Jared ‘Theblez’ Bleznick and ‘Giselle54’ have been back at it this week, battling at some of the highest-stakes pot-limit Omaha tables available on CoinPoker. Much of the latest action took place at $500-$1,000 heads-up tables with a $200 ante. Each player booked a roughly $300,000 win against the other this week, meaning they’ve battled to close to a draw.
Today’s high-stakes poker hand reviews will look at a couple of hands they played on Tuesday. In each of the hands, Giselle54 flops a set, only to have things go south from that seemingly strong position.
Huge Cooler in Bleznick’s Favor
Playing 105 big blinds deep, Giselle54 raised to $3,000 on the button. Bleznick three-bet to $9,000, and Giselle54 called.
Bleznick slowed down with a check on the Q♠8♠5♦ flop. Giselle54 bet $9,170, Bleznick woke up with a check-raise to $29,140, and Giselle54 shoved for $96,160. Bleznick called.
Giselle54 had flopped a monster with A♠5♠5♣2♥, for bottom set and the nut flush draw. However, they were behind as Bleznick held 9♦8♥8♦6♥ for middle set and a gutter.
The players ran it twice. Bleznick scooped the $210,720 pot after the 7♥ and 4♦ gave him a straight, then the Q♦ and 2♦ gave him a winning full house.
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Hand Analysis
In this hand, Giselle54 makes a normal open, and Bleznick has an easy three-bet with a double-suited and connected hand. Pairs tend to devalue these hands a little bit, but the connectedness of this one still makes it a good three-bet.
On the flop, Bleznick has a holding that could bet or check. Not having any spades decreases the playability and makes it better to get all the money in as soon as possible. However, the backdoor diamonds and the straight draw help the hand’s playability quite a bit, so betting much more attractive than it would have been if Bleznick had something like A-K-8-8.
In any case, the check works out because Giselle54 has bottom set and the nut flush draw. Bottom set is an interesting hand at times in PLO. There can be situations where it’s a slam dunk to get it in, and there can be situations where it’s not doing that great against the opponent’s range.
Having backup is always going to favor playing the hand aggressively and getting it in, and there’s no better backup than the nut flush draw. That way, the player with bottom set at least has equity the times they are coolered.
This was such a time, and Giselle54 has no choice but to slam the money once they face Bleznick’s check-raise. There are too many draws and combo hands like Q-10-9-8 with spades in Bleznick’s range that Giselle54’s hand is happy to get it in against.
Raggedy Hand Falls Apart for Giselle54
This time, the players were 106 big blinds deep. Bleznick raised pot to $3,000 on the button, and Giselle54 called.
Bleznick then potted in position on the Q♠5♦3♥ flop. Giselle54 check-raised to $17,000, Bleznick three-bet to $38,000, and Giselle54 jammed for $103,160.
Bleznick showed A♦K♦5♣5♠ for middle set, and Giselle54 had J♥3♦3♠2♦ for bottom set.
The 8♦ and K♠ preserved Bleznick’s lead on the first turn and river. Likewise, nothing changed on the 9♥ and 2♥ either.
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Hand Analysis
Preflop, J-3-3-2 with a low suit might be bad enough to consider a fold, but in a game with an ante, it’s going to be a fine defend.
Bleznick flops middle set facing a check, and he actually makes a non-standard play of betting full pot here. On a relatively dry board with a hand that blocks a lot of value, that’s an interesting maneuver. He may have been hoping to represent a hand that hoped to take it down without a fight rather than the near-nutted combo he actually held.
It’s possible that bet size threw Giselle54 off enough to induce them to check-raise and get all the money in. Bottom set without any backup can be an iffy hand to stack off with in a single-raised pot without a lot of draws present. Against many opponents, that won’t end very well since they’ll either have a better set, leaving the bottom set drawing almost dead, or a hand with a lot of equity like a nut wrap.
Bleznick’s three-bet bluffs on the flop should be hands with a queen and a pair in them, since those hands can’t profitably call, they block the nuts, and they have outs against almost everything.
After the check-raise, Giselle54 has no choice but to get the money in. Their flop decision locked them in, as they have to hope they’re up against a draw, a bluff, or top two pair.
That wasn’t the case here, and bottom set proved to be a costly hand for them on the day. After a day in which they booked a $307,403 profit, they saw Bleznick strike right back for a $316,199 win of his own.
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