FTOPS 19 PLO8

Tournament time. These events in big online series are fun. More fun if I'm still playing after ten or so hours.

I won a satellite and sold 50% of my action in the $256 PLO8 Knockout event on Full Tilt Poker. Actually I sold the action first, then won the multi-seat satellite for a $55 buy-in.

Before the start of the tournament I had already locked up some profit from the satellite seat (the only satellite I entered).

Here are the three hands where I busted people and took the prizes on their heads (at $40 per head, with 50% to investors):

Hand 1

Full Tilt, 50/100 blinds Pot Limit Omaha H/L Tournament, 9 Players
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SB: 5,155 (51.6 bb)
BB: 13,620 (136.2 bb)
UTG+1: 6,513 (65.1 bb)
UTG+2: 4,880 (48.8 bb)
MP1: 4,840 (48.4 bb)
MP2: 2,070 (20.7 bb)
Hero (MP3): 3,916 (39.2 bb)
CO: 2,388 (23.9 bb)
BTN: 4,605 (46.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with K 2 J A
3 folds, MP2 calls 100, Hero raises to 450, 4 folds, MP2 raises to 1,500, Hero raises to 3,916 and is all-in, MP2 calls 570 and is all-in

Flop: (4,290) 3 9 Q (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: (4,290) Q (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: (4,290) 2 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: 4,290 pot
Final Board: 3 9 Q Q 2
MP2 showed A 5 4 K and lost (-2,070 net)
Hero showed K 2 J A and won 4,290 (2,220 net)

Hand 2

Full Tilt, 60/120 blinds Pot Limit Omaha H/L Tournament, 7 Players
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BB: 7,630 (63.6 bb)
MP1: 13,074 (109 bb)
MP2: 13,893 (115.8 bb)
MP3: 2,305 (19.2 bb)
Hero (CO): 10,871 (90.6 bb)
BTN: 8,501 (70.8 bb)
SB: 12,719 (106 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A 2 4 7
2 folds, MP3 raises to 360, Hero calls 360, 3 folds

Flop: (900) 5 6 5 (2 players)
MP3 bets 900, Hero raises to 2,160, MP3 calls 1,045 and is all-in

Turn: (4,790) 7 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (4,790) 8 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: 4,790 pot
Final Board: 5 6 5 7 8
MP3 showed 3 K A J and lost (-2,305 net)
Hero showed A 2 4 7 and won 4,790 (2,485 net)

Hand 3

Full Tilt, 50/100 blinds Pot Limit Omaha H/L Tournament, 9 Players
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UTG+1: 5,105 (51.1 bb)
UTG+2: 13,620 (136.2 bb)
MP1: 6,588 (65.9 bb)
MP2: 4,680 (46.8 bb)
MP3: 4,690 (46.9 bb)
CO: 6,495 (65 bb)
Hero (BTN): 6,111 (61.1 bb)
SB: 2,588 (25.9 bb)
BB: 4,605 (46.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with 8 A A A
3 folds, MP2 raises to 350, MP3 folds, CO calls 350, Hero raises to 1,550, 2 folds, MP2 calls 1,200, CO folds

Flop: (3,600) K 9 Q (2 players)
MP2 bets 3,130 and is all-in, Hero calls 3,130

Turn: (9,860) 8 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (9,860) J (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: 9,860 pot
Final Board: K 9 Q 8 J
MP2 showed Q K 9 T and lost (-4,680 net)
Hero showed 8 A A A and won 9,860 (5,180 net)

Summary of Event

I am totally content with my play in those hands and for most of the tournament. I had one big hand that was tricky to play and if I had been less careful I could have lost all of it right then. But I stayed alive with a little over 20 big blinds and needed to win back more ammo in a hurry.

When I had a premium hand in the SB with a raise and call in front of me, I went for it and did the go-and-go play: pot raised pre-flop (one call and one fold), pushed the rest on the flop.

Other than those hands I never won or lost more than 15 big blinds in a single hand.

It was definitely a great tournament to play and my theoretical ROI was certainly high. If I could play 200 of these (well, maybe one per week for four years) I would expect to make a nice profit.

Hand 4

Full Tilt, 60/120 blinds Pot Limit Omaha H/L Tournament, 9 Players
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MP3: 4,278 (35.7 bb)
CO: 7,450 (62.1 bb)
BTN: 4,820 (40.2 bb)
SB: 12,954 (108 bb)
BB: 13,893 (115.8 bb)
UTG+1: 9,035 (75.3 bb)
Hero (UTG+2): 13,236 (110.3 bb)
MP1: 8,291 (69.1 bb)
MP2: 13,349 (111.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with 9 9 A A
UTG+1 folds, Hero calls 120, MP1 folds, MP2 raises to 480, 4 folds, BB calls 360, Hero calls 360

Flop: (1,500) Q J A (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets 840, BB folds, Hero calls 840

Turn: (3,180) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets 3,180, Hero calls 3,180

River: (9,540) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets 4,770, Hero calls 4,770

Results: 19,080 pot
Final Board: Q J A 5 8
Hero mucked 9 9 A A and lost (-9,270 net)
(Pre 67.5% Flop 42.8% Turn 40.0%)

MP2 showed K T T K and won 19,080 (9,810 net)
(Pre 32.5% Flop 57.2% Turn 60.0% River 100.0%)

Hand 5

Full Tilt, 80/160 blinds Pot Limit Omaha H/L Tournament, 9 Players
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UTG+2: 4,278 (26.7 bb)
MP1: 7,450 (46.6 bb)
MP2: 2,980 (18.6 bb)
MP3: 13,374 (83.6 bb)
CO: 13,333 (83.3 bb)
BTN: 13,515 (84.5 bb)
Hero (SB): 3,806 (23.8 bb)
BB: 7,971 (49.8 bb)
UTG+1: 20,599 (128.7 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 2 Q 4 A
2 folds, MP1 raises to 320, 2 folds, CO calls 320, BTN folds, Hero raises to 1,440, BB folds, MP1 calls 1,120, CO folds

Flop: (3,360) 6 3 6 (2 players)
Hero bets 2,366 and is all-in, MP1 calls 2,366

Turn: (8,092) 9 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (8,092) 6 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: 8,092 pot
Final Board: 6 3 6 9 6
MP1 showed 5 4 A 5 and won 8,092 (4,286 net)
(Pre 46.4% Flop 57.5% Turn 70.6% River 100.0%)

Hero showed 2 Q 4 A and lost (-3,806 net)
(Pre 53.6% Flop 42.5%)