Monday, January 10, 2005

Online debut in 2005 – The year of the bluff?

Fresh from being annoyed at the mistake I had made the previous night at the Vic I decided it was time to play my first online game of the year. I started of in the Omaha Pot Limit $5/$10 on Pokerstars with $600 and finished about an hour later with $2200 for a nice profit of $1600 which went some way towards compensating for the £700 loss the previous night.
I would say that I am not normally a big bluffer in Omaha. However, the three hands below tell a different story. I enjoyed showing these bluffs to the table. The annoying thing was that I know I would have been paid of very well if I could have stuck around and waited for a monster. I just had to dash of to a party.
I wouldn’t say any of these bluffs were particularly well timed it was more of a case that I had to keep betting if I was going to pick up the pot.

Bluff 1

*********** # 4 **************
PokerStars Game #1052786173: Omaha Pot Limit ($5/$10) - 2005/01/08 - 12:19:06
(ET)
Table 'Alcathous' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Glenmorangie ($1444.50 in chips)
Seat 3: MoonSky ($1663.50 in chips)
Seat 4: hamsa ($585 in chips)
Seat 5: milkybarkid ($957.50 in chips)
Seat 6: soora ($1654.50 in chips)
Seat 7: MENTOR 2 ($1279 in chips)
Seat 8: Evelyn ($2896.05 in chips)
Seat 9: **Tycoon** ($990 in chips)
**Tycoon**: posts small blind $5
Glenmorangie: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to milkybarkid [Tc Ts 9h Jh]
MoonSky: calls $10
hamsa has timed out
hamsa: folds
hamsa is sitting out
milkybarkid: raises $35 to $45
soora: folds
MENTOR 2: folds
hamsa has returned
LuckyTC is connected
LuckyTC has returned
Evelyn: folds
**Tycoon**: calls $40
Glenmorangie: folds
MoonSky: calls $35
*** FLOP *** [4c Qc Ks]
**Tycoon**: checks
MoonSky: checks
milkybarkid: bets $142
**Tycoon**: folds
MoonSky: calls $142
*** TURN *** [4c Qc Ks] [7d]
MoonSky: checks
milkybarkid: bets $426
MoonSky: calls $426
*** RIVER *** [4c Qc Ks 7d] [Qh]
MoonSky: checks
milkybarkid: bets $344.50 and is all-in
MoonSky: folds
milkybarkid collected $1278 from pot
milkybarkid: shows [Tc Ts 9h Jh] (two pair, Queens and tens)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1281 Rake $3
Board [4c Qc Ks 7d Qh]
Seat 1: Glenmorangie (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: MoonSky folded on the River
Seat 4: hamsa folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: milkybarkid collected ($1278)
Seat 6: soora folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: MENTOR 2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Evelyn (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: **Tycoon** (small blind) folded on the Flop

Bluff 2

*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #1052798463: Omaha Pot Limit ($5/$10) - 2005/01/08 - 12:23:26
(ET)
Table 'Alcathous' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Glenmorangie ($1499.50 in chips)
Seat 3: MoonSky ($1000.50 in chips)
Seat 4: hamsa ($694 in chips)
Seat 5: milkybarkid ($1482.50 in chips)
Seat 6: soora ($1654.50 in chips)
Seat 7: MENTOR 2 ($1239 in chips)
Seat 8: Evelyn ($2856.05 in chips)
Seat 9: **Tycoon** ($1000 in chips)
hamsa: posts small blind $5
milkybarkid: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to milkybarkid [9c 6h Ts 5s]
soora: folds
MENTOR 2: folds
Evelyn: raises $20 to $30
**Tycoon**: folds
LuckyTC is connected
Glenmorangie: calls $30
MoonSky: calls $30
LuckyTC has returned
hamsa: calls $25
milkybarkid: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [Th Jc 8s]
hamsa: checks
milkybarkid: bets $20
Evelyn: calls $20
Glenmorangie: folds
MoonSky: folds
hamsa: calls $20
*** TURN *** [Th Jc 8s] [4h]
hamsa: checks
milkybarkid: bets $140
LuckyTC said, "sorry guys, if happens again I guess I have to stop"
Evelyn: calls $140
hamsa: folds
*** RIVER *** [Th Jc 8s 4h] [8d]
milkybarkid: bets $250
Evelyn: folds
milkybarkid collected $487 from pot
milkybarkid: shows [9c 6h Ts 5s] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $490 Rake $3
Board [Th Jc 8s 4h 8d]
Seat 1: Glenmorangie folded on the Flop
Seat 3: MoonSky (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: hamsa (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 5: milkybarkid (big blind) collected ($487)
Seat 6: soora folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: MENTOR 2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Evelyn folded on the River
Seat 9: **Tycoon** folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Bluff 3

PokerStars Game #1052860704: Omaha Pot Limit ($5/$10) - 2005/01/08 - 12:44:30
(ET)
Table 'Alcathous' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Glenmorangie ($1621.50 in chips)
Seat 2: LuckyTC ($2186.50 in chips)
Seat 3: MoonSky ($2005 in chips)
Seat 4: hamsa ($770 in chips)
Seat 5: milkybarkid ($1477.50 in chips)
Seat 6: soora ($1132.50 in chips)
Seat 7: MENTOR 2 ($1209 in chips)
Seat 8: Evelyn ($2880.05 in chips)
Seat 9: **Tycoon** ($1916 in chips)
Glenmorangie: posts small blind $5
LuckyTC: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to milkybarkid [8d 5h Jc 6s]
MoonSky: folds
hamsa: calls $10
milkybarkid: calls $10
MoonSky is sitting out
soora: calls $10
MENTOR 2: folds
Evelyn: raises $20 to $30
**Tycoon**: calls $30
Glenmorangie: folds
LuckyTC: calls $20
hamsa: calls $20
milkybarkid: calls $20
soora: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [6h Ks 4d]
LuckyTC: checks
hamsa: checks
milkybarkid: checks
soora: checks
Evelyn: bets $60
**Tycoon**: folds
LuckyTC: folds
hamsa: calls $60
milkybarkid: calls $60
soora: folds
*** TURN *** [6h Ks 4d] [2s]
hamsa: checks
milkybarkid: bets $100
Evelyn: calls $100
hamsa: calls $100
*** RIVER *** [6h Ks 4d 2s] [Td]
hamsa: checks
milkybarkid: bets $280
Evelyn: folds
hamsa: folds
milkybarkid collected $662 from pot
milkybarkid: shows [8d 5h Jc 6s] (a pair of Sixes)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $665 Rake $3
Board [6h Ks 4d 2s Td]
Seat 1: Glenmorangie (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: LuckyTC (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: MoonSky folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: hamsa folded on the River
Seat 5: milkybarkid collected ($662)
Seat 6: soora folded on the Flop
Seat 7: MENTOR 2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Evelyn folded on the River
Seat 9: **Tycoon** (button) folded on the Flop

2 comments:

Big Dave D said...

Milky,

I'm not sure if you posted these for comment or not. Feel free to tell me to fuck off. Hand 1 is standard, although I would bet slightly less on the turn to leave a bigger bullet to fire on the river. I don't like either of hand 2 or 3 (I dont think you should even be playing 3 preflop, and I'm pretty loose.) In each case you end up bluffing with virtually no outs in small pots and multiple players, and keep going when you get multiple callers. Moreover, Hamsa is normally very loose and no passer of anything semi-sentient. The problem you may get in this game is that you may find yourself getting snapped off on the turn or worse (albeit not in the examples here) find yourself pot committed with few outs against a shit player who then raises you. And you have to call because you have manufactured the right price to flush your stack away. This should really be the other way round.

Anyway, gl

dd

Milkybarkid said...

Comments are good and i always welcome them. I agree with your analysis of hands 2 and 3 as they are utter garbage preflop. I think i was still on tilt from the night before when misreading the game we were playing at the Vic cost me a cool grand. Hamsa a few days ago reraised me to $1000 to put himself all in preflop when i held AATJ and managed to scoop on a T2327 board. He held TTJA. Nasty! Espcecially as i thought the board looked reasonably safe. My preflop play in these games is normally very tight and i normally see about 15-25% of flops.