I've kind of done the dengerate thing and "quit" hold'em for the time being and grinding Omaha, currently played like 40k hands mixed between 2plo-50plo.
Its gave me more "love" again for poker, I was finding nl a grind. Even if it only lasts for 100k hands, it's something I'm really enjoying apart from the obviously swings. The players are awfully bad which makes it more enjoyable I guess.
A couple of fun hands,
PokerStars - $0.50 PL Hi (6 max) ZOOM - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
BTN: $134.70
SB: $94.04
BB: $45.84
UTG: $70.85
MP: $44.29
Hero (CO): $65.42
SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero has A:heart: 8:spade: Q:club: A:spade:
fold,
MP raises to $1.75,
Hero calls $1.75,
BTN raises to $5.50,
fold,
fold,
MP raises to $19.00,
Hero raises to $63.25,
fold,
MP calls $25.29 and is all-in
Flop: ($94.83, 2 players) 6:diamond: Q:heart: 6:club:
Turn: ($94.83, 2 players) Q:diamond:
River: ($94.83, 2 players) K:club:
MP shows 8:club: A:club: A:diamond: 2:heart: (Two Pair, Aces and Queens) (Pre 47%, Flop 48%, Turn 3%)
Hero shows A:heart: 8:spade: Q:club: A:spade: (Three of a Kind, Queens) (Pre 53%, Flop 52%, Turn 97%)
Hero wins $92.33
Even with zoom, I had btn on my hud as a huge 35% 3bettor, so was waiting for the 3bet, so I can 4bet get as much in and pot bet/all-in flops. Obviously didn't work out that way didn't have much on the villian who actually did the 3bet...but either way the result was good.Poor villian
PokerStars - $0.10 PL Hi (6 max) ZOOM - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
BTN: $21.53
Hero (SB): $19.60
BB: $10.00
UTG: $17.71
MP: $11.22
CO: $3.12
Hero posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero has Q:spade: Q:club: J:heart: A:diamond:
fold,
fold,
fold,
BTN raises to $0.30,
Hero raises to $0.90,
fold,
BTN calls $0.60
Flop: ($1.90, 2 players) Q:heart: T:club: 3:spade:
Hero bets $0.80,
BTN calls $0.80
Turn: ($3.50, 2 players) 3:club:
Hero checks,
BTN bets $1.70,
Hero calls $1.70
River: ($6.90, 2 players) 5:spade:
Hero checks,
BTN bets $6.59,
Hero raises to $16.20 and is all-in,
BTN calls $9.61
Hero shows Q:spade: Q:club: J:heart: A:diamond: (Full House, Queens full of Threes) (Pre 56%, Flop 75%, Turn 97%)
BTN shows K:heart: J:diamond: 5:heart: 3:diamond: (Full House, Threes full of Fives) (Pre 44%, Flop 25%, Turn 3%)
Hero wins $37.80
^^ I think I should of bet a fair bit more with the set here, however I had some blockers to straight draws + redraws to nut straight myself + kind of wanted two pairs/9,8's/K,J's, weird one pairs to spazz raise my "small" bet. ofc it didn't work out that way, but I turn gin and the hand is played out as "normal" Infact, usually I might lead the river, but for some reason I felt they was potting even without a FH here, with other sort of hands which I crush so let them do the work for me.