The Sunday poker tournament at Tulalip was interesting. I was out early but had a crazy thing happen. There was a vacant seat to my immediate left probably 30 minutes into the game. They were still seating alternates so this guy takes the seat and gets his stack of chips. He was in mid to late position and saw maybe 3 flops, mucking each hand. My big blind, he limps behind and then a late position player raises 3x big blind. I look at my hand and have J/J. The raiser has a smaller stack than mine so I re-raise pot size. The guy next to me freaks out. He throws his cards at the dealer, exposing 3/3 and starts swearing about not playing a f...ing hand!!!!! The dealer warns him about the swearing and throwing cards but he continues ranting. The floor is called who warns him and he continues and wants to speak to his supervisor. They walk off and he returns shortly. He then asks who called for the supervisor. The big guy next to me (chewing on an unlit cigar) says "it was me". It wasn't but this was getting fun. The floor comes over again, the guy continues ranting and they pick his chips up and kick him out, escorted by security. Unbelievable.
So, after getting knocked out on my K/9 suited shove called by two players, one holding J/J (I could have beaten pocket aces since I caught trip 9's, but he hit his jack), I got on the omaha list for high hand day. My monster win came on one of those thankfully rare hands when the whole table seemingly goes crazy. A new player UTG straddles (only straddle of the day), I call with 10/10/x/x and the player next to me raises. Multiple players call and the straddle caps it. The flop is sort of good for me 10/A/K, but I am wary. The straddler bets, I call, next to me raises and I think we cap 4 handed with no low draws. I know exactly where I am with probably 2 flopped straights and a possible over set but the pot is huge and I am in it to win it. The turn is a brick and it gets capped at $32 each 3 ways. The river? Case 10, thank you. It is bet and raised by me, I take the giant pot and ultimately the high hand worth another $100. The straddler whips some crap on me about calling $32 on the turn and I reply, "you built a huge pot that I could not fold a set". He busted out shortly afterward and I cashed out for $360 on my $100 buy-in.
Fast forward to Thursday, another omaha high hand day. No big hands for me, made the board twice but could not hold it. A guy at our table hit a royal flush and another guy hit 2 straight flushes plus one more aces full high hand. Despite no jackpot wins I probably had the best day at the table with some solid wins and cashing out for $300 on my $100 buy-in. I was happy with my play this week and happy to win some cash.
So, after getting knocked out on my K/9 suited shove called by two players, one holding J/J (I could have beaten pocket aces since I caught trip 9's, but he hit his jack), I got on the omaha list for high hand day. My monster win came on one of those thankfully rare hands when the whole table seemingly goes crazy. A new player UTG straddles (only straddle of the day), I call with 10/10/x/x and the player next to me raises. Multiple players call and the straddle caps it. The flop is sort of good for me 10/A/K, but I am wary. The straddler bets, I call, next to me raises and I think we cap 4 handed with no low draws. I know exactly where I am with probably 2 flopped straights and a possible over set but the pot is huge and I am in it to win it. The turn is a brick and it gets capped at $32 each 3 ways. The river? Case 10, thank you. It is bet and raised by me, I take the giant pot and ultimately the high hand worth another $100. The straddler whips some crap on me about calling $32 on the turn and I reply, "you built a huge pot that I could not fold a set". He busted out shortly afterward and I cashed out for $360 on my $100 buy-in.
Fast forward to Thursday, another omaha high hand day. No big hands for me, made the board twice but could not hold it. A guy at our table hit a royal flush and another guy hit 2 straight flushes plus one more aces full high hand. Despite no jackpot wins I probably had the best day at the table with some solid wins and cashing out for $300 on my $100 buy-in. I was happy with my play this week and happy to win some cash.
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I'm glad to see that you are enjoying your Omaha so much. I really should play more of it because I really like it too. They have 3-6 Omaha at Jokers 2-3 times per week. I guess I could do that instead of 3-6 hold 'em but I also really miss 3-6 and 4-8 hold 'em so maybe I will switch every week. Hmmmmm.
As for the crazy person - that's just nuts. He must have been on something don't you think? I've only seen one fight in the last 13 years (since I started playing) but it really had nothing to do with the cards. Some people shouldn't ever sit down at a poker table.
Have fun and good luck!
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