$1,500 Omaha hi-lo, day two, Saturday 17th June
Well, today will not be remembered as one of the better WSOP days, sadly.
I went back with 8,100 and so needed to get something going in a hurry. The first hand brought action. In PLO8, I raised to 1,300 with
, and hit a beautiful flop of
. It gave me third nut flush and second nut low draw. With only two streets necessary to get all the chips in, I checked behind, effectively to trap in position.
The turn was
, a very bad turn card. He led for 2,500. I called. I now have the option to fold the river if it does not bring me low, as he is unlikely to bluff, or value bet a worse high on the river.
River was
. Good card. He moved all in, this looked a lot like a chop, and was, as he had 8752, for the turned house and an inferior low.
I then hit the hand I required to get some chips, as in limit O8 I hit a nice turn of
with my
, to give me a small flush and the nut low draw. He had raised the flop, and so I led the turn from the big blind with less than two bets. He tanked, at which point we definitely wanted him to call, but folded.
That hand and a couple of blinds got me to a peak of 16,000, and things looked hopeful.
Then, it was all over in a rotten five minutes.
A shortie on 6,900 raised the button to 1,500 on my big blind in PLO8, and I had the lovely
. Small blind call, I potted, and the button short stack called all in. Small blind tanked and folded. I was in good shape (68%/32%) against
.
Then, something happened to put me in better shape! Seat one, not in the hand, announced "well, I had the other two deuces." Always annoying for someone not in the hand to misunderstand that players want a pure sweat, but it was very good news!
However, given that, it was a surprise to see the flop of
! Either there was a fifth deuce in the deck, or he had misremembered. It at least gave me a low draw, but I bricked on
.
I guess we found the only thing more annoying that a player declaring what he has folded when two others are all in, and that is a players who declares what he folded, and gets it wrong!
That had me down to 6,700, and it all went in on a fixed limit O8 hand. I had the very strong
, and the big blind defended, and led
(I have top pair top kicker, and backdoor low draw)
The turn was
, giving me the low draw. He bet, we got it all in for just less than three bets, and he showed
. He has only three queens, two high diamonds, and four sixes to scoop (so, 9 cards to scoop), but the bad beat came as he did hit the
river.
A great fun tournament, frustrating five minutes to be knocked out, but on to the next one.
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