Just a couple of points I wanted to get into. There's a hand where you pick up Ad Kx 3d 4d. In the hand you turn the nuts, but check it. I think this is a clear bet here. Villain pots the flop on a drawy board, which will be a set a fair amount of the time. I think this must be bet for value against a possible river that pairs the board. Agree?
Yes, I didn't like the way I played this hand. I played it more like you would a suited Ace in Hold'em. Probably should have led the turn. Check/raising the flop would have been OK as well I think. As played, checking the river might have been OK as well to try to get a bet out of hands that completely missed, or worse flushes. There's a lot of ways to play it, although playing it like I did was probably the worst.
Also, you pick up a hand with As Ks 5h 6h. This is a nice hand but I don't like the PF raise. My thinking is this: You're really looking for a big draw on the flop. If you flop the spade flush the hand is pretty much done. So I think raising for value is wrong because the hands value is in the draw ability. So for me a flat call is better because you keep players in and commit less to the pot initially. Agree?
Here's the hand history:
fulltiltpoker Game #3238702512: Table Lund (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5:23:34 ET - 2007/08/13
Seat 1: theconsortium ($34.05)
Seat 2: Gepekop ($29.35)
Seat 3: Mark0815 ($10.75)
Seat 4: garlick ($28.95)
Seat 5: snowjoke ($27.80)
Seat 6: MyNTT ($25.10)
MyNTT posts the small blind of $0.10
theconsortium posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to snowjoke [6h As Ks 5h]
Gepekop folds
Mark0815 calls $0.25
garlick folds
snowjoke raises to $1.10
MyNTT folds
theconsortium calls $0.85
Mark0815 calls $0.85
*** FLOP *** [Jd 4d 7d]
theconsortium checks
Mark0815 checks
snowjoke checks
*** TURN *** [Jd 4d 7d] [Ac]
theconsortium bets $3.40
Mark0815 folds
snowjoke folds
Uncalled bet of $3.40 returned to theconsortium
theconsortium mucks
theconsortium wins the pot ($3.25)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.40 | Rake $0.15
Board: [Jd 4d 7d Ac]
Seat 1: theconsortium (big blind) collected ($3.25), mucked
Seat 2: Gepekop didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Mark0815 folded on the Turn
Seat 4: garlick didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: snowjoke (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: MyNTT (small blind) folded before the Flop
I think the raise is right here for
- Isolation - I want to get the blinds to fold and turn them into dead money, isolating the limper
- Value - my hand is better than most limping hands
- Taking the lead in the hand - if it's heads-up, I can often take it down with a c-bet on a lot of boards whether I hit or not
- Fold
equity - limper might just fold pre-flop
It's generally a good idea to start building the pot from position, and play big pots on the button. Being last to act will allow you to get better value from your good hands as well.