Omaha H/L SNG
A QQ 3 double suited. This is a great starting poker hand in my opinion, especially in a sit and go. I only have one possible low hand, the A, 3, but I have a slew of high hands, AQ, QQ, and the suited Ace.
We’re 4 handed in a SNG and it is folded to me in the small blind. I make a full pot sized bet and get called. The flop comes out A, A, 10. I flop trips and love it, but I don’t slow down. I shove all in, which is about pot and am called by the BB. He had A 10, 5, 6. So, he flopped a boat. I don’t even have runner-runner outs at a low draw since my ace is on the board. The only way I can beat him is if a queen comes out. It does not.
So, my hand was a far superior high hand preflop. I had a big pair and a higher ranking Ace than him. I also had double suited cards. Unfortunately with that strong of a flop, the suits don’t play much of a role in this online poker game.
While I had a better low hand than him with my 3-A low, he had more options with his 6-5-A low.
Once that flop comes down, I’m not letting go. Even if he has trip aces as well, my q kicker is probably going to be ahead. If he was lucky enough to catch a boat with 10s, I’m drawing slim, but I’m never folding. He happened to have A, 10 -a hand I didn’t even think about. What sucks now about having pocket queens, is that it limits my outs at a redraw. If I had any other 2 overs to his 10 I’d be drawing pretty live. I’d have 6 outs twice at least, instead of 2 outs twice while holding pocket queens.
So, big pairs in Omaha are great, but when you are drawing after the flop, they sometimes work against you. Keep that in mind when you play poker online.
