PLO Tournament Hand

[judgey]

A bit of history..... around 50 left, and I (ruudi_dg) and villain are 3rd and 2nd in chips respectively with the average around 20k. Have been at table together for about one orbit, and have played one hand together where I opened pre, he re-raised, I folded my low rundown and he showed AAQ5.

He seemed like a decent player, and I think my image will have been only playing decent hands, unlikely to stick it in on a draw. (one all in seen with him at table, I flopped middle set, doubled up a micro stack who had a flush draw).

So,the hand in question...

*********** # 152 **************
PokerStars Hand #81771198207: Tournament #569322380, $4.00+$0.40 USD Omaha Pot Limit - Level XIX (800/1600) - 2012/06/10 20:08:11 WET [2012/06/10 15:08:11 ET]
Table '569322380 21' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: komasy (22529 in chips)
Seat 2: mix |84 (31207 in chips)
Seat 3: TSIPOURAKI69 (26644 in chips)
Seat 4: Keith__1o1 (18756 in chips)
Seat 5: ruudi_dg (75596 in chips)
Seat 6: gomez12386 (24087 in chips)
Seat 7: miksunds (14440 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: handtakr (76529 in chips)
Seat 9: jokerxxr1 (37534 in chips)
Keith__1o1: posts small blind 800
ruudi_dg: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ruudi_dg [5c Ac 8d Ah]
gomez12386: folds
miksunds: folds
handtakr: calls 1600
jokerxxr1: folds
komasy: folds
mix |84: calls 1600
TSIPOURAKI69: folds
Keith__1o1: folds
ruudi_dg: raises 5600 to 7200
handtakr: calls 5600
mix |84: calls 5600
*** FLOP *** [9h 4c 7h]
ruudi_dg: checks
handtakr: bets 11200
mix |84: folds
ruudi_dg: raises 44800 to 56000
handtakr: raises 13329 to 69329 and is all-in
ruudi_dg: calls 12396 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (933) returned to handtakr
*** TURN *** [9h 4c 7h] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [9h 4c 7h 3c] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ruudi_dg: shows [5c Ac 8d Ah] (a straight, Ace to Five)
handtakr: shows [9s Ad Qd Qh] (a pair of Queens)
miksunds has returned
ruudi_dg collected 159192 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 159192 | Rake 0
Board [9h 4c 7h 3c 2s]
Seat 1: komasy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mix |84 folded on the Flop
Seat 3: TSIPOURAKI69 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Keith__1o1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: ruudi_dg (big blind) showed [5c Ac 8d Ah] and won (159192) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 6: gomez12386 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: miksunds folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: handtakr showed [9s Ad Qd Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 9: jokerxxr1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Can I have thoughts and opinions on the whole hand for both players please? Pre and Post Flop.

Thanks in advance. I went on to bink the tournament, and this hand gave me a huge chip lead in a great spot. But this hand has been bugging me for some reason.

[DCSW7]

I have no idea how all the money gets in the middle on that flop
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[judgey]

[Pizzicato]

I am not exactly a PLO player but I pretty much hate everything in that hand...

Think I prefer to check pre but raise is understandable and ok sometimes...

The flop is pretty bad for your hand though you can be ahead occasionally, getting all in on this flop is gonna be a losing play long term. Check calling a bet on the flop can be ok against the right opponent but would prefer to have a read that the villain can spazz out as theres a metric asston of scare cards that will make it near impossible for us to continue with the hand...

The turn is a pretty decent card for us and I would likely take a check/call line vs a spazz or a check/shove line vs a tighter player who may fold some of his holdings...

[x] pinch of salt

[knifeboy62]

I don't like the raise pre as I don't think I will be getting enough of my stack in to make it worth telegraphing my hand, especially as I will be oop. It just makes it too easy for opponents to play perfectly post flop.

On the flop it is never, ever a check raise for me. Your hand is nowhere near strong enough for that. I am bet/folding a lot here or sometimes check/calling one and re-evaluating on the turn. I don't think your opponent did much right here either but it's not enough to play a hand less badly than opponent.
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