With few chances to get your money in as a huge favorite, any one who sits is on the edge of a punishing financial downswong, with $500k-$1 million swings the norm in a single short session.
Doesn't seem to stop anybody from playing, though, as the high-stakes PLO tables at Tilt have been off the charts with action since the WSOP hit the pause button.
Case in point: Another stacked six-max session that went off early this morning, featuring Gus Hansen, Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, online killer David "raptor" Benefield and regular OnTheRize, which produced the third-biggest pot online so far this week.
The benefactor: online phenom Benefield, who initiated a pre-flop raising war that ended up with $200k going in the middle on not much more than a wing and a prayer.
Punching the hole cards into the PL.com odds calculator, it's pretty clear you have to be willing to gamble to play the big game, as no one ultimately pushed with better than a 46.9% chance to win (Hansen), and OnTheRize and Benefield at 25.67% and 27.15% respectively.
The flop and turn pumped it up to 66.8% to win for Hansen, but again showing how easily a pot can be yanked from your grasp in Omaha, a queen on the river filled Benefield's straight and $200k was pushed his way.
The #HandHistory:7353493763:1901:hand history#, as tracked by the PL.com MarketPulse section:
7353493763 TABLE : Eginton (6 max) $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - Thu Jul 24th 2008 - 6:17am ET
Table Setup
Seat 1: OMGClayAiken ($39,997) Seat 2: Gus Hansen ($43,997) Seat 3: bballer88 ($77,001) Seat 4: OnTheRize ($87,299) Seat 5: David Benefield ($75,100.50) Seat 6: ICallSoWhat ($120,847) Gus Hansen posts the small blind of $200 bballer88 posts the big blind of $400 The button is in seat #1
Pre-flop
OnTheRize has 15 seconds left to act OnTheRize raises to $1,200 David Benefield raises to $4,200 ICallSoWhat calls $4,200 OMGClayAiken calls $4,200 Gus Hansen raises to $22,600 bballer88 folds OnTheRize has 15 seconds left to act OnTheRize raises to $80,800 David Benefield calls $70,900.50, and is all in ICallSoWhat folds OMGClayAiken has 15 seconds left to act OMGClayAiken has requested TIME OMGClayAiken folds Gus Hansen calls $21,397, and is all inOnTheRize shows [#Ad#Kd#2h#Kc]David Benefield shows [#9s#6h#Ks#Jh]Gus Hansen [#As#8c#Ah#7h]Uncalled bet of $5,699.50 returned to OnTheRize
Flop: [#7c#2c#Ts]
Turn: [#7c#2c#Ts][#9d]
River: [#7c#2c#Ts][#9d][#Qh]
OnTheRize shows a pair of Kings David Benefield shows a straight, King high David Benefield wins the side pot ($62,207) with a straight, King high Gus Hansen shows a pair of Aces David Benefield wins the main pot ($140,788) with a straight, King high Gus Hansen is sitting out OnTheRize adds $7,801.50
Summary
Total pot $202,998 Main pot $140,791. Side pot $62,207. | Rake $3Board: [#7c#2c#Ts#9d#Qh]Seat 1: OMGClayAiken (button) folded before the FlopSeat 2: Gus Hansen (small blind) showed [#As#8c#Ah#7h] and lost with a pair of Aces Seat 3: bballer88 (big blind) folded before the Flop Seat 4: OnTheRize showed [#Ad#Kd#2h#Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings Seat 5: David Benefield showed [#9s#6h#Ks#Jh] and won ($202,995) with a straight, King high Seat 6: ICallSoWhat folded before the Flop
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