A Sample Poker Hand Of Omaha Part4
Andy isn't thrilled with his hand, but there is now $780 in the pot, and he doesn't have the problem Chuck had—needing to worry that he might have to invest still more money to find out if his hand is the winner. So Andy calls (he calls $60 to try to win $780).
Bob's ace-high flush wins the pot, a surprise ending to most Omaha players who hold a flush on the turn and then see the board pair on the river. Bob rakes in the $840 pot and breathes a sigh of relief. Chuck silently curses his "bad luck" in having failed to make his straight flush but simultaneously congratulates himself for saving $60 on the end with his losing hand. Andy reminds himself for the thirty-seventh time this month about the danger of drawing to non-nut flushes in limit Omaha, and the dealer slides the button over to Andy, who will get to act last on the next hand.
You've now had a brief introduction to how and when cards get dealt in Omaha, and you have a sense of how a hand proceeds. The much more difficult part—why you should check, bet, call, raise, or fold at each juncture—will be addressed in Chapter 9.
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A Sample Poker Hand Of Omaha Part3
Andy now has the first betting option (he "acted" first as well in the first round by posting the small blind), and because his flush draw is not a nut-flush draw, he checks. Bob, who does have the nut-flush draw, decides to bet $30. Chuck, who nearly jumped out of his seat when he saw the possibility of an open-ended straight-flush draw, pauses to think. He has a strong draw, but it is only a draw at this point, and he'd like to collect lots of bets from everyone if he hits his miracle straight flush, so he just calls. Hal and Andy also call, meaning that the pot is now $360 ($60 each before the flop and $30 each on the flop).
The turn card proves to be the 0, giving flushes to Andy, Bob, and Chuck. Andy, with a king-high flush, decides to bet $60 (remember, the stakes have now doubled). Bob, who knows he has the best hand at the moment and would like to either drive out anyone who might have three of a kind or at least make it expensive for such a player to draw, raises it to $120.
Chuck has a jack-high flush, but the bet and then the raise have him concerned. Still, the chance that his jack-high flush might be the winner, combined with the hope that he might hit a miracle card for his straight flush, entices him to call the $120.
Hal's open-ended straight draw has not improved, and everyone else seems very happy to see a third diamond on the board. Hal decides that he might be "drawing dead"—that is, he could hit his ideal card and still lose—so he folds.
Andy considers a reraise but remembers the old saying that "if it's possible in Omaha, it will probably happen," so he decides just to call. With another $360 going into the pot on the turn, the pot now totals $720.
The river produces the (0, putting a pair on the board and thus making flushes vulnerable to full houses (or even four of a kind). Andy checks, Bob bets $60, and Chuck decides that his jack-high flush is probably no good. (Before the last card, Chuck wasn't sure that his flush was good, but now, with a full house possible, he is really convinced that he is beat.) If he felt he could contest the pot for just $60, he might call, but he figures there's a chance Andy could be thinking about check-raising. Chuck folds.
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