I was card dead for about the entire first hour, winning only a couple of measly pots. One out of the big blind when I hit two pair on the flop, bet 1/2 pot and scared everyone away. Another when it folded around to me in the BB. Yippee.
With my stated goal of making it to the first break, I get dealt this hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #1960171418: AIPS II Event #3 (14164302), Table 4 - 50/100 - Pot Limit Omaha - 12:57:58 ET - 2007/03/10
Seat 3: djm182 (873)
Dealt to djm182 [Td Ad 4h Qd]
I don't like the three diamonds, but this is about as good as I've had all day. I limp in and see this flop:
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5c 4d]
I'm in late position - only one to act behind me - and it checks around to me. I make a half pot bet and get one caller
The 3h comes on the turn, and I only have 498 chips left so I shove 'em all in, fearing the hell out of an A2 or 67. The opponent stews - he HAS to call and he does and shows this:
MacAnthony shows [Jc Kc Ac 9d]
ye Gods. Nut flush draw. But he's not yet paired so he can't make a better two pair or a straight with what he's got. I have to dodge eight outs (all remaining clubs, save 4c which would boat me up). And I do and I survive to the break.
Then the second verse is the same as the first. I go card dead again and whittle my chips down in the second hour. I have just under 700 chips left and I'm about to pay a 300 chip BB when...
...I get moved to a different table. And I'm UTG + 2 so I get a couple of bonus hands out of this. Of course, i can play none of them. Finally when the BB comes to me, I stare down at:
Dealt to djm182 [7c 7d Kh As]
It's go time. And huzzah!
*** RIVER *** [Kc 4d Kd 8d] [Ks]
QUADS, baby, and I'm back in it. Now I have over 2200 chips, which is still less than 10 BBs, but at least I can take a shot at seeing a flop or two (remember, it's Omaha where limping is common and encouraged).
Four hands later I'm out. Here's the gory detail:
Full Tilt Poker Game #1960476263: AIPS II Event #3 (14164302), Table 8 - 150/300 - Pot Limit Omaha - 13:53:17 ET - 2007/03/10
Seat 2: winkdaddy (7,580)
Seat 3: Barnard801 (1,130)
Seat 4: PokerGeek (3,962)
Seat 5: MacAnthony (5,262)
Seat 6: 9Gaiter (7,163)
Seat 7: rascony (3,898)
Seat 8: djm182 (2,088)
Seat 9: imtoomuch4u (7,521)
Barnard801 posts the small blind of 150
PokerGeek posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to djm182 [Ks Qs Qh As]
MacAnthony folds
9Gaiter folds
rascony calls 300
djm182 calls 300 <--Horrendous. I should've bet pot here to scare people away, but the three spades scared me just enough not to. Big mistake
imtoomuch4u folds
winkdaddy folds
Barnard801 raises to 1,130, and is all in <--'cause now I have to face this
PokerGeek calls 830 <--and this
rascony has 15 seconds left to act
rascony folds
djm182 raises to 2,088, and is all in <--I'm committed at this point anyway
PokerGeek calls 958
djm182 shows [Ks Qs Qh As]
Barnard801 shows [4d Kd 3c 4c]
PokerGeek shows [9c Qc Td 9s]
This is good. Aces are still out there. Only one more spade is gone, so I have 9 of 'em left. No Js and only one 10 gone. BUT I think I might have scared PokerGeek away had I raised on my first opportunity to act. He has a strong starting hand, but with nothing higher than a Q, he *might* have thrown it away...and I wish he would have
*** FLOP *** [8c 5s 8d]
*** TURN *** [8c 5s 8d] [5c] OK. Just need to dodge a club. I'm OK if one of the 8s or 5s comes up and we chop
*** RIVER *** [8c 5s 8d 5c] [Tc] DOH!
djm182 shows two pair, Queens and Eights
PokerGeek shows a flush, Queen high
PokerGeek wins the side pot (1,916) with a flush, Queen high
Barnard801 shows a flush, Ten high
PokerGeek wins the main pot (3,690) with a flush, Queen high
Barnard801 stands up
djm182 stands up
Finished 22nd overall out of 65. Far better than my expectations. And even though I'm disappointed that I went out on *this* hand, I got all my chips in ahead with a pretty darn good PLO hand.
