The Mouse Roars Again
Back in August I posted about a win I`d had whilst sparing in the Poker.com league (The Sweet Smell of Success). I`d ended up against three players from the same team (Blind Bullies) and ended up taking it down. Well I`m now a member of the Bullies, I think at least in part down to that particular game. They christened me the mouse that roared after those events and I managed to do it again yesterday.
It was the 5x5 omaha game against Smoking Aces and it wasn`t looking great for us. We`d lost a few players to some rough beats. SA weren`t particularly taking the game seriously and omaha can be a great game for donking. After our captain went out in 5th place it was just me against 3 of them. I managed to eliminate their captain Jonojazz at the second attempt setting a trap after I`d flopped 2 pair. As expected he bet out and I re-raised to put him all-in, pretty much pot committed he called. He`d escaped a hand or two earlier by hitting running threes but he wasn`t so lucky second time round.
I then found myself in a nice situation, the chipleader GoldAndBlack was on my right and BioRock the shortstack was on my left. If Gold had played team tactics I would have found this much harder to win but several times he raised his own players BB and after I folded my SB they neglected to chip dump (allowable in these team games). When Gold folded I had the option of putting pressure on Bio or trying to see a flop cheaply and I largely ignored my hands when Gold was in the BB, knowing if I limped he`d raise. The real turning point was when Gold flat called my BB, I had Qd 5h 6s 9s and the flop came 9c 8c 7h giving me the ignorant end of a straight. Gold min bet 300 and I re-raised to 1200, he put me all-in and I called. He had 8s Kc 2d Qc for middle pair and a flush draw, the turn was the scarey 8d adding a few extra outs for him but a 5d on the river meant my hand held up and I had the chip lead. Half a dozen hands later I was able to finish him off after calling his raise from the SB and catching 2 pair on the flop, he missed completely but pushed anyway and neither turn nor river helped him after I called. I now had about 80% of the chips in play and it only took 3 or 4 hands to send Bio to the rail and receive my accolade of MOOOOOOOO`s from my team mates. We ended up tying for points with SA in the match but given how bad things looked early on it was a good result.
I wish the rest of the evening had gone as well but we had a disaster in the 40 player omaha MTT with my 26th place our best result. We`ve dropped 4 places on the scoreboard because of it but there`s enough time to recover, especially if we have a good week in the mixed games.
It was the 5x5 omaha game against Smoking Aces and it wasn`t looking great for us. We`d lost a few players to some rough beats. SA weren`t particularly taking the game seriously and omaha can be a great game for donking. After our captain went out in 5th place it was just me against 3 of them. I managed to eliminate their captain Jonojazz at the second attempt setting a trap after I`d flopped 2 pair. As expected he bet out and I re-raised to put him all-in, pretty much pot committed he called. He`d escaped a hand or two earlier by hitting running threes but he wasn`t so lucky second time round.
I then found myself in a nice situation, the chipleader GoldAndBlack was on my right and BioRock the shortstack was on my left. If Gold had played team tactics I would have found this much harder to win but several times he raised his own players BB and after I folded my SB they neglected to chip dump (allowable in these team games). When Gold folded I had the option of putting pressure on Bio or trying to see a flop cheaply and I largely ignored my hands when Gold was in the BB, knowing if I limped he`d raise. The real turning point was when Gold flat called my BB, I had Qd 5h 6s 9s and the flop came 9c 8c 7h giving me the ignorant end of a straight. Gold min bet 300 and I re-raised to 1200, he put me all-in and I called. He had 8s Kc 2d Qc for middle pair and a flush draw, the turn was the scarey 8d adding a few extra outs for him but a 5d on the river meant my hand held up and I had the chip lead. Half a dozen hands later I was able to finish him off after calling his raise from the SB and catching 2 pair on the flop, he missed completely but pushed anyway and neither turn nor river helped him after I called. I now had about 80% of the chips in play and it only took 3 or 4 hands to send Bio to the rail and receive my accolade of MOOOOOOOO`s from my team mates. We ended up tying for points with SA in the match but given how bad things looked early on it was a good result.
I wish the rest of the evening had gone as well but we had a disaster in the 40 player omaha MTT with my 26th place our best result. We`ve dropped 4 places on the scoreboard because of it but there`s enough time to recover, especially if we have a good week in the mixed games.
posted by DangerMouse at 5:56 AM
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