Alright, I play alot of low limit O8b because there are alot of really bad players. I typically use a fairly conservative approach and it generally pays off handsomely for me. Anyway here was an interesting hand that came up yesterday to me.

On Ultimatebet 0.5/1 O8b.

I was dealt a very good hand


these type of hands I just limp in early position to build a big pot.

Utg folds, utg +1 calls, hero calls, utg +3 calls, utg +4 raises, fold, dealer calls, SB calls, BB calls, it gets called around to me who raises, and everyone calls the 3 bets.

the flop


sb checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, hero bets, UTG +3 calls, UTG +4 raises, dealer raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG +1 folds, I call and the rest call aswell. At this point the pot is getting huge (7 players X 3 bets pre-flop, 6 players 3 bets post flop).

the turn


I now made the nuts low, and have an A high club flush.

SB bets, BB calls, hero raises, UTG+3 calls, UTG +4 calls, dealer calls, SB raises, BB calls, hero caps, called all around. (pot now has 39 small bets and 24 big bets)

the river


not exactly the card I was hoping for.

SB bets, BB raises, hero calls, UTG+3 raises, UTG+4 calls, dealer calls, SB caps, BB calls, hero reluctantly calls, called around. (pot is the biggest I've seen in 0.5/1 O8b 67.50$)

results to follow, please critique/comment on my play here.

Hello-

I can't figure out why you flat called on the river. Since you had the nuts low, the worst that could happen is that someone made higher flush on the turn or a boat on the river and you would split the pot. If your flush was the best high hand, you would scoop the pot. Please let me know if I missed something.

Best Regards,

Sonesta

why not 3-bet the flop with middle pair, flush and nut low draws?

I would be pretty tempted to kick it up on the river, you I think you will gain more than you lose on those tables.

Originally Posted by Beavis68

why not 3-bet the flop with middle pair, flush and nut low draws?

I would be pretty tempted to kick it up on the river, you I think you will gain more than you lose on those tables.

I didn't 3 bet the flop because I thought that people would fold, I also really didn't have anything yet just some great draws. 3-betting I think I would have lost 2 customers, and a potential really big payout.

Jamming the river, I never really thought of doing that. I knew I was only drawing to 1/2 of the pot at that point, since I was sure someone must have had A23X or A24X, since they were calling all the bets on the turn. The pot ended out capped as it was, with the pot as big as it was I couldn't see anyone folding on the river.

Originally Posted by Steve-O

my assumption is SB has A23 and UTG+3 has a straight flush.

Pretty close, in that I didn't win any of the pot.

The small blind had with too other useless cards for the str8 flush.

UTG+3 and the button both had naked 2,3. Why on earth they would call 4 bets on the turn with that is beyond me. I was slightly upset with myself after the hand, as I had a good feeling that the SB had the str8 flush. At the time, I felt that I had to call the last 2 bets on the river and see my chances the pot odds were there.

In hindsight, the hand was just poorly played by the 4 bet callers with 2,3 and thats why I end up making alot of money playing low limit O8b.