Game is my typical Sunday two way game: $5/10/15 Tahoe/Palin (5-card O8; use 2 or exactly 5) and $1/2 PLO. I had been running hot and am up really big and have specifically run hot against the particular main villain in this hand. He thinks I'm a LAGgy player and at least for the night he's right. I had been raising something like 50% of hands to $10 (house rule: $10 open even with no limpers for easier flop/turn/river math) and was facing basically no opposition preflop. Most of these guys need to get to the flop before they put money in.
Relevant previous hand from maybe an hour prior: I had raised with 5678 single suited, gotten 3-bet by villain, flatted, and bet/3-bet to get it in with him on the K74r flop. He had dry aces with a backdoor flush, we ran it three times and I won 2.
This hand: I raise 9872hh from UTG and he 3-bets from the BTN to $70. He has about $340 to start the hand. One call from the blinds, I call, and two other players from MP call. One caller has about $200 behind after the call and the other caller has about $500 after the call. I cover all players.
Thoughts on each:
MP1 is one of the worst players you'll ever see, but his leaks are preflop hand selection and general passivity. He will never bluff. He will occasionally - as in 2 or 3 times a night - bet with what is obviously a losing hand, but will never bet with the intention of getting folds. MP2 is semi-unknown. I've played with him in hold em games, but this is his first night in the Tahoe/PLO game. He says he's played PLO before, but this is his first round of PLO so I really don't have any idea of his PLO skills. His large-ish stack came from being dealt a pat boat in Tahoe and scooping a huge pot where no low came in, but two other players made nut and second nut backdoor flushes. Capping preflop, flop and turn 4 ways and getting a couple bets in 3 ways on the river builds a pretty big one. During the entire Tahoe round he was confused by the betting, constantly trying to raise the wrong amount, but I take that more as a sign of unfamiliarity with limit games than general incompetence. Finally, BTN is a very good hold em player, but has shown a propensity to overvalue big pairs in PLO and to be a bit unaware of the importance of the side cards in AAxx/KKxx hands.
Flop ($360): 762r with one heart.
SB checks. My play?
Relevant previous hand from maybe an hour prior: I had raised with 5678 single suited, gotten 3-bet by villain, flatted, and bet/3-bet to get it in with him on the K74r flop. He had dry aces with a backdoor flush, we ran it three times and I won 2.
This hand: I raise 9872hh from UTG and he 3-bets from the BTN to $70. He has about $340 to start the hand. One call from the blinds, I call, and two other players from MP call. One caller has about $200 behind after the call and the other caller has about $500 after the call. I cover all players.
Thoughts on each:
MP1 is one of the worst players you'll ever see, but his leaks are preflop hand selection and general passivity. He will never bluff. He will occasionally - as in 2 or 3 times a night - bet with what is obviously a losing hand, but will never bet with the intention of getting folds. MP2 is semi-unknown. I've played with him in hold em games, but this is his first night in the Tahoe/PLO game. He says he's played PLO before, but this is his first round of PLO so I really don't have any idea of his PLO skills. His large-ish stack came from being dealt a pat boat in Tahoe and scooping a huge pot where no low came in, but two other players made nut and second nut backdoor flushes. Capping preflop, flop and turn 4 ways and getting a couple bets in 3 ways on the river builds a pretty big one. During the entire Tahoe round he was confused by the betting, constantly trying to raise the wrong amount, but I take that more as a sign of unfamiliarity with limit games than general incompetence. Finally, BTN is a very good hold em player, but has shown a propensity to overvalue big pairs in PLO and to be a bit unaware of the importance of the side cards in AAxx/KKxx hands.
Flop ($360): 762r with one heart.
SB checks. My play?
