Sometimes the river is good :)

Graham · Jul 11,2008, 02:15 AM

After many bad beatings lately, I love it when things actually work out in my favor. Unfortunate for the other guy, but gotta love when things like this happen:

PokerStars Game #18735017426: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/07/11 - 02:43:02 (ET)
Table 'Tyche III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: DIE_SEC_TOR ($46 in chips)
Seat 2: BaBaBooey71 ($113.40 in chips)
Seat 3: bigchidgy ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 4: jkpro69 ($61.70 in chips)
Seat 5: closemaster ($105.70 in chips)
Seat 6: AdenDean ($144.50 in chips)
DIE_SEC_TOR: posts small blind $0.50
BaBaBooey71: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to closemaster [7s Qh Ks Td]
bigchidgy: calls $1
jkpro69: folds
closemaster: calls $1
AdenDean: calls $1
DIE_SEC_TOR: calls $0.50
BaBaBooey71: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9d 8s]
DIE_SEC_TOR: checks
BaBaBooey71: bets $4.75
bigchidgy: raises $6.90 to $11.65 and is all-in
closemaster: calls $11.65
AdenDean: folds
DIE_SEC_TOR: folds
BaBaBooey71: raises $39.70 to $51.35
closemaster: raises $39.70 to $91.05
BaBaBooey71: raises $21.35 to $112.40 and is all-in
closemaster: calls $13.65 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.70) returned to BaBaBooey71
*** TURN *** [Jh 9d 8s] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9d 8s 5h] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BaBaBooey71: shows [Ts 4s Qs 4h] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
closemaster: shows [7s Qh Ks Td] (a straight, Nine to King)
closemaster collected $185.05 from side pot
bigchidgy: mucks hand
closemaster collected $38 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $226.05 Main pot $38. Side pot $185.05. | Rake $3
Board [Jh 9d 8s 5h Th]
Seat 1: DIE_SEC_TOR (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: BaBaBooey71 (big blind) showed [Ts 4s Qs 4h] and lost with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 3: bigchidgy mucked [Qd 8d 8h Ad]
Seat 4: jkpro69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: closemaster showed [7s Qh Ks Td] and won ($223.05) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 6: AdenDean (button) folded on the Flop

pkrfce9 · Jul 11,2008, 07:22 AM

huge flop for a middling hand. you were never behind. i'm curious about the smooth call on the flop - did you think baba would raise it for you?

Graham · Jul 11,2008, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pkrfce9

huge flop for a middling hand. you were never behind. i'm curious about the smooth call on the flop - did you think baba would raise it for you?

Good question... I had a really strong feeling that baba would reraise me, and if he didn't re-raise I did not suspect he would call my re-raise. If he didn't, I would have tried to get more in on the turn. I wanted to make him think my hand was worse than it was and actually ran the clock a little on the call. I was hoping he would have the straight, because I knew I had some additional cards I could catch to improve.

Pantsonfire · Jul 11,2008, 11:22 AM

That hand is a good example of the power of redraws in Omaha. It was also a nice freeroll for you.