played badly or unlucky

[teaulc]

pokersatellites omaha hi-lo 0.25/0.50,, i am sir auron ***** Hand 571304569 ***** 0.25/0.50 Omaha Hi/Lo (PL) - Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:48:00 PM Table OH 51 (Real /Cash Game ) Seat 1: Ak-Hi (18.25) Seat 2: sir auron (63.48) Seat 3: campi1 (9.50) Seat 4: feccia2 (76.71) Seat 5: viziko (17.37) campi1 post SB 0.25 feccia2 post BB 0.50 ** Deal ** Ak-Hi [N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A] sir auron [9c, Kc, Ad, 6s] campi1 [N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A] feccia2 [N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A] viziko [N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** viziko Call 0.50 Ak-Hi Call 0.50 sir auron Call 0.50 campi1 Call 0.50 feccia2 Check *** Flop(Board): *** : [9s, Ac, 9h] *** Bet Round 2 *** campi1 Check feccia2 Check viziko Check Ak-Hi Bet 2.50 sir auron Call 2.50 campi1 Call 2.50 feccia2 Fold viziko Fold *** Turn(Board): *** : [9s, Ac, 9h, 2s] *** Bet Round 3 *** campi1 Check Ak-Hi Bet 10.00 sir auron Raise to 20.00 campi1 All-in 6.50 Ak-Hi All-in 15.25 *** River(Board): *** : [9s, Ac, 9h, 2s, Qs] *** Showdown *** : Rake: 2.35 Total Pot: 44.65 Ak-Hi [Qc, Jd, Qd, 9d] Full house Win :44.65 sir auron [9c, Kc, Ad, 6s] Full house Win :0.00 campi1 [5d, 3d, Ah, Kd] Two pair aces and nines Win :0.00

[dibbut]

Re: played badly or unlucky I'm no Ohama expert, but I would say: you were definitely unlucky, but you may also have played it badly. First, you were clearly unlucky on the river. When the chips went in on the turn, your opponents had two cards between them to beat you. Any of the other 34 cards on the river and you win. You had massive pot equity; they sucked out on you. On the other hand, why did you slow play the flop? You have the second nuts - you're only trailing only to pocket aces. Ak-Hi has made the maximum bet (I think), so he's likely going to see the turn whatever it costs. Raise him there and then - make him pay to play his garbage. I'm not saying that your slowplay was wrong, but you need to know why you did it. Perhaps your anxious not to cut off any overcall from campi1. Judging by his atrocious all-in on the turn, however, this guy stinks so bad that pot odds mean nothing to him. I don't think a flop raise will alter this guy's action one iota. It's a good hand to post, there are interesting questions there.