Online play looking up ; )

My luck at the tables has swung around. I'm not playing in small spurts anymore just for fun. I've been waiting on hands and playing them a bit less aggressively. Consider this hand I played yesterday that I normally raise for a pot sized bet to extract value. If I had bet, I probably would have never made as much as I did in the hand. What do you think ?

PokerStars Game #1861053304: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2005/06/08 - 22:28:59 (ET)
Table 'Hedda II' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: SillyGooose ($19.45 in chips)
Seat 2: IplayLIKEgus ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 3: mrHysteria ($25.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Ramza412 ($8.05 in chips)
Seat 5: ToughGuy_TJ ($28.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Steve McNair ($35 in chips)
Seat 7: Riffe ($21.60 in chips)
Seat 8: airpooh ($17.30 in chips)
Seat 9: clark46 ($15.90 in chips)
airpooh: posts small blind $0.10
clark46: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to IplayLIKEgus [Ad 8s Ac 5d]
SillyGooose: folds
IplayLIKEgus (chasenfold): calls $0.25
mrHysteria: calls $0.25
Ramza412: folds
ToughGuy_TJ: calls $0.25
Steve McNair: calls $0.25
Riffe: folds
airpooh: calls $0.15
clark46: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kh 2c As]
airpooh: checks
clark46: checks
IplayLIKEgus (chasenfold): bets $0.75
mrHysteria: folds
ToughGuy_TJ: calls $0.75
Steve McNair: folds
airpooh: calls $0.75
clark46: calls $0.75
*** TURN *** [Kh 2c As] [9h]
airpooh: checks
clark46: checks
IplayLIKEgus (chasenfold): bets $2.50
ToughGuy_TJ: calls $2.50
airpooh: folds
clark46: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [Kh 2c As 9h] [Kc]
clark46: checks
IplayLIKEgus (chasenfold): bets $3
ToughGuy_TJ: raises $3 to $6
clark46: calls $6
IplayLIKEgus: raises $0.25 to $6.25 and is all-in
ToughGuy_TJ: calls $0.25
clark46: calls $0.25
Ramza412 leaves the table
*** SHOW DOWN ***
IplayLIKEgus (chasenfold): shows [Ad 8s Ac 5d] (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
ToughGuy_TJ: mucks hand
clark46: mucks hand
IplayLIKEgus collected $29.25 from pot
clark46 leaves the table
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $30.75 | Rake $1.50
Board [Kh 2c As 9h Kc]
Seat 1: SillyGooose folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: IplayLIKEgus (chasenfold): showed [Ad 8s Ac 5d] and won ($29.25) with a full house, Aces full of Kings
Seat 3: mrHysteria folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Ramza412 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ToughGuy_TJ mucked [2d Kd Js Ah]
Seat 6: Steve McNair folded on the Flop
Seat 7: Riffe (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: airpooh (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 9: clark46 (big blind) mucked [Qh Qc Ks 9c]


I think Omaha is great, but not at a homegame full of people who don't understand it. We still have some folks who get mad when they find out that the flush on the board means that they have to split the pot even though they have the deuce of spades and that guy didn't have any spades. ( Sorry Jim.....it's true ) Not to mention all the shuffling and dealing necessary. Can you say 15 hands an hour ?

Pics from my homegame


One week ago I dropped fitty bucks into Neteller. Then put $25 into UB and $25 into PokerStars.

After a week of light (not if you ask my wife) play I am sitting on $112.02. More than doubling up on UB to 65.52 (I was over $70 briefly) and $46.50 on PokerStars thanks largely in part to the hand posted above.


I have been playing all cash games. Small stakes PL Omaha High and NL Holdem only. I need to start mixing in a few SNGs to break the monotony.