An interesting bubble maneuver
Got a chance to play tonight, started with 8 people and was playing 7 handed when I jumped in right before the add-on period. Managed to win 1 big pot to double up and get to the bubble when this hand took place.
Blinds 125/250 NL Omaha - 9 Max - 2017/07/07 - 23:10:34
Table 1
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players: 4
Seat 4: seat4 ( 11856 )
Seat 5: seat5 ( 1847 )
Seat 6: seat6 ( 9597 )
Seat 7: hero ( 2700 )
seat4: posts ante [25]
seat5: posts ante [25]
seat6: posts ante [25]
hero: posts ante [25]
seat6: posts small blind [125]
hero: posts big blind [250]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ 3♠, 8♠, 4♠, 5♦ ]
seat4 folds
seat5 calls [250]
seat6 calls [125]
hero raises [2425]
The trend I've noticed in these things is that people tend to be very patient when we are on the bubble, even those with a lot of chips. I only had played with seat5 before who was the short stack and I felt that he almost never would call a shove here for all of his chips. If he had something worth going all-in with he would have shoved himself instead of just limping. Seat 6 was an unknown but playing pretty passively (and pretty loose preflop). I think he probably calls with almost any 4 in the small blind for 1/2 price but would need something good to call a shove.
My hand is pretty much garbage so I could check and try to get lucky but even flops that hit me are vulnerable (a straight or flush with this hand could easily lose to a higher straight or flush). I could also raise pot but it's not as powerful a bet and I think there's a better chance I get a call from the SB if it's anything less than a shove. Plus that basically commits me and I could be looking at a lot of flops where I whiff badly (all overcards for example).
So I stuck it in and hoped for the best. At least if I got called I would see all 5 cards. Fortunately both players folded and I took down a key pot. Didn't show it in case I needed to make another big play with air, but that put me in a much better chip position. Seat5 ended up bowing out a short while later and I at least got into the money.
Since I'm not playing much anymore I'll save the rest for my next post.
Blinds 125/250 NL Omaha - 9 Max - 2017/07/07 - 23:10:34
Table 1
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players: 4
Seat 4: seat4 ( 11856 )
Seat 5: seat5 ( 1847 )
Seat 6: seat6 ( 9597 )
Seat 7: hero ( 2700 )
seat4: posts ante [25]
seat5: posts ante [25]
seat6: posts ante [25]
hero: posts ante [25]
seat6: posts small blind [125]
hero: posts big blind [250]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ 3♠, 8♠, 4♠, 5♦ ]
seat4 folds
seat5 calls [250]
seat6 calls [125]
hero raises [2425]
The trend I've noticed in these things is that people tend to be very patient when we are on the bubble, even those with a lot of chips. I only had played with seat5 before who was the short stack and I felt that he almost never would call a shove here for all of his chips. If he had something worth going all-in with he would have shoved himself instead of just limping. Seat 6 was an unknown but playing pretty passively (and pretty loose preflop). I think he probably calls with almost any 4 in the small blind for 1/2 price but would need something good to call a shove.
My hand is pretty much garbage so I could check and try to get lucky but even flops that hit me are vulnerable (a straight or flush with this hand could easily lose to a higher straight or flush). I could also raise pot but it's not as powerful a bet and I think there's a better chance I get a call from the SB if it's anything less than a shove. Plus that basically commits me and I could be looking at a lot of flops where I whiff badly (all overcards for example).
So I stuck it in and hoped for the best. At least if I got called I would see all 5 cards. Fortunately both players folded and I took down a key pot. Didn't show it in case I needed to make another big play with air, but that put me in a much better chip position. Seat5 ended up bowing out a short while later and I at least got into the money.
Since I'm not playing much anymore I'll save the rest for my next post.
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