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03-09-2018 , 02:50 PM
This happened last week, i am still scratching my head. where did i go wrong
Villain pots every hand preflop. He has $2500, I have $1600

My cards Ad6dJs10s

He pots $40, and I call.

Flop

8s9sKd

He bets $120, I call

Turn Qd

I have SF draw, Nut strait, nut flush D draw

I pot like $375, he instantly declares REPOT, so i am all in.
River Qs

He has K high spade flush to win no other posibilities at all.

Where did i go wrong
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03-09-2018 , 02:54 PM
What position are you in and what position is V in? I'd probably repot pre against someone who's potting 100%. We're doing well against any 4 cards.

I may be reading wrong but don't you have the nut straight flush on the river? i
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03-09-2018 , 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MIB211
What position are you in and what position is V in? I'd probably repot pre against someone who's potting 100%. We're doing well against any 4 cards.

I may be reading wrong but don't you have the nut straight flush on the river? i
Sorry he had the Qs, and the Ks cam on river

He opened and I was button

And he calls all re raises
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03-09-2018 , 02:58 PM
You went wrong by not showing your hand. You have a straight flush.
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03-09-2018 , 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by CUSO
Sorry he had the Qs, and the Ks cam on river

He opened and I was button

And he calls all re raises
Thanks.

Still 3-bet if he calls all re-raises. You have the BTN and a range advantage. 3-betting does so much for you in this spot:

1. You get more money in pre when you're ahead and you're in position. Always a good thing.
2. You make it much more likely you get head's up and can win pot when you both miss.
3. When you 3-bet pre in position, you make it very easy to see either a free turn or a free river if you so choose. On most flops he's going to check to you, and you have the option to take a free turn. If you c-bet flop, he's probably going to check most turns to you. You have the option to see a free river. This really helps you realize your equity.
4. If V is a maniac and apt to 4-bet, you're still doing fine against his range.

As played, flop is either a call or a raise depending on reads. Is this V c-betting a ton? Then I'd repot/gii. Is he super-sticky post-flop? Then I'm more apt to call.

Turn is obviously fine. You have the nuts + a bunch of redraws (spades and broadway) and gii.
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03-09-2018 , 03:44 PM
He seemed to just be throwing money away. he was down 4k at this point, and 1k i had was from a hand i won from him 3 hands earlier. Will be a while before I decide to play again. I was mentally screwed buy the hand. i barely remember how i gott home even
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03-09-2018 , 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by CUSO
I was mentally screwed buy the hand. i barely remember how i gott home even
/\ This is where you went wrong.

If losing a big hand like this in PLO tilts you, you need to set an "I'm up, I'm leaving" amount -- and leave the minute you hit it. 200bb, 300bb, whatever it is, just rack up and go.

You played the hand well. You could have 3bet pre, but flatting was OK, too.

Taking a break is a good idea. Don't let it ruin you -- hands like this happen to all of us, unfortunately. I had the same thing happen Sat. night, but for only about $700. Guy pots turn. I have the nut flush draw (from flop) and a straight. I repot, he calls all-in and hits his spade (yes, spades again). He only had a K-high flush draw, which he hit on turn. No other outs. Just remember, we want them to play bad and we want them in our games -- we just don't want them to hit!
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03-09-2018 , 07:27 PM
I'll assume you got a suit wrong in the OP, because if you didn't then you mucked the winner.

Beyond that the play is fine. If losing a pot like this tilts you then you're playing too high.
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03-10-2018 , 02:41 AM
Played it fine. All yo can do is get your money in good and cross your fingers, beyond that it's just ul
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03-11-2018 , 02:45 PM
You played fine,but you need to be prepared for 10 times worse bad beats.You should be

happy when playing against this bad opponent.
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03-11-2018 , 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Purasevic
You played fine,but you need to be prepared for 10 times worse bad beats.You should be

happy when playing against this bad opponent.
this.

also making bad beat cry baby stories you try to disguise as strategy posts doesn't make you improve as a player. it's actually the sign of being mentally weak and too results oriented as a player. you know you played the hand fine. make good decisions and the money will follow.
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03-19-2018 , 02:53 AM
I don't think it wise to 3-bet preflop against a maniac:
[A] If it won't slow him down, then you have no idea where you are at and will commit your stack if you make any kind of 2 pair, but won't like it.
[B] If it WILL slow him down; then I wonder why you would want to do that?

Your mistakes:
You mistyped, but that is fixed.
I'm tempted to suggest gambling on the flop; but against a maniac gambling with draws is far better if you also have a pair, since you are very likely to have to show this hand down.
You wonder where you "went wrong" after you got in all your money with the nuts plus the nuts redraw and a blocker flush draw against someone with a 7-out non-nut draw. You really should wait until you have the nut straight and TWO nut flush redraws. Not. I guess the mistake is presuming you are going to win every hand you play great. No, Omahaha is very high variance because realistically its rare for someone to put in a lot of money drawing dead.

If you cannot handle losing $1600 after getting the vast majority in with a nut-nut hand like that, then I think you shouldn't be playing Omahaha at these stakes. Seriously. I'm having almost exactly the same problem.

If he is the maniac he seems and you have this loss issue, then you really should have just called the turn and waited to see if you still have the nuts on the river. That will let you take two shots at him (one later in the night).
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03-19-2018 , 01:07 PM
Sometimes in poker you just have to lose. Agree with others who have said that if it bothered you that much, you probably shouldn't have been playing in the game in the first place.
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