Res Ipsa Poker

I had a real poker highlight yesterday.

It wasn't the 8th place finish in Saturdays With Dr. Pauly, in which I played poorly. Nor was it the final table in the $5 rebuy in Titan (busted 10th on a coin flip, stupid medium pockets).

I won a contested pot in Pot Limit Omaha at showdown with ACE HIGH.

{Begin boring hand history, skip it if you hate that sort of thing}

Lots of limpers, I limp with 2 high cards and 2 medium cards including a suited ace. Far from a premium hand, but the price is right. Flop is not especially helpful, although I have a gutshot and a couple backdoor draws. It costs nothing or close to it to stay in. Turn is helpful, as it gives me two different straight draws to the nuts (one of which open ended) and the nut flush draw. That's 18 outs minus those which would pair the board, so 14 or 15 (forgive me, it's early). The pot is very small and there's no action, so I pot it both to see where I am and to either thin the field or build the pot just in case I hit. It's a small enough bet that I expect multiple people to come along. Nope, just one caller.

The river bricks, and I smoothly check behind, since there's nothing on the board I can realistically represent and I can't beat anyone with a pair in their hand or with any one of the cards on the board. I somehow win, think 'WTF?' and it's a real struggle to refrain from asking my opponent just what the heck he was drawing to.

Good times.

{/End boring hand history}

An almost lowlight was flopping a straight flush and not realizing it until the turn. At least nobody bet the flop, so I avoided what probably would have been a nut fold.

Omatard Challenge, Day 4 Results

Current level: $5 PLO ($0.01/$0.02 blinds)
304 hands, plus $2.03, bankroll balance $26.62 (Need to get to $30 to move up)

Running total: 689 hands, plus $11.62, an utterly meaningless 84.33 BB/100 hands (hey, it's fun to see a number that large)
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For more on tourney action, see Pauly's site for a recap. Congrats to the winner, SirFWALGMAN.