Ok, I know I will get blasted for this, but here goes

I guess leading flop is mandatory, but do I have to stick it in as played?

My reasons for folding: as played, my flush draw may very well be worthless (I would probably take SB's line with A234 with nut diamonds), my low draw doesn't have any protection and I have a decent stack in a pretty soft tournament*) even if I fold. What's more, I can't win any bounties while my own bounty is something like $80.

No reads on SB, BTN is pretty loose (47/17 I think), but he clearly knows what he's doing. He final tables this tournament all the time. Did I mention I feel like he owns me in every hand I play against him?



Just in case you're wondering, SB becomes a slight favourite (40/30/30 I think) if we all get it in.


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Wonder how UTG got this enormous stack?

I would play every street exactly as you did.

Tight fold with a3 seems fine given bounty and FT situation.

As played, fold is ok. I don't mind underrepping the hand after declining the option PF. I would not consider a lead OTF without more options (nut flush, or gutshot) so once it goes bet, c/r, you have to assume your draws are no longer strong.

Different view: Why not raise the BTN limp PF? Curious about your rationale there. With the pre-flop raise, a flop lead is mandatory and works out in the end, though maybe you don't get the KK97 to stack off though.

yeesh i guess i suck cause i woulda called flop? lmao

i guess i'd be thinking, checked/limped ranges from the btn/SB, are we really facing off against nut diamonds, A3w type stuff? so i'd feel like i'd wanna get it in. but i guess the presumptive idea is more about the pot/re-pot action telling us what their ranges are, even if pre was low action.

i'd call pre and check flop at least, though

I don't think getin is a massive mistake at all, but feels a bit unnecessary especially with the alleged skill advantage.

Pre was limped to us, so you probably mean check pre.

Just to clarify, I thought the tournament was pretty soft overall but I'm not sure I still have an edge at this stage. I don't think anybody else would make such a a colossal punt as CO did in the hand above (I do realize he had a gutter and the nut flush draw, but stacking off for 150bb on the flop has to be a massive mistake in my opinion). To be totally honest, I most likely don't have an edge and may even be the most likely candidate for a big mistake (not that it really matters) so this might be a good reason to just stick it in here and hope for the best.

BTN's hand is one of the worst possible hands for my own equity and still I'm not way behind.

Yep, but SB is at the very bottom of his range.

yeah i see what you're saying

and yeah i mean i check pre

I guess it's just a mixture of best case scenario and worst case scenario.

I could obviously be crushed ...

Remember: non-nut flushes in Omaha HL no matter the format are the trickiest to play near the bubble. That's a really smart line you took in hand one. You're either huge, or hoping a A or 3 don't come. And there it's likely you're dead to the lo coming and holding.

Original play was perfect. Thinking at time of posting not so much.

The way you want to play this sort of hand is against one opponent who is out of line, so leading into this limped pot will range from somewhere between solidly -EV and slightly good. And calling the bet and checkraise is just suicide.