Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Alright, going to share this hand. I think it's a fairly standard spot and play, but would love the good @DrStrange 's take and others as well
Hero is playing 1/2 PLO with a mandatory $5 button straddle and unlimited restraddles. There has been a restraddle to $10, $20 and $40 this hand. Players are jabbering at Hero on the button to restraddle to $80 (knowing I'm fairly nitty and don't straddle very often). Hero waves them off, and has a stack of $1900 (buyins are 200-1K in this game, so Hero is winning as usual)
Hero covers everyone at the table except a middle-aged Asian man who came from the must-move and is sitting on a stack of close to 3K. Hero has no prior history with this player.
The straddle to $40 is in MP. Villain is just before the Hijack and raises to $185. Folds to Hero on the button who looks down at Hero repots to $635. Folds to Villain who thinks for awhile and then calls.
POT: $1,345
Heros Remaining Stack: $1,265
Flop:
Villain leads into Hero for $650. Hero gets it all-in.
Turn:
River:
Hero reveals his Aces-up and Villain shows
I feel like this spot is fairly standard for me to get it in. The SPR on the flop is essentially 1:1. barring a VERY coordinated flop that completely whiffs my hand, my chips are going in. Given that I have a ten in my hand (i.e. a blocker to top set, requiring villain to have the last two tens in the deck) and I have a 9 in my hand (a blocker to some of the rundown hands that would like this flop like 6789) and given the monotone nature of the board, I just don't see getting away from this spot.
I have the backdoor flush draw and straight draw as well. I can't really fear two pair here either, but in the event villain got crazy sticky with a hand like 3456 or 5678 double suited preflop I still have equity. That actually would've been preferable because then I at least have 25-30% equity. He flopped me really bad here where I had only 14% equity when I was 70% preflop.
But anyway, still feel given flop texture and my hand I have to go with it here. How do others feel?
Hero is playing 1/2 PLO with a mandatory $5 button straddle and unlimited restraddles. There has been a restraddle to $10, $20 and $40 this hand. Players are jabbering at Hero on the button to restraddle to $80 (knowing I'm fairly nitty and don't straddle very often). Hero waves them off, and has a stack of $1900 (buyins are 200-1K in this game, so Hero is winning as usual)
Hero covers everyone at the table except a middle-aged Asian man who came from the must-move and is sitting on a stack of close to 3K. Hero has no prior history with this player.
The straddle to $40 is in MP. Villain is just before the Hijack and raises to $185. Folds to Hero on the button who looks down at Hero repots to $635. Folds to Villain who thinks for awhile and then calls.
POT: $1,345
Heros Remaining Stack: $1,265
Flop:
Villain leads into Hero for $650. Hero gets it all-in.
Turn:
River:
Hero reveals his Aces-up and Villain shows
I feel like this spot is fairly standard for me to get it in. The SPR on the flop is essentially 1:1. barring a VERY coordinated flop that completely whiffs my hand, my chips are going in. Given that I have a ten in my hand (i.e. a blocker to top set, requiring villain to have the last two tens in the deck) and I have a 9 in my hand (a blocker to some of the rundown hands that would like this flop like 6789) and given the monotone nature of the board, I just don't see getting away from this spot.
I have the backdoor flush draw and straight draw as well. I can't really fear two pair here either, but in the event villain got crazy sticky with a hand like 3456 or 5678 double suited preflop I still have equity. That actually would've been preferable because then I at least have 25-30% equity. He flopped me really bad here where I had only 14% equity when I was 70% preflop.
But anyway, still feel given flop texture and my hand I have to go with it here. How do others feel?