Mystery account ‘NV22‘ continues to drive high-stakes heads-up pot-limit Omaha action on CoinPoker. After beating top regular ‘Giselle54‘ in a nosebleed $1,000-$2,000 match, NV22 came back for more in another recent session. While the two dropped down in stakes, playing $200-$400 and $300-$600, NV22 still managed to book another hefty win of around $200,000 off the high-stakes titan.
CoinPoker’s Bobby James covered all of the highlights in the video below. At one point, NV22 caught Giselle54 overextending with aces. And in another key spot, Giselle54 again went for thin value, only to run into a better hand.
Giselle54 Goes Hard With Naked Aces
Deep-stacked with around 167 big blinds, Giselle54 potted from the button, NV22 repotted, and Giselle54 four-bet to $10,800. NV22 called.
The flop came K♠9♠3♦, and Giselle54 potted again when checked to. NV22 jammed for $56,525, and Giselle54 called.
Giselle54 held A♦A♣J♠8♥ for a pair of aces, but NV22 had outflopped them with K♣9♣J♥10♠, good for two pair. The turn was the 5♠ and the river the 8♠, keeping the kings up best. NV22 won a $134,810 pot.
Hand Analysis
Giselle54 opens and then four-bets with just okay aces, but they’re aces nonetheless, so it’s fine. Weak-ish aces like this benefit from reducing the stack-to-pot ratio (SPR) as much as possible, although there’s a balance at some point where the player is starting to risk too many chips with a hand that doesn’t play great after the flop. The J-8 at least gives board coverage on some middling textures, though.
NV22 has a clear three-bet-call with a king-high suited and connected hand.
The flop texture isn’t great for Giselle54’s hand. King-high textures in general favor the out-of-position player, since they’ll do a lot of three-betting with good kings, but they won’t jam preflop against a four-bet. Giselle54 does have a spade blocker, but bare overpairs are pretty dicey to get all in when the SPR is close to 3. Even having a gutshot increases the equity of these hands hugely, as the player goes from having two outs to six in most cases.
Giselle54 decides to go ahead and pot-call. In the best-case scenario where all the money goes in, they’ll be against something like A-K-Q-J and about a 60% favorite. The bad cases are generally very bad, and this is one of those. The Card Player PLO odds calculator has Giselle54 with about 26% equity.
NV22’s hand winds up holding for a pot worth about 335 big blinds.
NV22 Gets There, Lets Giselle54 Do the Betting
Even deeper, at 190 big blinds, NV22 three-bet preflop, and Giselle54 called.
Both players checked the flop for a board of 9♣5♥3♣3♠. NV22 potted for $7,360, and Giselle54 made it $20,320. NV22 called to see the 8♠ river. After NV22 checked, Giselle54 potted again for $48,000, and NV22 went all in for $52,357. Giselle54 called the last few bucks.
NV22 showed 8♣5♣7♦6♦ for a rivered straight. Giselle54 had A♦K♦6♥3♦ for trips, and NV22 won the $154,714 pot.
Hand Analysis
NV22 puts in a three-bet with a nice double-suited hand, and they decide to get a little tricky and check the flop. It’s a great flop for NV22’s hand, but it certainly favors Giselle54’s button range. With a flush draw, wrap, and a pair, NV22 has a good enough hand to play for stacks. Checking helps protect their range on this board, though.
Giselle54 could start bluffing on the flop with bottom pair, but it’s better to do so with a club blocker.
On the turn, NV22 decides to pot. It’s a fine play with their hand since it will fold out a lot of better hands, but it doesn’t make a lot of sense from a range standpoint. They won’t have trips very often, and they’ll usually have high cards with lots of overpairs. A smaller size would have been more appropriate, and Giselle54 punishes the odd play by raising for value with trips. NV22 can’t fold a hand that has a ton of outs to improve and blocks some full houses, especially since Giselle54 would usually bet 9-9 and 3-3 on the flop.
Despite 7-6 completing on the river, Giselle54 decides to pot. The value of this play comes down to how often NV22 calls with overpairs. If they frequently do so, then it can be a nice way to get max value. However, Giselle54 also has to ask themselves how many overpairs pot-call turn. It’s not clear that many would.
It’s a classic thorny spot where Giselle54 should usually have the best hand, but how many worse hands call? NV22 could maybe have trips, but those hands will often have an ace kicker for a chop, and sometimes make full houses.
Giselle54 winds up value-cutting themselves, and another huge pot goes to NV22.
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