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Originally Posted by gotf
If I were player 1 in this case I would definitely shown the other 2. In plo it's so easy to misread hands or for both players to miss draws, or get counterfeited.
For example, what if player 1 had A Q like he showed and the two other cards were to make flushes double suited and missed.
Player 2 could easily had AJ98 double suited. Let's say flop is J 10 4. not out of the question for me to bet out if I have gutter straight and nut flush. Turn is a 10 and I try to steal. All player 2 has is J's and tens and could fold to me representing a 10.
River come another 10, player 2's jacks up are counterfeited, and he now loses to AQ. The only way player can win, is to get player 1 to muck. Once player 2 sees AQ and know he has the losing hand, what does he have to lose by asking player 1 to show or muck. Player 1 is wrong to assume that he is beat although he probably is when player 2 asks to see the cards. If player 1 shows the other 2 cards, player 2 might instantly muck.
I've seen some funky plo hands where 9 or 10 high has won big pots when multiple players say, I missed, me too, me three
While I agree wholeheartedly that Omaha players do misread their hand/board, usually, when they have called an all in(big bet) at the river? They know what they have, and, it'll be better than just AQxx high. So, I don't think it would've mattered in this particular case, but I do think it's good practice to just table your hand and put the ball in your opponents court(ie) maybe they misread the board and muck a winner, but, if you show two and then muck the other two anyway, why even bother showing anything?...cause you've basically just relinquished any claim to the pot. Looks like the guy was more concerned about "saving face" than he was about actually winning the pot. Like you said, players are routinely and correctly betting w/all sorts of draws(it's a huge draw game ldo), so why the drama at the end? No need.
