5-5 PLO and Big O Cash Gaming at Rio

6/28/2014
5-5 PLO, $200 min, no max
Hero bought in for $1000

Reads:
1 ?
2 ?
3 ?
4 ?
5 ?
6 ?
7 ?
8 ?
9 ?

First hand
Hero dealt in BB: T987 (98 suited)

Preflop:
Button straddle to 10
Vil1: folds
Hero: raises to 30
Vil3 (~2.5k): raises to 100
(folds to hero)
Hero: calls

(2 players - ~205 in pot)
Flop: T82 r (hero has bdfd)
Hero: checks
Vil3: bets ~150
Hero: calls

(2 players - 555 in pot)
Turn: T82J two tone (hero does not have flush draw)
Hero: bets all in
Vil3: calls

Vil3: "Do you have a straight?"
Hero: "Yes."
Vil3: "Pair the board" and shows JJxx.

River: T82J4 (no flush completes)

Analysis:
Preflop: Super strong hand and hits ton of flops even OOP. Hero could have 4-bet to rep AAxx, but decides to just play post flop.
Flop: Hero doesn't have to increase variance because villain likely never folds to check raise on flop with shorter relative effective stacks.
Turn: Hero needs to donk and not be tricky when straight completes without flush. Some/most players (correctly) will check back turn when wrap straight completes.

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Table switch:
5/5 Big O

1 middle aged person with Glasses
2 Russian Dmitry
3 younger male
4 hero
5 person from FL
6 another person from FL
7 another person from FL
8 M. B.

Hero's image was tight (compared to rest of table) playing ~6 hands in 2-3 rotations.
Hero dealt on button: 77632 (72? suited)

Preflop:
Hero button straddled to 10
SB: calls
BB: calls
Hero: checks

(5 players - 50 in pot)
Flop: 75A (rainbow)
checks to hero
Hero: bets 40
Vil6: calls

(2 players - 130 in pot)
75A9 (two tone, hero has no FD)
Vil6: checks
Hero: bets 105
Vil6: calls

(2 players - 340 in pot)
75A9K (flush draws miss)
Vil6: bets 250
Hero: reraises all in (~850 remaining)
Vil6: calls

Vil6: shows 32xxx and missed nut flush draw.

Hero gets 3/4.

Analysis:
Preflop: Hero could probably open in LP or limp behind at passive table. The hand really needs an A on flop to do well.
Flop: This sets up to be a "flip" if villain has 32xxx with back door flush draw.
Turn: Hero continues to bet with likely a freerolling hand, even though hero has 3rd nut high on turn. Hero's concerned about flush draw completing.
River: There's enough worse hi hands with nut low (or even high hands w/o best low) that will call a raise.