Isn't it always the hands you fold!

I know it's probably a little easier to make massive hands when playing Omaha, but it's always gutting when you fold pre-flop and would have made the stone-cold-nuts.

It was only a couple of levels into the game, and I always tend to fold middle pairs, especially if I don't have a decent low draw, or a nut flush draw, so when there was a raise and a re-raise before me in the hand I decided to let the other two duke it out, hoping one would go bust.

I had lost about 1/3 of my starting stack, and both players had me covered, so it could have been my tournament on the line if I'd called - you normally hit enough of something to make it worth calling at least another street; it was probably a good fold.

You can imagine my angst when the flop came down.


My pocket 9's would have made quads, on the flop - no less (if only I'd called, I wouldn't have any hard decisions to make down the line). Amazingly I also hit both the other cards in my hand on the turn and river.

The thing that really got to me was that both other players were only in the pot because of their A-2. They went to war on the flop and all the chips ended up in the middle. With no low draw I would have tripled up.

I never really got into the game and ended up pushing with a marginal high draw and 2nd nut low; ended up losing both to the big stack when the turn and river went runner-runner A-3 (5 already on board) to give his 2-4 the wheel.

I'm enjoying playing Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo at the moment; I find it easier to make decisions because you have to fold unless you have the absolute stone-cold-nuts. I've made some donk calls when put on the spot with what is essentially the 2nd nuts, believing there's no way your opponent can be that lucky, and sure enough they can.