Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Medic

I'm learning that Pot Limit Omaha is one massive high wire act. Actually more like a big fun house mirror. It's a world in which top full houses get laid down to big raises and perfectly played hands can loose you $2,000. Naked nut straights are marginal hands and top pairs are meaningless. Bottom sets will break you and when you get the nuts, take a picure, 'cause it aint gonna last long. After a hold’em hand you can usually say "there's your mistake", or as a previous boss was wont to say, "there's your sign". PLO is much different.

And these guys are hilarious. Yesterday a guy gets SMOKED for about $3,200 with AAK7; he flops top set, turns the nut straight and loses to a flush on the river. He's sitting there in disbelief as an EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLAR POT IN WHICH FLOPPED THE NUTS AND THEN TURNED THE NUTS gets shipped to a guy with an ENORMOUS wrap/flush draw (129 outs or so). The table gets kind of quiet like someone just died or something; out of nowhere Al mutters "Medic".

I didn't stop laughing for 15 minutes.

(The winner flopped a wrap and the nut flush draw, turns the same nut straight, and rivers the nut flush. Medic indeed)

1 comment:

brkawy_7 said...

this should be on a fucking hallmark card. I'm copying it, it may end up in
print somewhere. don’t worry, ill give you the credit. CLASSIC! I have to know
who that happened to. not that it matters, but I can picture Al saying MEDIC, I
just have to know who was on the other end!