Opinions on an Omaha hand please
Playing .25-50 cent Omaha 4 handed with friends. I straddle on the button and small blind raises to 2 dollars and everyone calls. Flop is 3 3 2 with 2 diamonds. Small blind bets 2 dollars and big blind raises to 8.50. Other 2 players fold and small blind calls. Turn is a 9 of diamonds, small blind checks and big blind bets 10.50 and gets called. River is a 3. Small blind checks and big blind goes all in and gets called. Big blind has KT56 for king high and small blind has Aces with the diamonds for the ace high flush. Big blind leaves mad arguing it's a dumb call. I told him I don't think I could make the call with aces but that I also wouldn't 3 barrel bluff with nothing. He claims he knew small blind has aces and not a 3. Would love to hear other people's opinions
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Big blind played it well. He showed heart and commitment. That's the way the game should be played imo. Big blind was just unlucky that small blind is an idiot and doesn't understand omaha. Big blind has all the rights to get mad at him for calling his bluff.
Welcome to the forums .. you might want to review some of the other posts like this and use some of the graphic enhancements once they are available. ♣♦♥♠
If you were playing PLO, then the SB won with a Full House .. not a Flush .. which is the 3rd best hand with a 33293 Board. Any pocket pair will beat a flush in this hand as shown.
As far as the BB being mad at the SB .. The only real street in question is the Turn where the BB bets less than 1/2 pot, thus pricing the SB into a call with both a flush and Ace draw. What are SB's other two cards? We know one is a diamond, but not the rank. There is an argument that SB shouldn't consider the Flush draw 'live', but I'm thinking that there's still a lot of No Limit type of thinking in this game even though you're playing PLO.
333AA beats a Flush, it's a better hand. It didn't matter in this case due to the Bluff.
Best hand .. 3333x .. 2nd best 99933 .. 3rd best 333AA, then 333KK and so one before a Flush could win.
My advice is for you to study PLO as quickly as possible .. this game is ripe for you to clean up!! GL
PS .. If you'd like to fly me in, I'd be fine helping your whole crew in better understanding the game .. or just you .. as long as I get to play in the game also!
