getting raised would obviously be very nice but mostly whats going to happen is 3 people call and your going to go to a turn with £180 and forced to pot again and it will be easy to play but not so much fun, may as well go for check call which gives you the option to check pot the turn and get tons of money in really good.

However once you are potted again OTF I see absolutely no reason not to get it in, Nice to see a non heart turn, but I've never been a worrier on that stuff, the money is there, just take it.

great description (be amazing if all op's gave that much detail), nice hand, think seeing a decent turn here is smart 3 way.

I'd fold pre but post is wp imo. Even with the extension I think it'd be spewy to repot flop. There are plenty of combinations of 8 cards that they can have between them that leave you with <33% equity