Omaha
Running on Empty
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | Tournaments | 6 Comments
Rough day today and its only 5pm. It started off great after almost tripling up at a cash table, ended up leaving with two times my buyin and from there I thought today was gonna be another great day… turned out to be far from it. › Continue reading
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Beating Rake Omaha Hi/Lo
Sunday, June 14th, 2009 | Intermediate Lesson | 2 Comments
Players will often say that Omaha Hi / Lo for online poker is a tough game to play because the amount of split pots will have you losing money in the long run because of rake. How this is correct is identified by how bad the player really is, either by playing bad cards or not having the courage to play a big pot.
Since we are talking about Rake, we are talking about the cash table
playing Omaha Hi/Lo (from this point we will call it Omaha 8b)
There are TWO fundamental rules to beating the rake in Omaha 8b…. › Continue reading
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Fantasy Limit Omaha
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 | Tournaments | 3 Comments
I qualified for this $1000 Freeroll on FullTilt in a Fantasy Poker League.
With Freddy Deeb and Eli Elezra cashing in the Omaha 8b gave me enough points to be given a ticket to the Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (8b) last night.
Usually a limit poker game does take a long time and a lot of energy to play, with this being Omaha and more players see flops I decided I was going to take the time and put the focus into this game. It is also good practice for my HORSE game where I seem to excel at Omaha and the hi/lo variants. So after the first couple hands I realized there was many sit outs, hmmm
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Skill vs Luck In Omaha
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 | Tournaments | 1 Comment
Omaha Hi/Lo Poker Tournament with only 10 players registered when we started this game tonight on Players Cardroom, we ended up with 15 after the late registration. I did an instant addon when I sat down, surprised because I was the only one.
Its Early I’ll Play Nice
Smooth start as I put fear into my opponents minds with my big stack ; )
Building up chips at a rounders pace and when the blinds go to 50/100 I started to see a few more flops, specially after taking notes on how they are playing for lows and other draws, mostly the flopped flush. I got my chips in with a player that liked to draw when I flopped trips and let out my fish line and he did bite. He pushed on the turn and I called, the pot was built up on the re-raise flop. I scored a 5k pot and moved into 2nd place.
Just Before Break Suxs
About 10 mins till break and I get slapped around a bit when in 3 hands I either chopped or got out drawn on by short stack desperation moves. Was kinda sick because I had flopped 2 pair on those three hands, and as I have said before I hate flopping two pair. With my work cut out for me now it was time to put on my steel toe donkey kicking boots. I didn’t do an addon.
Don’t Stop Now It Feels Goooood
Ohhhh I get a suck out on the riva when I snagged the flush for a chop pot.
I didn’t stop there with the moves when I pushed a very aggressive call train off with a river bluff to take down a much needed pot. Then while holding the nut low with 3 players to the river I fired out a pot size bet and scooped that down with out a caller.. and people say don’t bet for the low as your just gonna chop, well they need to call first.
In The Money When
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
FOOSERBACK: bets [$ 1568]
I_BEE_N calls [$ 1568]
Assistanc3 calls [$ 1568]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
I_BEE_N checks
Assistanc3 checks
FOOSERBACK shows [ 9h, 5d, 6d, 6h ]a straight, six high
I_BEE_N shows [ Ac, 5c, Jc, 7d ]a straight, five high
Assistanc3 shows [ 6s, 2c, 7s, Ad ]a flush, queen high
Assistanc3 wins high with a flush, queen high [ Qs, 7s, 6s, 3s, 2s ]
I_BEE_N wins low with 5, 4, 3, 2, A [ Ac, 5c, 4d, 3s, 2s ]
Notice the double check down? Guess it didn’t make that much of a difference tho as I cashed out in 3rd to _Bee_ who went on to win this Omaha Tournament.
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Third Placing for Friday
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 | Tournaments | 3 Comments
Last night I go on Players Cardroom to watch Pinky play the HoldemRadio freeroll which she cashed out in, when I noticed appers in a PL Omaha tournament. To my joy there was late registration so I bounced into that game and glad I did… › Continue reading
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April Poker League Games
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | Assistanc3Online League | No Comments
Thank-You to the members that joined us in the freeroll my apologies for it being set up at the last minute
been a long week since I have had the flu. Getting my donkey ass in gear.
We have a $2 BuyIn on Thursday with $25 added.
The rest of April ‘09 has been scheduled with games being played on Tues and Thurs
All of these games are played on Players Cardroom. Hope you can join us in our league.
Tournament Passwords/Info: April 16th, April 21st, April 23rd, April 28th, April 30th
Event 1 Tournaments Running: Nov 2008 – May 2009
Tournament Schedule found in: Events Board & the Calendar
There is a bounty on Assistanc3 in every game $2 in the freerolls and $3 in the buyins
I’ve redone the Donkey of Poker Blog with a new theme that is more functional for the readers and moved all the poker lessons to the blog. It is organized ; ) List of Poker Lessons has been created in the forum.
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PL Omaha is My Game
Monday, April 13th, 2009 | Tournaments | 1 Comment
While sitting at a PL Holdem Cash table waiting for some A3 members to join me for a nightly ring session
on Players Cardroom I decided to get back to the game I truly enjoy. PL Omaha!!
It was a mere $1 BuyIn with 20 entrants, so a small field for the small buyin.
Started off great chipping up till I got a little to aggressive on the final with trip tens that I was out kicked. I knew after the re-raise that thinking twice or maybe a little bit longer could have saved me some chips. At that point I was in the top 5 and shipped them chips and became a short stack.
Making the Move
It was time to start pushing the chips
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| $6741 | $8541 | $13882 | $18262 | $28524 |
So for all those that have read the Starting Hands Omaha lesson can see from the above hands what combination you should be looking for where all four cards play well together.
Notice the pattern other then wow get aces enough times? Double suited and a pocket pair.
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- ALLIN with Aces
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- ALLIN with Aces again
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- ALLIN with Jacks
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- FH Into the Money
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- AllIn with Jacks again
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- Going Heads Up
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- Big Pot HU
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- Flushing Win
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- April 13th09 Results
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- April 13th09 Stats
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Tried a 6 Seater Omaha
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 | Tournaments | 2 Comments
So I was sitting here wondering what to do, as I am still in my downswing of poker,
with lots of work to do around the site. I look down at my quick icons and focus on two of them.
Dreamweaver and PKR
well I guess its a little to obvious which one I had clicked › Continue reading
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Reading the Flop Omaha
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 | Advanced Lesson | No Comments
After the pre flop round of betting, the flop in Omaha is the next most important part to learn because it is usually where the weaker poker player loses money. Reading the Flop to understand it is much like Texas Holdem, knowing that there are more draws is what makes it harder to master. Once you know of what hands are easy to let go and which have value to continue is when you will start to consistently profit playing Omaha.
Got the Balls or the Nuts
Omaha is a drawing game, because of the 4 starting hole cards, so the flops can give players straight and flush draws a lot easier. Reading the Flop in Omaha is all about drawing to the nuts,
but that does not mean do not play unless you have the nut hand, but do not get out played playing Drawing with the 2nd Best hand, specially in pot limit where it can be a little easier to disguise the best hand. Know your drawing hands.
Give or Go
From the Omaha Starting Hands chart, if we are playing the top 4 group hands or the “wrap hands” reading the flop makes life playing poker a lot more simplistic. You either have a hand, could make a hand or have nothing at all. How to play the flop in Omaha is key to winning a big pot or losing a small pot, but first you have to learn how to read it.
Do I Have It
The first thing you should do when you look at the community cards is identify the best possible hands to win that board. Is there already a made straight is the first thing I am looking for, then the flush draw; is the board double suited. You must understand the texture of the board in relation to your hand before you can continue playing out the hand.
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Omaha Hi Lo So Easy
Friday, January 16th, 2009 | Cash Table | 2 Comments
After the League Game last night I made a blog about it of course, and finished the results post and updated the Leader Board. Good friend Corey was already playing at a cash table so I hit the waiting list. Wow that is something I could never do, honestly I am patient when it comes to cards, but waiting for a seat? No way.
So I looked over the Omaha ring tables, and seen a short stack sitting all alone at a Hi Lo game, so I went there just to take their chips and hopefully my seat would be ready by then. First 2 hands in, I am re raising, and get called a “Donkey” and an “Idiot”…no surprise, not really news worthy. Maybe send it off to Fox and they can count the times people call me a donkey?
Some new players came down to sit. I busted most of them.
There is a couple images attached, with some wins.
Clearly beating the rake once again.
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