Lodge Results for Sunday 01/01/06 - Week 8
Well after 2 weeks of no poker at The Lodge due to Christmas, we return to play some pot limit Omaha. I had been looking forward to this tournament because I have yet to play an Omaha tournament live. I had played a few practice games online, but nothing serious. The format this week was a bit different, instead of the usual T250 in chips starting out a 1/2 blinds, we started with T1000 and 5/10 blinds to make the pots more easy to calculate for the dealers.
The game started with some confusion and the beginning was rough, we were all playing like this was our first poker game. Confusion reigned with flushes and full houses that were not there due to the requirement of using 2 cards of the 4 you are dealt. By the 2nd round of blinds I was down to T500 in chips due to a serious beating in loosing my Q high flush to the K high and my full house losing to a bigger full house. I began to realize that 2 pair and trips weren't going to cut it in this game.
Our table broke down and I was still holding on, we were down to 4 tables and I was down to T175 with the blinds at 25/50. It was time for an all in. I don't remember any hands that stuck out except for my final hand, but after some triple and quadruple ups, I was now up to T6800 and looking to at least make the final table. My stack stayed about the same until the blinds were up to 1000/2000 so again, I was faced with an all in situation. I pushed T3500 in blind and watched the action unfold. Finally, the showdown comes and with two other players all in, I figure I need some good cards to beat the flush. I turn over AA33, but no flush so my tournament ends with a 5th place finish.
I am satisfied with that finish considering this was my first experience playing a pot limit Omaha tournament and I hope they run another one in the future.
The game started with some confusion and the beginning was rough, we were all playing like this was our first poker game. Confusion reigned with flushes and full houses that were not there due to the requirement of using 2 cards of the 4 you are dealt. By the 2nd round of blinds I was down to T500 in chips due to a serious beating in loosing my Q high flush to the K high and my full house losing to a bigger full house. I began to realize that 2 pair and trips weren't going to cut it in this game.
Our table broke down and I was still holding on, we were down to 4 tables and I was down to T175 with the blinds at 25/50. It was time for an all in. I don't remember any hands that stuck out except for my final hand, but after some triple and quadruple ups, I was now up to T6800 and looking to at least make the final table. My stack stayed about the same until the blinds were up to 1000/2000 so again, I was faced with an all in situation. I pushed T3500 in blind and watched the action unfold. Finally, the showdown comes and with two other players all in, I figure I need some good cards to beat the flush. I turn over AA33, but no flush so my tournament ends with a 5th place finish.
I am satisfied with that finish considering this was my first experience playing a pot limit Omaha tournament and I hope they run another one in the future.
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