An up and down morning

I decided to play 6-max $1/$2 limit hold em this morning. I started playing tight-aggressive and I won a few pots, nothing big... but good. Then somehow, I went on a string of suck-outs. The most notable was QQ vs. 87 and 89. The odds of me winning this hand are pretty good, right? Well, the flop was 8 8 7 (not kidding). I endured numerous other suck outs and I was stuck for $50 at one point. I managed to win my last two hands at the table, though, and I think I finished that session down only $35. I quickly won this back playing full table $2/$4 limit hold em.

After clawing my way back to even, I stupidly decided to play pot limit ($25 max buy in). I played one hand ridiculously bad (JJ) against a guy who played it even worse (KQ), but he rivered a flush and I lost my whole buy-in. Rather frustrated, I intelligently decided to play $0.50/$1.00 and start grinding again.

Fortunately, for me, I got bored with limit hold em and I opened a single table of PL Omaha ($25 max buy in). I immediately noticed that a bunch of players were calling huge bets with relatively weak hands (for Omaha, that is) like two pair. I have very little experience with Omaha, but I do have the ability to recognize the nuts (apparently these folks did not) and I also know how to count my outs.

I played two orbits without much action when I decided that it was time to quit. I generally like to play the last hand of the session, and I was dealt 9QKA, not great but playable in an unraised pot. The table was really passive, so I limped as did a bunch of other people. The flop was 3 T J (rainbow), giving a nut draw to numerous straights. I checked-raised the button and got one other caller. The turn was a 9, giving me the nuts, although there was a straight draw. I made a pot-sized bet and both people called. The river was a blank (thankfully), and I tripled up (almost) against a guy who flopped two pair and a guy with the bottom end of the straight. Like i said, there were alot of people at this table who were willing to call big bets with mediocre hands.

In conclusion, I won $15 from the entire session. If only I could have a little more disciplined playing NL/PL hold'em, I would be rich!

I have copied the hand history from the PLO hand for fun...

$25 PL Omaha Hi - Sunday, May 22, 10:21:59 EDT 2005
Table Table 36964 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 6: tonyalves ( $45.83 )
Seat 7: billybatts77 ( $18.2 )
Seat 10: bandit1985 ( $18.4 )
Seat 3: frazwood ( $24 )
Seat 8: BrainFart_ ( $30.38 )
Seat 9: axbet ( $15.5 )
Seat 4: bax_ax ( $34.65 )
Seat 5: stonerock2k ( $56.7 )
Seat 1: GRAY_VOUVRAY ( $24.75 )
Seat 2: Tzm5M ( $25 )
GRAY_VOUVRAY posts small blind [$0.1].
Tzm5M posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to frazwood [ Kh Qd Ac 9c ]
frazwood calls [$0.25].
bax_ax calls [$0.25].
stonerock2k folds.
tonyalves calls [$0.25].
billybatts77 calls [$0.25].
BrainFart_ calls [$0.25].
axbet calls [$0.25].
bandit1985 folds.
GRAY_VOUVRAY calls [$0.15].
Tzm5M checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, Jc, 3d ]
GRAY_VOUVRAY checks.
Tzm5M checks.
frazwood checks.
bax_ax checks.
tonyalves checks.
billybatts77 checks.
BrainFart_ checks.
axbet bets [$1].
GRAY_VOUVRAY folds.
Tzm5M folds.
frazwood raises [$4.9].
bax_ax folds.
tonyalves calls [$4.9].
billybatts77 folds.
BrainFart_ folds.
axbet calls [$3.9].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
frazwood bets [$15.9].
tonyalves calls [$15.9].
axbet is all-In [$10.35]
** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
frazwood is all-In [$2.95]
tonyalves calls [$2.95].
frazwood shows [ Kh, Qd, Ac, 9c ] a straight, nine to king.
tonyalves shows [ 7c, Kc, Ks, 8h ] a straight, seven to jack.
axbet doesn't show [ Td, Js, 2h, Ah ] two pairs, jacks and tens.
frazwood wins $16.35 from side pot #1 with a straight, nine to king.
frazwood wins $45.4 from the main pot with a straight, nine to king.