Screw The Rake

Liquid's YTD: $255.70

You thought I was kidding with that PokerRoom.com crack in my last post. Evidence from this evening follows. What looks to be an obvious split pot turns out to be a win for hero. I suppose I have to forget the rake and raise a unit on the river here. Besides, I held two of the tens, so I shouldn't have been so quick to assume a split pot. Did I mention I'm not that bright?

This was one of two missteps tonight that cost me $15 in all. This figure assumes our foe below would have called an $11 re-raise. Maybe he would have sobered up and passed. Anyway, it's a wonder I was up $22 when I cashed out.

Omaha Hi $0.50-$1 PL (real money), hand #723,xxx,xxx
Table Namur, 11 Mar 2005 11:11 PM

Seat 1: MP3 ($11.75 in chips)
Seat 2: CO ($33 in chips)
Seat 3: button ($56.50 in chips)
Seat 4: foe ($74.50 in chips)
Seat 5: BB ($21.75 in chips)
Seat 6: hero [10H,9H,KS,10C] ($66.50 in chips)
Seat 7: UTG+1 ($83.25 in chips)
Seat 8: UTG+2 ($45.75 in chips)
Seat 9: MP1 ($16.25 in chips)
Seat 10: MP2 ($39.75 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
foe posts blind ($0.25), BB posts blind ($0.50).

PRE-FLOP
hero calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.50, UTG+2 calls $0.50, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls $0.50, CO folds, button folds, foe calls $0.25, BB checks.

FLOP [board cards 8D,6C,7H ]
foe bets $3, BB folds, hero calls $3, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP3 folds.

TURN [board cards 8D,6C,7H,AH ]
foe bets $3, hero calls $3.

RIVER [board cards 8D,6C,7H,AH,2S ]
foe bets $11, hero calls $11.

SHOWDOWN
foe shows [ 5S,4D,3C,6H ]
hero shows [ 10H,9H,KS,10C ]
hero wins $35.25.

SUMMARY
Pot: $37, (including rake: $1.75)
foe, loses $17.50
hero, bets $17.50, collects $35.25, net $17.75