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Originally Posted by marshallj
Enjoying this TR. Moar please.
So I spent a lot of 2010 learning how to play PLO, and played a lot of low stakes hands, perhaps more than I should have, but I wanted to be super careful since PLO has a lot of variance and I didn't want to move up too fast thinking I was good and then get crushed because I wasn't actually yet.
I felt good enough to play at least the $1,500 PLOament, which got 1,071 people in it. You started out w/ $1,500 in chips and 2 rebuy chips, which let you get $1,500 more chips each anytime you wanted them. If you hadn't used them by level 4, they were automatically used. The limits started out $25/$25, so I didn't feel the need to rebuy right away. I think I worked my way up to $2k or something, then lost a few pots, and then 3-bet AKJ4 ds or ss in position, leaving just one pot-sized bet on the 542 flop. I shoved, guy flips 3678, so that didn't work out so well. I rebought for both my chips after that, and managed to build a decent stack.
I had about $14k chips at $100/$200, the only guy at the table who has me covered was OTB, I was SB. He opens, I just flat J987ds, which I guess is wrong and I definitely wouldn't do in a cash game, but at the time I didn't want to play a big pot OOP against the only guy at the table who could bust me... the SB then re-pots it for ~70% of his stack, the button 4-bets AAxx, now for ~70% of my stack. I tank/fold b/c I didn't want to gamble it up that much that early, but I'm told I should have called there regardless. Apparently I was deviating too much from cash game strategy; I dunno. Against that hands, it was actually ~chip EV neutral, or maybe I gave up 1-2%, so, even though I should have 3-bet, I don't really mind my fold. obviously I would have flopped two pair, which would have held 3 ways...
Our table breaks, so I get moved to this other table where I have a QT87 type double suited hand, or maybe it had an Ace; I can't remember. I raise OTB and get a couple calls. Flop gives me a weakish combo draw w/ a gutshot and flush draw, I decline to check behind, get c/red by top set, river is a straight card but not mine, though I think i picked up a second gutshot, top set checks, I realize I have no fold equity and check behind, then i river one of my draws, he pots or something, and I call all in. Tables breaks again, and I get moved to a table w/ some guy that people were talking about being on some high stakes poker show.
I'm pretty bad about recognizing online pros. I don't watch poker on TV, so I have no idea what anyone looks like except the most famous ones obv. And I don't follow any of the unlimited bet stuff online anyway so unless I played with them in the 8/10-game, I'm probably not going to know who they are.
I found out later it's Andrew Lichtenberger, who I just found out while searching his name to spell it correctly, is luckychewy. I've vaguely heard of that name but know nothing else about him. He was cool, though. We were talking about playing fun games, and he described this ridiculous game where you could buy an ocean, steal people's cards if you chose a card and it came on the turn/river; I can't really explain it any further. Of course I told him about Swingo, and he was excited. I had brought a bottle of Mt. Dew Code Red to the table, which a couple of people were super excited about, as they should be, b/c code red is amazing. We talked about it for 5-10 minutes at least.
One of the main Mt. Dew guys was sitting in the 5 seat, while I had the 8 seat. He was the only other big chip stack at the table and kept joking about wanting to "dance" or whatever in a big pot. Then we played this ridiculous hand where he raised, I defended my BB; the flop was like A56
, I have A
, another
, I think a King, and obviously a 4th card, maybe even a 6. I think I led the flop, he thinks for a while and calls and is like "GIVE ME A NINE" and then the turn is 9
and the whole table laughs. I check theatrically, he bets small enough where I can call, and then he's like "PAIR THE BOARD" obviously being a dick or something, river is another nine, and he MUCKS HIS HAND IN POSITION BEFORE I CAN DO ANYTHING. Unbelievable.
Our table breaks again again, and I get moved over to one of the corners by the rail, where skoldpadda happened to be able to rail me for like 90 minutes or something b/c he was standing right behind me and could see my cards. That table was another super typical PLO table full of fun people, tons of great conversations, I tell my misclick/pineapple juice story, then someone asks to hear it a second time b/c he thought it was so funny, but then the dealer missed part of it or something, so I got to tell it a 3rd time. One of the guys was also from Arlington, VA, and another guy managed a bond portfolio for an insurance company, so there was a lot to talk about.
Unfortunately, I won 0 hands at showdown in like 4 hours, although only even got one to SD anyway... That hand was w/ the guy on my immediate left, so he ended up w/ a lot of chips and used them fairly well. I got 3-bet twice by him, had to fold both flops; one of which he showed top set (I folded a flush draw), and just got down to like 10BB after I think I was chip leader at one point around the dinner break based on what pokernews was tracking... They call 6 hands left, and at the time there were 119 people left and 117 got paid. On the bubble, one of the guys at our table folded like 50 hands in a row or something, it was pretty ridic.
So I pick up double suited AA84 with 8BB with 3 hands to go, open to 3BB, finally, for the first hand in like 10-12 hands, the BB flats. The flop is KT4, giving me the nut flush draw, too, he pots it for 6BB and I stack off for my last 5. He flips ****ing KKxx, and turns quads on me. Since I'm #119, now, they move to hand-for-hand play, and will now ignore the 6 more hands thing play until they bust #118 and break the bubble. So people will cash on Day 1 of the PLOament thanks to me.
I had such a great table, though, that I stood up, said "congratulations, everyone, I enjoyed playing with you all" and actually meant it. I don't think I've ever actually congratulated anybody after busting before. PLOLOL!