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Title alliteration. Oh yes.
I went to a private game in Manhattan for the first time yesterday. It was 100-200 and they played a seven-game mix: HOSE, Omaha High, and a 5-card Omaha game, played both high and hi-lo, in which one flop card is seen before the preflop betting. An interesting variant! I had fun and hope to go back soon.
I've been thinking lately about my heads up game. For some reason, I can't win when I play heads up online. Either I just have a small sample size in which I've lost or there's something I'm really not getting about heads up play. I have some friends who make a lot of money playing heads up so maybe I'll hit them up for some advice.
You guys seem to like the hands I post, so here are a couple more:
- 300/600 triple draw, four-handed. I raise UTG with 432xx, button calls, blinds fold. I take two, he takes three, I make #2 (76432) and bet, he calls. I'm pat, he takes three. After the second draw I bet, he calls, and we're both pat. I bet on the end and he calls me...with...98442. I keep running into this apparent value-calling with a pair. Can anyone explain this?
- Same game, four-handed. Button raises, I call in BB with 862xx, we both take two. I catch a 4 and another 8 and bet, he calls, I take 1, he takes 2. I catch a 5 for 86542 and bet, he calls, I'm pat, he draws two. I bet on the end and he calls with the old.....TT752. Some people have responded to these seemingly strange hands by saying, "Well, he can beat some bluffs." I mean, a pair of tens can hardly beat any bluffs the way the action went. 300-600. Out of this world.
UB is having some problems today and their software keeps freezing. Let's hope they get it together. I'm trying to make a living here.
I went to a private game in Manhattan for the first time yesterday. It was 100-200 and they played a seven-game mix: HOSE, Omaha High, and a 5-card Omaha game, played both high and hi-lo, in which one flop card is seen before the preflop betting. An interesting variant! I had fun and hope to go back soon.
I've been thinking lately about my heads up game. For some reason, I can't win when I play heads up online. Either I just have a small sample size in which I've lost or there's something I'm really not getting about heads up play. I have some friends who make a lot of money playing heads up so maybe I'll hit them up for some advice.
You guys seem to like the hands I post, so here are a couple more:
- 300/600 triple draw, four-handed. I raise UTG with 432xx, button calls, blinds fold. I take two, he takes three, I make #2 (76432) and bet, he calls. I'm pat, he takes three. After the second draw I bet, he calls, and we're both pat. I bet on the end and he calls me...with...98442. I keep running into this apparent value-calling with a pair. Can anyone explain this?
- Same game, four-handed. Button raises, I call in BB with 862xx, we both take two. I catch a 4 and another 8 and bet, he calls, I take 1, he takes 2. I catch a 5 for 86542 and bet, he calls, I'm pat, he draws two. I bet on the end and he calls with the old.....TT752. Some people have responded to these seemingly strange hands by saying, "Well, he can beat some bluffs." I mean, a pair of tens can hardly beat any bluffs the way the action went. 300-600. Out of this world.
UB is having some problems today and their software keeps freezing. Let's hope they get it together. I'm trying to make a living here.
posted by Chris Fargis at 5:15 PM
11 Comments:
I'm not sure about the 'five card Omaha' part, but showing a community card prior to the first round of betting is a variant played in French card rooms.
>>Can anyone explain this?
No. It seems that if he was advertising weirdness to generate action, he would have raised, not called.
>>a pair of tens can hardly beat any bluffs the way the action went.
This baffles me as well. You drew one on the second draw--I guess if you were drawing to a jack and paired the jack, his tens might be good. Maybe the cards were marked incorrectly.
Mack
I wish I had the money to play in this game. These are random internet players with no other name exposure?
Oh yeah, and a lot of money to burn?
Wow. I wish they played that bad at the low limits! Isn't the 5-card Omaha game Courchevell (sp?)?
Excellent blog BTW.
Tyler
One day I am going to get my act together an open a UB account to try me some Triple Draw. Mmm hmm.
I THINK you are giving away one of the best games online, shhh.
That home game sounds like a lot of fun. If everyone agrees to divide the stakes by 100, I'm totally in!
Yeah, UB needs to get their shit together.
Look, I've never played triple draw except with my 8 and 10 year olds, but if these guys are going to call you, let me know where to wire my second mortgage to you--you keep half of the winnings, and I'll keep half. I guess the tens could have beaten your trip 8's or something...
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