mervhage

Table jerkoff/loudmouth/shit talker/every hand preflop raiser



PokerStars Game #10639821971: Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/06/26 - 23:42:12 (ET)
Table 'Pandora II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: Amp420 ($21.40 in chips)
Seat 3: mervhage ($75.65 in chips)
Seat 4: JBH55 ($31.20 in chips)
Amp420: posts small blind $0.10
mervhage: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mervhage [:9s: :Ac: :5h: :8h:]
JBH55: calls $0.25
Amp420: calls $0.15
mervhage: checks
*** FLOP *** [:Ad: :5d: :5s:]
Amp420: checks
mervhage: bets $0.75
JBH55: folds
Amp420: calls $0.75
*** TURN *** [Ad 5d 5s] [:9d:]
Amp420: checks
mervhage: bets $2.15
Amp420: raises $6.45 to $8.60
mervhage: raises $19.35 to $27.95
Amp420: calls $11.80 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Ad 5d 5s 9d] [:2d:]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Amp420: shows [:5c: :Ts: :9c: :7d:] (HI: a full house, Fives full of Nines)
mervhage: shows [9s Ac 5h 8h] (HI: a full house, Fives full of Aces)
mervhage collected $42.05 from pot
No low hand qualified
Amp420 leaves the table
mervhage said, "finally"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $43.05 | Rake $1
Board [Ad 5d 5s 9d 2d]
Seat 2: Amp420 (small blind) showed [5c Ts 9c 7d] and lost with HI: a full house, Fives full of Nines
Seat 3: mervhage (big blind) showed [9s Ac 5h 8h] and won ($42.05) with HI: a full house, Fives full of Aces
Seat 4: JBH55 (button) folded on the Flop

I left him speechless. :lol:

Ugignadl

FH > FH is one of the reasons I stopped playing O8, it's hard to lay down a FH.

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mervhage

lol, I've been slowplaying everything on him, letting him do a lot of the raising preflop, including premium hands like A23x with the ace sooted.

It's fairly easy to release on the turn when I reraise. In fact, that's an automatic laydown for me. LOL at his turn checkraise.

MewsicLovr

Um....why? Isn't it just as likely that you hit your flush? Wow, I'm never playing omaha if I'm going to have to learn to lay down full houses.

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(2:13:49 PM) Mirage: I had already decided to get it in while he was timing down though so his FE was nonexistant
(2:14:05 PM) Mirage: I mean wtf does he think I have there when I take that line pre and on the flop
(2:14:11 PM) Eric: {random}
(2:14:14 PM) Mirage: lol

Terminal

That lesson is a hard one.

Biggle10

Omaha...you either have the nuts, are betting into the nuts, or are drawing to the nuts.

hiho

And it was only three handed too! I know that I wouldn't lay it down with the flush out there being such a high possibility.

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thebatsman

This is so true. Only cash games I am Playing right now is Omaha 8. I couldn't lay down a very similar hand yesterday and lost a $39.00 pot.

There are so many people playing this game that have no idea ...on even starting hand selection and call every hand their dealt and raise the hell out any 2 pair.


Very nice flop Merv ..well played

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mervhage

It's pretty important to know your opponent in Omaha and what his/her bets mean. In this case, if Villain has been paying attention (and he should be b/c he was very chatty, talking shit) then he should know I'm not reraising pot on the turn with a hand that 5s full of 9s is beating. Despite being 3-handed, only a crackhead would play a flush like this.

I know I've (correctly) laid down some pretty big boats before. Here's a really good thing to know. don't build big pots with small boats, especially if you flop them. You ideally want to get to the river w/o calling any big bets, b/c you'll most certainly be beat. Then again, you don't want to release them if you can get a cheap showdown (I can't tell you how many flopped boats I've lost with).

On the flip side, get value from them when they're likely the best hand. Again, you're going to need some kind of read on your opponent. This comes from basic paying-attention. 6 max is better, b/c it's less opponents to get to know. Plus, 6-max PL Omaha hi/lo is my baby. I've made the majority of my online monies from this game. I guess that's what makes me so good at reading other peoples' hands.

One more thing, I'd have a harder time laying down a King high flush on an unpaired board, then I do laying down a small boat, like in this instance.

Thank you sir.

sfustsh

I think this belongs in the strat section.

Mods?

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Carrera: fuck you

as just above it means big bet.
so again fuck off