PLOM hand for review.

DrTyore

Hey all

So, playing in a .25/.50 live cash game when we decide to do a round of Omaha, when this hand comes up.

Hero: Recently bought in, tight-ish image, bought in for $50, probably sitting at around $65

Villain 1: New to Omaha, not a strong understanding of hand values, but aggressive. Sitting in the BB.

Villain 2: No idea how he plays Omaha, or even if he's played it. Minimal experience from NLHE games show him to be a good player, tight/aggressive. Sitting UTG +1.

All stacks are relatively equal.

So here's the hand.

A MP player who is knowledgeable of Omaha, but loose / aggressive in general blind raises the pot after an UTG+1 blind call, making it $2.25 to go (this hasn't been uncommon, fair amount of straddles / blind raises through the night). Folded to hero who is in middle-late position (cutoff+1), who looks down and sees QJT9dddx, and calls. BB and UTG+1 (V1 and V2) also calls as well as one more in there.

Flop: Js 9c 3s

Villain 1 (BB) bets the pot, $11.25. UTG+1 (V2) re-pots it, essentially putting him all in for about $50, original raiser folds.

Hero has top two pair, and an OESD. Action?

Mark

zoolook

i think against any combination of hands that are getting it in 3way you're no more than like 30% to win. i think it's a quicker fold than you made it. possible hands utg had would be like:

combo draw (though i don't think that particular player is leading there w/ it)
other top 2 with an ace or something (likely)
bottom/middle set. maybe top set but it's super unlikely utg is leading with that either.

utg+1 probably has a monster combo draw or top set. top set is unlikely because he is a monster nit gay boy and likes to wait for safe turns (wait how do i know this??)

i haven't calculated it but i'm pretty sure bottom set no more than 25% to win against both top 2 and a wrap w/ fd 3way. fun irrelevant theory/estimate

westside8

I think I might have to fold this...I can't see you being ahead of both players, and even if you are, they'll both probably have enough redraws that you are probably getting less than the equity you need to make this call. If the flop was rainbow whether than 2 spades, I might be more incline to call - but with this flop, I think I reluctantly fold.

Given your description, I highly doubt both players to be on high PP, thus the only hand you are really beating is a pure OESD and/or a pure FD.

zoolook

this. get it in all day if it's like j93r

GTA Poker

I didn't pay enough attention to see who was who in the hand -- but against average players I fold and I would consider reraising preflop unless this is going to be the only round of Omaha all night and you don't want to risk much of your stack in this spot.

On a rainbow board I instashove.

Graham

Fold because of the flush draw, without that I'd ship.

BBC Z

Graham;191274 wroteFold because of the flush draw, without that I'd ship.

I find these answers to be a little weird. For two more outs you'd go from fold to call? Sans nut flush draw, your flush draw is likely dead.

Graham

BBC Z;191310 wroteI find these answers to be a little weird. For two more outs you'd go from fold to call? Sans nut flush draw, your flush draw is likely dead.

I meant if the board was rainbow.

DataMn

The math actually comes out pretty close on this one.

It all depends on how much of a nit you consider your opponents to be.

The re-pot comes out to $45. (11.25 + 11.25 x 3) So, you are putting in $45 to win $101.25 (assuming that the third player will call). You have to win 30.76% of the time to break even.

If you figure that the two hands against you are something like AKQT with a flush draw, and 8833, then your equity in the pot is around 28%.

So - it then comes down to a read. If you think the players will not shove without better hands then the above then it is an easy fold. If you think they will go in with worse, then it is an easy call. Otherwise, it's about even - do you want to raise or lower your variance?

redoak181

BBC Z;191310 wroteI find these answers to be a little weird. For two more outs you'd go from fold to call? Sans nut flush draw, your flush draw is likely dead.

I don't think he's concerned with 2 more outs for him, so much as 9 less outs for his opponent. Is this what you meant, Graham?

Graham

redoak181;191330 wroteI don't think he's concerned with 2 more outs for him, so much as 9 less outs for his opponent. Is this what you meant, Graham?

Exactly ;)

KoRnholio

Graham;191274 wroteFold because of the flush draw, without that I'd ship.

Definitely, on a rainbow board we have a monster and we should gamble. That pesky flush draw makes it a tough decision though. By the sounds of villain #1, if he has a non-nut spade draw, he won't be folding it. People with a mainly holdem background will see the pot odds (3:1 or so if you call) and 2 spades in their hand and rarely think that they could be up against a higher flush draw.

We very likely have the best hand at the moment, 33xx showing up here is pretty unlikely. Given their aggressive natures from a holdem background, there is enough of a chance that at least one of them is going nuts with subpar (ie, non-drawing hand) like AAxx, to swing this to a call.

GTA Poker

KoRnholio;191489 wroteDefinitely, on a rainbow board we have a monster and we should gamble. That pesky flush draw makes it a tough decision though. By the sounds of villain #1, if he has a non-nut spade draw, he won't be folding it. People with a mainly holdem background will see the pot odds (3:1 or so if you call) and 2 spades in their hand and rarely think that they could be up against a higher flush draw.

We very likely have the best hand at the moment, 33xx showing up here is pretty unlikely. Given their aggressive natures from a holdem background, there is enough of a chance that at least one of them is going nuts with subpar (ie, non-drawing hand) like AAxx, to swing this to a call.

Fold. I'm sure there are much easier spots to make money in this game.