Adventures of a PLO rock

ollyk1

Okay I'm fairly sure I played this hand badly and yet I wonder.:eek:

€50 Round of each last night in the Fitz and I'm the absolute rock at the table. Especially in the plo round.

Some good players at the table and a few weaker ones (including me)

The villains

Gholi in the SB with ~€160
Kevin Maloney in the BB (best player at the table imho with an action style but only ships his stack in with big hands) ~€200
Big Mick utg ~€200

Me in MP1 ~€220

Mick raises blind to €4

I have AcAh2h4d and raise to €12

I'm a known tight cash player and have not raised in three rounds of plo.

Folded to Gholi in the SB and after a bit of deliberation he raises to €43

Kevin has a serious think and calls and then Mick shrugs and calls.

Is this a standard push? or should I flat call??

5starpool

I would prefer to get my whole stack in here preflop rather than 20% of it to be honest.

RoundTower

I shove every time, you could argue for a fold but I don't like calling.

Gholimoli

not that im an expert in this as you saw last nite but i think this is a very standard push Olliy and its wrong to play it any other way.
if stacks were deeper then perhaps you chould consider other options but that shallow u should really push.

if you need any other advice like how to call a pot bet on JJ4 board with KK then ask me and dont be shy.;)

ollyk1

Gholimoli wrote:

not that im an expert in this as you saw last nite but i think this is a very standard push Olliy and its wrong to play it any other way.
if stacks were deeper then perhaps you chould consider other options but that shallow u should really push.

if you need any other advice like how to call a pot bet on JJ4 board with KK then ask me and dont be shy.;)

I wasn't going to mention that!:p

My problem with the hand was my table image. My initial thought was push and try to get it headsup with plenty of dead money but then I started to over think it and veered between folding and calling. I didn't think there were many cards left in the deck to help me and focussed on that a little too much.

I finally chose the worst option and called. My problem is that I should be pushing here automatically. This omaha learning experience could get expensive....:rolleyes: The other point to note is how shallow we're playing when blind raises are taken into account. The funding needed to play optimally is a lot higher then I was prepared to go.:(

The flop fell JJ4 as Gholi mentioned. Kevin pushed and I knew he had a Jack at this stage so I folded. Others weren't so fortunate.

kweeveen

yeh if i can get more than 3/4 of my stack in preflop with the aces I usually do it and hope for a non connected flop. If I can go all in, id always push; there not a huge favourite but there a favourite. Its a bit sick if the other aces are out, but you could have ruled out me and mick having them. Its just wether gholi had them, youd be splitting a lot of pots

(in fairness I couldnt miss all night though! Makes up for the top set, nut flush draw on fourth street outdraws ive been getting recently)