The high-stakes pot-limit Omaha games on CoinPoker have swung the way of ‘Giselle54.’ After several weeks of booking some big losses, mainly to Jared ‘Theblez’ Bleznick,Giselle54 put together back-to-back monster wins that added up to more than $1.7 million.
Giselle54 and Bleznick battled mostly at $500-$1,000 with a $200 ante, but they kicked it up to $1,000-$2,000-$400 at times, too. Bleznick lost about $1.4 million. Another familiar foe, ‘LUKAKU,’ also felt the wrath of Giselle54, losing almost $550,000 on Sept. 22.
Bleznick Bluffs Off To Giselle54
Playing 143 big blinds deep at $500-$1,000-$200, Giselle54 opened for pot and called a three-bet from Bleznick.
On the A♠Q♠6♠ flop, Bleznick bet $6,500. Giselle54 called. Bleznick checked the 7♦ turn, and Giselle54 bet $15,670, half the pot. Bleznick raised to $38,840. Giselle54 called, and Bleznick shoved the last $88,705 on the 5♣ river.
Giselle54 called, and Bleznick showed J♦10♦8♣6♥ for a measly pair of sixes. The showdown went to Giselle54’s Q♦Q♣J♠10♥ for a set of queens.
Giselle54 squares off against The blez at $500-$1,000 pot-limit Omaha. pic.twitter.com/TJfmt1M9zP
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Hand Analysis
Bleznick uses an aggressive three-betting strategy preflop, and if he’s looking to widen his range there, a single-suited jack-high rundown can work.
A monotone ace-high flop arrives, and Bleznick doesn’t have any flush blockers. He could just shut it down at that point, but blocking a pair and holding a gutshot, he goes ahead with a continuation-bet. It’s not a terrible one-and-done hand, but things start get out of control on the turn.
At that point, Bleznick goes for a rather optimistic small check-raise. He’s essentially only repping the nut flush but doesn’t have any blockers to the nut hands.
For their part, Giselle54 has an easy call with middle set and a premium flush blocker.
Nothing changes on the river, and Bleznick blasts the rest off. Again, the out-of-position player should pretty much always have a spade blocker to go for this bluff.
Giselle54 isn’t going to bet-call the turn with anything worse than a set here, so Bleznick is trying to get a set to fold. It’s never a great sign for the efficacy of a bluff when the hand that the bluff is targeting calls down.
That’s exactly what happened in this instance, which says it all about how out of line Bleznick was in this spot. It cost him a $286,491 pot.
Giselle54 Holds for $330K Pot
Back at it a couple of days later, the players mixed in some $1,000-$2,000-$400, and that’s where the following hand went down, 105 big blinds deep.
Giselle54 potted preflop on the button, and Bleznick three-bet to $18,000.
Both players checked the Q♣5♥4♠ flop, bringing a J♣ turn. Bleznick potted, and Giselle54 potted right back to $146,800. Bleznick called, creating a $330,400 pot with just $45,710 left behind.
Action went check-check on the Q♦ river.
Bleznick showed A♣K♥9♥3♣ for complete air. Giselle54 scooped the pot with J♦6♣5♣4♥, having held two pair on the flop and turn only to get counterfeit on the river.
More Giselle54 vs. Theblez. pic.twitter.com/GszCmLjIX0
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Hand Analysis
Bleznick three-bets a very strong hand and mostly misses the flop. However, these hands with two backdoor flush draws frequently continuation-bet. In general, c-betting isn’t as prevalent in PLO, but these hands to be good candidates because they can continue on a lot of turns but don’t have enough equity to check-call the flop unless the opponent uses a small size.
Bleznick does get a free card and turns a combo draw, two gutshots with the nut flush draw. At that point, he decides to bluff with a full-pot bet.
That’s iffy in a spot where he doesn’t block any strong hands, particularly those that improved with the turned J. Blocking the opponent from improving on the turn here is an important mechanic that will drive a lot of the bluffs by the out-of-position player.
On the other hand, Bleznick’s hand doesn’t have enough equity to check-call a pot-sized bet unless it can win some money on the river or improve to a winner with A or K. So, that option isn’t great either, though it’s happy to call a smaller bet.
Giselle54’s raise is going to be good here after the flop checks through. They block a lot of strong hands with three board pairs, and they have a flush draw for backup in the rare instances they’re up against a stronger holding.
Bleznick has the worst combo in the deck to bluff with on the river, holding missed nut clubs and blocking every possible straight draw. He opts to give up, which was a wise choice, as Giselle54 had a premium bluff-catcher and would have only collected an extra $45K.
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