PLO Is Sick

I like going from site to site and game to game. It is soooooo much better than just playing NLHE on Pokerstars. I can pick a game that suits my mood, and changing where you play is just as refreshing.

After my limit session yesterday, I scurried over to FullTilt for some PLO, a game a hadn't played in a few days. Oh boy, did I have a sick session. I more than doubled my stack, then lost a couple huge pots, one with J-8-A-A. The flop was J-8-5 with two spades, and I potted. He called, and the turn was a non-spade 7. He checked, I bet 4.00, and he called. The river was the 6h, and he checked. I just checked behind with four connecting cards on the board, and he showed a busted Q-high flush draw with 3-4. Sick way to lose a pot, I'll tell ya.

Anyway, I busted, rebought, and then our table completely lost it. We had one guy that had already gone through 75.00 at .10/.25 in like 20 minutes, and he was potting EVERY hand preflop, or re-potting if it was raised to him. It was insane. I limped with Tc-6c-Qh-Qs, and he potted (of course) on the button. I was the only caller, and we took a flop of T-6-K. I checked, he potted for 4.00. Now, I don't think I'm beat here, he isn't going to pot with three Kings. I put him on a hand like JJ or maybe even AA, but I think the biggest part of his range consists of K-x (AK, AQ etc.). I call his bet. The turn is an under-blank, a very safe card for my hand. I decide to put the screws to him and bet the pot of over 12.00. He calls INSTANTLY. Not raises, CALLS. That tells me something about his hand- he is fairly sure it isn't good, but he might have outs to beat me, maybe holding a hand similar to Q-J-K-x. The turn is like a 5, another under non-scare card. I only have like 6 bucks back, so it's getting in the pot. He calls right away, and I hold my breath as he mucks and I rake an enormous pot. It had to be AA or Q-J-K-x. Either way, after a couple more maniacs at our table busted, we got to heads-up and then a few short stacks joined the table. I left up 24.00.

I'm playing another session as we speak; I'll let you know how it goes.

-The Gerk-