I was in this hand in my Omaha Hi/Lo tournament a few minutes ago playing A3, and hoping to pick up the low pot. I hit the 2 on the turn, but I think I probably got carried away with calling people down, and was extremely scared because I was caught in the middle of a raising war.

Anyway, would you have played this hand differently? I probably would if I could do it over again. Getting that lucky just isn't right.

PokerStars Game #751536123: Tournament #2877128, Omaha Hi/Lo Limit -
Level III (50/100) - 2004/10/07 - 18:30:39 (ET)
Table '2877128 33' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: diemock (2057 in chips)
Seat 2: eclinchy (1897 in chips)
Seat 3: winchimes (1635 in chips)
Seat 4: toebee22 (2015 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: Maine_Green (3355 in chips)
Seat 6: sylken (2925 in chips)
Seat 7: SeeGars (775 in chips)
Seat 8: Gundam73 (1210 in chips)
Seat 9: Melece (333 in chips)
sylken: posts small blind 25
SeeGars: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to eclinchy [Qs 3d Ts As]
Gundam73 has timed out
Gundam73: folds
Gundam73 is sitting out
Melece: folds
Gundam73 has returned
diemock: folds
eclinchy: calls 50
winchimes: calls 50
toebee22: folds
Maine_Green: folds
sylken: calls 25
SeeGars: raises 50 to 100
eclinchy: calls 50
winchimes: raises 50 to 150
sylken: calls 100
SeeGars: raises 50 to 200
Betting is capped
eclinchy: calls 100
winchimes: calls 50
sylken: calls 50
*** FLOP *** [Kh 8c 5d]
sylken: checks
SeeGars: bets 50
eclinchy: calls 50
winchimes: raises 50 to 100
sylken: calls 100
SeeGars: calls 50
eclinchy: calls 50
*** TURN *** [Kh 8c 5d] [2h]
sylken: checks
SeeGars is disconnected
toebee22 has returned
SeeGars has timed out while disconnected
SeeGars: checks
eclinchy: bets 100
winchimes: raises 100 to 200
sylken: calls 200
SeeGars has timed out while disconnected
SeeGars: folds
SeeGars is sitting out
eclinchy: calls 100
*** RIVER *** [Kh 8c 5d 2h] [6h]
sylken: checks
eclinchy: checks
winchimes: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sylken: shows [Qh Kc Qc 6s] (HI: two pair, Kings and Sixes)
eclinchy: shows [Qs 3d Ts As] (HI: high card Ace; LO: 6,5,3,2,A)
winchimes: mucks hand
sylken collected 900 from pot
eclinchy collected 900 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1800 | Rake 0
Board [Kh 8c 5d 2h 6h]
Seat 1: diemock folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: eclinchy showed [Qs 3d Ts As] and won (900) with HI: high card
Ace; LO: 6,5,3,2,A
Seat 3: winchimes mucked [9c Ah 8s Ad] - HI: a pair of Aces; LO:
8,6,5,2,A
Seat 4: toebee22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Maine_Green (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: sylken (small blind) showed [Qh Kc Qc 6s] and won (900) with
HI: two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 7: SeeGars (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 8: Gundam73 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Melece folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I think that your play off the flop wasn't so great. I don't think I would call in that situation. Going only for the lo can be deadly. Also, there is a pretty good chance someone has A2(mind you that you haven't seen the 2 on the turn). Your only chance is to split with the lo. Now once the 2 came on the turn, I feel that was a good bet, because you are almost ceratin you have the lo now.

Another question... should I have just let it go preflop? The reraises were capped, and I had to figure A2 had me beat...

I thought about that also. However, I think A3 is a playable hand, plus you had a high flush draw starting off with AQ. I think letting it go after the flop was the best option.

Sounds good to me. Thanks for the advice.

Wow.

I don't think I deserve this, but I'm still in that tournament and I just jumped into the top 10.

8th out of 190 as we speak...

Obviously you are playing better than your opponents KQQ6 and AA98 really are not playable hands in h/l.

Heh. Yeah. But I ended up finishing 70th...

me != bubble master