CelebPoker.co.uk Tournament
This was an Omaha hand that took place recently online at CelebPoker.co.uk. Having been dealt (6c,9c,Ad,Qh) I decided to call and see a flop. In cash games I quite often like seeing flops, as the Pot Limit nature of the game means it is never going to cost you all that much.
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The flop came down (6h,Jc,3c). One of the online poker players at the table made a bet of half the size of the pot, and I flat called feeling that perhaps my opponent had a hand containing (x,4,5,x) or a two pair. The Flush was also a worry and I should have really thought how difficult my situation might be if the club fell before I decided to call. The turn brought an interesting looking (6d) and my Celeb Poker opponents check made me feel that perhaps they had missed the Straight or Flush.
With this, I decided to try and pick up the CelebPoker.co.uk tournament pot there and then with a pot sized raise, and when my opponent called, I immediately felt that I had misread the situation and should slow right down on the river. But then the river fell, (9) to give me a Full House. Still there should have been alarm bells ringing, and my opponent even gave me a chance to lose a much smaller amount by checking the river. I foolishly raised it strongly, only to be faced with a big reraise. I almost folded, but in the end, I felt I had simply come too far by this point, and called.
My opponent turned over (J,6) for a better Full House and I was angry with myself for losing so much. Many players out there might have lost quite a lot in this pot, but I know that I was capable of folding at several points in the hand, and should have checked the river after I had got that far. I am always the first to admit mistakes in my own play, but I have had to make a few very difficult folds recently in Omaha cash play, and perhaps I was subconciously wanting to take the chance that my hand was good. Either way, it has left me more determined to play better next time I sit down at CelebPoker, which I suppose is the right way to react to such a situation.
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