Hand 1 - Limped pot. Anyone folding the river with the blockers?

Hand 2 - Villian, (126 hands - 25%/15%/5%)
I bet the turn thinking if he has two pair, i've just substituted it. On the river, im trying to eek a little value. Is the river a check call always?

Hand 1
PokerStars - $0.02 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 97 BB
Hero (SB): 170 BB
BB: 161 BB
UTG: 615.5 BB
MP: 131 BB
CO: 120 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 5 3 K

fold, fold, CO calls 1 BB, fold, Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (3 BB, 3 players) 8 4 2
Hero bets 2 BB, fold, CO calls 2 BB

Turn: (7 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 5.5 BB, CO calls 5.5 BB

River: (18 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 13 BB, CO raises to 56.5 BB, Hero calls 43.5 BB




Hand 2
PokerStars - $0.02 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 132.5 BB
SB: 115.5 BB
BB: 331 BB
UTG: 103 BB
MP: 96 BB
Hero (CO): 104 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A A T 9

fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) K Q 4
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero bets 3 BB, BB calls 3 BB

River: (12.5 BB, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero bets 4 BB, BB raises to 24 BB, Hero calls 20 BB

hand 1: Just fold pre. EZ game. After that it's mostly a cooler, although at these stakes I doubt anyone is intelligently bluffing here (esp. given your sizing) so it's just on if they've decided you have a set and are raising any4 that missed (wtf is that) or they are raising worse for value. Wouldn't be shocked to mostly see 75/53 here. If you think villain can bluff a lot I'd prefer x/c.

hand 2: Just bet flop, esp. with gutter+BDFD, he might call anyway but eh. Don't bet turn when flush hits, although any other 4 would be good. On river again, it's hard to find good bluffs and wtf. is he raising with that you beat some JJ combo? So he's either always got the 4, or he's somehow bluffing a lot (and probably not that).

I think you played the 1st hand fine, you're not blocking hearts and you have 55 blockers, so he's gonna show up with missed draw enough.


2nd flop is close, but checking back seems fine. No reason to bet turn since nothing better is folding and nothing worse is calling. Bet bigger on river, at least 50% for exactly this reason, if you're gonna open yourself up to c/r making 33% isn't worth it. As played river is puke call, but I've noticed population plays these spots straight forward.

No one bluff raises river at PLO2, I have learned. Would love to be more nuanced but yeah, there might be the odd bluff as a bet but literally never as a raise.

Hand 1 fold pre, as played you have the perfect bluff catcher so call

Hand 2 his line is very strong. I find a tight fold