Dirk ‘venividi1993’ Gerritse admitted that it’s been a tough year, “losing for eight months straight.” However, he turned things around in a big way on Saturday, winning more than $300,000 at the high-stakes pot-limit Omaha tables on CoinPoker.
Gerritse said on his YouTube channel that it was the biggest winning day of his career.
This week’s first high-stakes poker review will take a look at some of the hands that powered Gerritse’s big day. Most of the action took place at $100-$200 PLO with a $100 ante, making the size of the win even more impressive. Gerritse was in the mix at both heads-up and six-max tables.
Gerritse’s Flush Outranks That of ‘yolof1’
With four players sitting in at $100-$200-$100 PLO, ‘yolof1’ made it $700 to go on the button. Gerritse called in the small blind, and they went heads up to 9♠5♥4♠. Gerritse checked. Yolof1 bet $1,253. Gerritse raised to $5,745, and yolof1 called. On the 4♥ turn, Gerritse shoved for the last $11,681 effective. Yolof1 called.
Gerritse had A♠9♣8♠2♥ for top pair and a combo draw that included the nut flush draw. Yolof1 had Q♠10♥8♥6♠ for a double flush draw and a gutshot. They also had overcards to the pair of nines, giving them 35% equity according to the Card Player poker odds calculator.
The 10♠ river gave Gerritse a winning flush.
Flush over flush at $100-$200 PLO. pic.twitter.com/2CGlrAyHFD
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Hand Analysis
Gerritse called with a hand that looks a little bit wide preflop at first glance, but it’s important to remember that the antes in play significantly widen the number of playable hands.
He could consider leading the flop since he has a lot of turn and river playability and strong enough hand to get all in. However, he checked it over to yolof1, who made a standard continuation-bet with their combo draw and backdoor flush draw. Those hands frequently make it into the c-betting range.
Gerritse sprang the trap right away and made a sizable raise, looking to build the pot enough to get the rest of the money in immediately or on the turn. The 4♥ wasn’t ideal for his hand, as he now trailed if yolof1 held a hand like Q-Q-10-8 with a flush draw.
However, yolof1 was drawing as well, so Gerritse was in pretty good shape with his leading pair and a nut draw that killed a bunch of yolof1’s outs. Gerritse scooped a $36,855 pot when the river didn’t help yolof1.
Gerritse Wins in Heads-Up Tables, Too
Facing off against the player ‘Quincy’ at $100-$200-$100, Gerritse faced a pot-sized raise preflop. He potted to $1,800, and Quincy called.
The flop was Q♣7♦2♠, and Gerritse continued with $1,200. Quincy called. Gerritse slowed down and checked the 8♦, and Quincy potted for $6,190. Gerritse shoved for $19,101, and Quincy called.
Quincy had turned top two with A♥Q♥8♠4♠. Despite trailing with just one card to come, Gerritse still had 42.5% equity with K♥K♠J♦9♦.
The 10♥ gave him a winning straight for $44,403.
Heads-up $100-$200 PLO action featuring venividi1993 and Quincy. pic.twitter.com/UIY36KDwil
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Hand Analysis
Well-connected pocket kings make for a normal three-bet preflop in heads-up PLO, even with a single suit that isn’t king-high. Gerritse goes ahead and does so, and Quincy has an easy call with their double-suited ace-high hand, which is too disconnected to consider a four-bet.
On the flop Gerritse can get some value against hands like Quincy has, but the stack-to-pot ratio is still too large to comfortably get all in. So, he uses a small bet, and Quincy has an easy call with a hand of similar strength.
On the turn, Gerritse has a good hand, but one that doesn’t block any value on the board. With a mediocre flush draw and a pair, his raw equity is better than his river playability as well, meaning getting all the money in before seeing the river would be best.
In no-limit hold’em, in those spots, players can simply overbet all in if they wish. PLO makes things a bit trickier. If the player wants to get all in for more than the pot in a situation like this, checking and seeing if they can check-raise for stacks frequently makes the most sense.
Quincy has an easy bet-call with top two, but the coin flip goes Gerritse’s way, a fitting result on a day full of such hands.
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