Two world-class pot-limit Omaha players mixed it up last week in the high-stakes 5-card heads-up games on CoinPoker as ‘DogeCoinMaximaliste‘ took on ‘Giselle54.’ They played $200-$400 with $80 antes, and DogeCoinMaximaliste came out on top with about a $100,000 win.
In two of the key hands, DogeCoinMaximaliste took advantage of Giselle54’s aggression. DogeCoinMaximaliste used passive lines with big hands, allowing Giselle54 to bloat the pot for them.
Giselle54 Pays Off Against Quads
At just over 100-blind stacks, DogeCoinMaximaliste raised to $1,200 and called a three-bet to $3,600.
Both players checked the flop for a board of K♥K♠8♠K♣. Giselle54 bet $2,428, and DogeCoinMaximaliste called. On the 9♠ river, Giselle54 bet $6,108, and DogeCoinMaximaliste responded by potting to $30,544. Giselle54 called.
DogeCoinMaximaliste showed K♦Q♥10♥6♦3♥ for quads and took down the $73,305 pot as Giselle54’s cards went into the muck.
🚨 quads alert🚨 pic.twitter.com/FAQssg8tKe
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Hand Analysis
Preflop, DogeCoinMaximaliste has a good hand to raise and call with. Despite being double-suited, it’s too disconnected (along with the triple suit) to consider a four-bet.
DogeCoinMaximaliste flops trips, and many players would default to a bet here. Trips is a good hand, a small bet gets value from many worse holdings, and unblocking spades means the opponent will have a flush draw pretty often.
However, it’s important to remember that the player will have a wide variety of trips hands. Some should go into the betting range, and some should go into the checking range. Having as many overcards as possible to the 8 is good for betting, because those hands have more robust equity and can stand more heat if check-raised. Having spades also allows the player in position more playability on later streets.
DogeCoinMaximaliste’s hand doesn’t satisfy many of these qualities. So, it’s a good check-back candidate, and that’s the route they choose.
DogeCoinMaximaliste again decides to slow play on the turn after hitting the unbeatable quads. Much of their continuing range wants to keep the pot small, so they should probably just play only calls here.
That sets up the river raise, and the prior decisions to keep the pot smaller likely pay off here. Players will generally expect someone with quads to have done something aggressive on an earlier street, so the river raise becomes a little bit suspicious in that sense.
In terms of bluffs, the best candidates are probably hands with an ace in them to block the opponent from having aces, while unblocking thinner value hands like jacks and queens.
Giselle54 Bluffs With a Straight
The players were deeper-stacked for this hand, with about 165 big blinds. Giselle54 raised to $1,200 on the button, and DogeCoinMaximaliste made it $3,600. Giselle54 called.
On the 7♥7♦3♦ flop, DogeCoinMaximaliste bet $1,472, and Giselle54 called. DogeCoinMaximaliste check-called $7,728 on the 5♣, bringing a 6♦ river. DogeCoinMaximaliste checked, Giselle54 potted $25,760, and DogeCoinMaximaliste called.
Giselle54 showed 9♠8♠7♣4♠2♣ for a straight, but it was no good against A♥K♥J♠7♠5♥ for 7s full of 5s.
Both players flop trips in 200-400 PLO5 pic.twitter.com/9k8lvNcgzQ
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Hand Analysis
Both players flop trips in this hand, and DogeCoinMaximaliste decides to continuation-bet with their ace kicker for a small size. That’s fine, though they could play checks on this flop as well. Giselle54 calls with weak kickers and nothing else going for the hand besides the trips.
DogeCoinMaximaliste slows down with a check on the turn despite hitting the nuts. While their hand is obviously great, the board strongly favors the in-position player here. In 5-card PLO, three-bets are heavily concentrated around higher cards that make nut straights. The small blind has way more 6-4, as well as more trips and full houses. Checking here helps protect DogeCoinMaximaliste’s range.
Betting the turn for a large size starts to get a little bit thin for Giselle54. While they have trips, their kickers stink, and rivered straights aren’t going to be exciting. Charging diamonds, which Giselle54 unblocks, is nice, though.
On the river, DogeCoinMaximaliste checks and faces a pot-sized bet while holding the second-strongest full house. Raising isn’t really an option, so calling is the play.
As for Giselle54’s bluff, it seems great. While straights are often shown down, this particular hand blocks the best full houses and unblocks diamonds. So, trying to get a flush to fold is going to be a good option on the river here. In 5-card PLO, players have to bluff some stronger holdings, and this one qualifies, since it won’t win at showdown very often in a pot this big.
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