High-stakes 5-card pot-limit Omaha action has been heating up again at CoinPoker this week, and two of the highest-volume regulars have resumed an oft-running heads-up match at $100-$200 with $40 ante. ‘Giselle54’ and ‘LUKAKU’ played multiple sessions, and Giselle54 continued to get the better of their rival.
Across both Wednesday and Thursday, Giselle54 won about $140,000. Here’s a look at a couple of the most interesting hands during the match.
Giselle54 Bet-Calls Bottom Set for Stacks
Playing 126-big blind stacks, Giselle54 raised on the button and called a three-bet to $1,800 from LUKAKU.
The flop came A♥K♥4♣. LUKAKU continued for $2,440. Giselle54 called, and the turn was the 9♣. LUKAKU checked, Giselle54 bet pot ($8,560), and LUKAKU jammed for $21,299. Giselle54 called.
LUKAKU showed A♠K♠Q♣9♦7♦ for aces up, but they were way behind Giselle54’s 10♥9♥4♥4♦3♥.
The set held up on both rivers as the players ran it twice, seeing the 3♦ and the 8♠ complete the board. Giselle54 scooped the $51,159 pot.
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Hand Analysis
Giselle54 picks up one of the worst hands in 5-card PLO. 10-9-4-4-3 is pretty bad, but having four to a suit makes it the worst version of this hand. This is a standard fold in a no-ante game, even heads up, but Giselle54 goes ahead and raises with it, which can’t be too bad with the ante in play. Once LUKAKU three-bets with a strong hand, calling is a must with position.
LUKAKU flops top two and goes ahead with a standard continuation-bet. The flop heavily favors the big blind’s three-betting range.
Giselle54 has a hand that can do some raising in regular PLO, but in 5-card PLO, calling and playing turns is more normal. Getting all in against a higher set wouldn’t be ideal, and the hand blocks a lot of its own improvement potential with so many hearts.
On the turn, LUKAKU has a hand that is strong, but it also doesn’t have a lot of river playability. It only has one blocker to the two flush draws on board, so it will be out of position and non-nutted on many rivers. It can be nice to check in these spots, keeping the player’s range uncapped.
Facing the check, Giselle54 pots. Their hand suffers from some similar river playability issues, but bet-calling can be a little bit dicey here when the opponent should have higher sets pretty often. Having the flush draw, even a poor one, as backup, actually does a lot for the hand.
Unblocking so many draws, LUKAKU has little choice but to get their money in and hope for the best, but the cooler costs them a stack.
Aggressive Check-Raise Works for Giselle54
Just shy of 150 blinds deep, LUKAKU raised on the button to $600, and Giselle54 called.
The flop came J♥7♦2♠, and Giselle54 checked. LUKAKU bet $960, and Giselle54 raised to $3,120. LUKAKU called. On the 10♠ turn, Giselle54 checked, LUKAKU bet $5,640, and Giselle54 potted for $24,440. LUKAKU went all in for a tiny bit more, and Giselle54 called.
LUKAKU had K♦J♦J♣6♥3♠ for top set, but Giselle54 had turned a straight with Q♦9♠8♦4♥3♥.
They ran it twice again. The rivers were the K♥ and 4♠, enabling Giselle54 to scoop a $58,892 pot.
Straight vs. top set with one to come… who ya got in this 59k pot? pic.twitter.com/NaEYWd46rJ
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Hand Analysis
LUKAKU flops top set here and bets, then faces a raise. They could three-bet the flop, but many players just play calls on these boards in 5-card PLO. Only jacks really want to get all of the money in, so calling check-raises keeps the player’s range uncapped and doesn’t turn their hand face up.
As for the check-raise, Giselle54 uses the sort of hand that does some check-raising in regular PLO but is a little iffier in 5-card. A gutter with two backdoors has a lot of good turns to barrel. It’s easier for the opponent to be unpaired in regular PLO, so these plays work more often there. Having a couple of cards that wrap around the 2 is nice, because Giselle54 will pick up more straight outs sometimes.
Luckily for Giselle54, they find the gin turn. Betting is the normal play here since they unblock all of the sets and two pairs, but checking sets up a chance to get stacks in without seeing the river.
LUKAKU can get value from worse hands on the turn, but a bare set isn’t in a great spot facing the check-raise. If the opponent is going to slam in combo hands like spades with a wrap or 7s with a draw, then getting all in is a no-brainer. It’s a bet-call of the “sigh” variety, and it ends with another massive pot pushed the other way.
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