Nope, there really isn't anything particularly interesting. But let's try.
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Poker Stars)
Tourney Hand PL Omaha - Sunday, February 23, 02:47:15 ET 2014
Table 866162772 16 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ( 2850 ) - VPIP: 29, PFR: 15, 3B: 6, AF: 2.3, Hands: 6665
Seat 2: Player2 ( 3350 ) - VPIP: 24, PFR: 12, 3B: 0, AF: 2.3, Hands: 34
Seat 3: Player3 ( 5410 ) - VPIP: 61, PFR: 26, 3B: 0, AF: 3.4, Hands: 38
Seat 4: Player4 ( 9990 ) - VPIP: 21, PFR: 15, 3B: 6, AF: 2.5, Hands: 34
Seat 5: Player5 ( 3000 ) - VPIP: 9, PFR: 4, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 23
Seat 6: Player6 ( 2410 ) - VPIP: 20, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 30
Seat 7: Player7 ( 13380 ) - VPIP: 70, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.5, Hands: 33
Seat 8: Player8 ( 2820 ) - VPIP: 12, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 34
Seat 9: Player9 ( 205 ) - VPIP: 29, PFR: 18, 3B: 0, AF: 2.0, Hands: 17
Player2 posts small blind [30].
Player3 posts big blind [60].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [
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Player4 raises [210]
Player5 folds
Player6 folds
Player7 calls [210]
Player8 folds
Player9 calls [205]
Hero calls [210]
Player2 folds
Player3 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [
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Player4 checks
Player7 checks
Hero...?
I 'm of the view that people play far too wide early, and far too tight late in PLO MTTs. To counter I play position, nutty hands with discipline - so you won't find me in pots with AJ95as or KK72r out of position. I do however, sometimes feel I'm not playing enough hands and can get tempted with very marginal hands on the button.
There are worse hands to call with than the above, but some questions:
- Does the dry side pot help us in position here? Given that most will be reticent to bet mediocre hands and we can take free cards fairly often, either on flop or possibly to engineer a free card on the turn. Or are we just in a situation where we're not in good shape against a Player 9 who'll see all five, and with possibly nothing to win against the poor players in the pot?
- It feels this hand is a tiny bit too weak to call here, but at what point does a similar hand become playable? QJT8 with a higher flush draw? Double suited?
- Can we ever stab flop small to pot control (or possibly rep) turn in the event of improving, plus the outside chance to get heads up with good equity? This is the only occasion we've seen where Player 4 hasn't c-bet.
- Further to being nitty, my general approach is along the lines of: "I had a plan pre-flop for the conditions under which I'd continue on the flop" - which this flop doesn't meet. Is check/give up in position here ever massively wrong - and does that then mean I should fold pre?