As we sussed out last time, we’re trying to make money, not chips, at a final table. To complicate matters the final table we are looking at, that of MiniFTOPS Event #32 on Full Tilt, is one featuring a foreign game called pot-limit Omaha.
During the last hand we discussed — when it was eight-handed and I was third-shortest in chips — I really had to worry about putting chips in the pot. In particular this was true because of the ubiquity of a chip leader on my left wielding a wrecking ball.
But by this hand matters have changed.