The Mastery of Two Games

Many poker players who are successful can play more than one game variation very proficiently. Until I began reading CTS's blog (from Card Runners) a month or two ago, I could only consider myself a one-trick pony. At this point, however, I can say that I can play two games profitably. I have been a quick learner in PL Omaha, and my recent success shows that.

Yesterday I banked like 30.00 playing PLO on UltimateBet. Today I switched over to FullTilt, and played a quick 6-handed NL Hold'em session before class. I bought in for 13.75, and ballooned it up to 26.00. I was down to around 20.00 when this hand came up. I raised UTG+1 to 1.00 with TT. The cutoff called, the button called, and the SB re-popped to 3.50. I called- this is a pretty loose aggressive game, he may very well have 99 or AK here, and I know the other two callers are just as loose, so I'm getting like 5:1. The other two donks called too, and there was over 17.00, or over 75BBs in the pot preflop. The flop was a wet dream. T-J-T. I flop quads. I want to string my opponents along, but I lose that option when the SB pushes. I call, and the other two fold. He had KK. I left the table up 35.00.

Later I got back on FullTilt to play PLO. I got coolered once and dropped 10.00, but the came back and ran my stack up to 45.00 before I got one-outered again. I got it all-in against two players with A-A-6-5 on a T-6-3-6 board. One of my opponents held K-K-Q-5, and the other 7-7-K-2. Therefore, I was sweating exactly one out on the river, the case King. BINGO, there it is. I was left with like 28.00, losing a monster pot that would've looked very nice in my bankroll. Just sick. I ran it back up to like 35.00, then coasted back and forth around 30.00. Then I got revenge on the one-outing culprit. I potted preflop with Qd-Qs-7c-5c, and got two callers. The flop came T-8-2, EP checked, I potted, One-outer guy calls, and so does EP. When the turn fell a 7, I was pretty much done with the hand, but it went check-check-check. WTF? The river was a Q giving me top set, but not the nut hand. One of my opponents could very easily have J9 or 69. EP checked, and so did I. Then the one-out guy in LP pushed for 20.00! EP folded, and I was left with a sick decision. I ruled out 69 fairly easily, but wouldn't he bet that turn with J9? I made the call for almost my entire stack, and he showed something like A-4-4-2. A pair of fucking fours. I was very happy with my call. Then I donked off 6.00 the next hand, missing one pull at a 15 outer on the flop and a second 18 out pull on the turn. Whatever. I left the table up 32.00. Had I not been skull-fucked by the one outer, you could add another 25.00ish to that.

I am very happy with a 67.00 profit, or 6.7 of my usual buy-ins. All I'm saying is that you'd better watch out for me at those PLO tables. :)

-The Gerk-