I've been playing 2/4 as my main game since I got on my own money, and there are so many tables available at that limit that it's usually smart to just game select rather than start games. Once I move back up to where it's not worth my time to play 2/4 though, I'm definitely going to start more games, just because I feel like my 3-4 handed game is really good, and I have a pretty decent edge on the weaker regs in those games.

Meh, poor me. Had to make a deposit for renting a house for a year today
Took out most of my pokerstars monies to help pay for it and to stay out of my overdraft.
Still got ~$100 left in my pokerstars account.
What limits 'should' I be playing plo at now?
I'm thinking .25/50 but thats probably too high.

Oh yeah, people talk a lot about game selection, could someone explain what is good game selection for plo? Does it just mean avoiding the good regs on the tables, or is there more to it like looking for a game with a low/high number of players seeing the flop etc?

I likes:

1) Many players seeing the flop.
2) Big pots

I'd start at 10plo if I were you (maybe even 5plo for propper br mgt).

I had about $2 on stars and was helping a friend during milestone week. I sat at 3 .01/.02 plo tables and ended up in a milestone hand, so free$. I've been playing 10plo there as an aside to my reg games and have built it up lil by lil and am on my way to another stars BR. ( just seems too bothersome to deposit and have to worry when you will get your echeck after my last 40 day debacle).

BR mgt FTW is a very true statement at PLO.

thank god for breda breda, he makes all the games so less dreary and dull.

not the best idea to be naming names, but w/e

i've been playing .5/1 and 1/2 PLO on stars for awhile now, going to keep my name to myself. thinking about moving down b/c i suck

i've caught powerhaus bluffing me, but i don't really know why he tried it because i play like an idiot and call rivers with ace high

I am with you gavz. As predicted numerous times before this finally got created, this thread seems to mainly serve the lurkers/non-sharers and those incapable of making reads/notes/thoughtful conclusions.

Whilst I am all for this forum and members assisting members to improve their individual game through thoughtful strat/advice/insight what have you, I do not see the benefit in simply handing out to God knows how many lurking c-game players the means to specifically exploit player x and/or which whales to put on their buddy lists.

If the latter was the intention of this thread, or where we see it potentially going, then I would personally like to vote to have it deleted. If it was meant to simply be a low content for Stars players thread, then imo gavz and gymratpoker can you edit your posts plz and let's all carry on.

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holy crap I played 3k hands today... most ever for me; feel like death

dunno how you people play more than 4 hrs in a day

Anyone played with Drexle (sp?!). Played him HU about a month ago, seemed liked a solid player but would occasionally monkey 3-bet with air and give his chips away. Think I've seen him as high as 1/2 in 6max?

-1..... no-one's forcing you at gunpoint to poast itt, and if you do poast itt, you are under no obligation to a) be honest about your own sn (I see your issue there) or b) give out any useful info at all. If other people are doing it, it may cost you a leeeedle bit of $ in the short term, but you pick up a reciprocal edge from it.

Is WiiCane a 2p2er? I have a sneaky suspecion he is...

Time to do some name dropping!

.50/1 REGS:

Malyz: 26/18/3.1 2.1K hands. Tight aggro and competent.
TSUCHI: 29/7/2.5 1.4k. Obviously loose, semi passive, marginal loser on my db.
tShGsT: 51/20/2.7 1.3k. He used to shorstack, but lately he has been playing full stack! def. fish. 35.67 won$ at SD!
Chromeo12: 20/10/4.3 1.8k. competent and aggro, one of the better at this limit IMO.
IamTazz: 16/10/3.1 2K+. one of the bigger winners in my db. I have seen him 4 and 5 bet jam rundowns preflop more then once.
BadBeatrus2: 41/4.5/2.2 1.3k. LOL passive fish.
Bemsha Swing: 24/15/2.1 1.3k. Bemsha is that one guy who just always holds over me, so i cant really be objective, but he is a good TAG IMO.
G_Midas: 21/13/4.3 1.1k. One of the worst regs. flop aggr. of 10+. Don't think he really understands hand values. 32.3 W$ at SD.
house_advntg: 25/6.5/2.5 1k. Marginal winner.
Xamanor: 27/14/ 2.3 800. I have just seen him recently and he is a multi tabler who seems fairly straight forward.
pgcannonball: 26/18/3.5 800. Extreme aggro. Gives me hell but is a slight loser in my db overall.
Andimintator: 15/8/2 1.1k. No impressions from me. 60 W$ at SD.
xr8ed: 28/13/1.75 400+. I think youre pretty good X!
spbru: 21/13.5/2.7 1k. Semi tight and aggro. 3-bets VERY LIGHT pre especially in postision.
searching: 26/5/2.3 900. Mass multi tabler. Seems bad but is big winner in my db.

So maybe this will spark some convo/useful info on some of the regs at this limit. Please do add to the list and make corrections.

BTW im obviously ibetufold33 and am a break even spew monkey in 2009.

this is just such bad form..


wazz, I disagree completely with you... using 2p2 as a site to compile mass databases and collective reads is such immoral bs imo

also, to answer the obligatory 'well, then what is a thread like this used for' question, I feel that it's just to poke fun at people who are running bad/good, post some ridiculous hands vs complete randoms and just have fun..

Ah i see. I do think there is worse things then comparing notes with other regs, but if others share the opinion that it is as scummy as you believe, I will certainly take it down.

agreed, dirty, i thought this was just like a stars low content thread almost. Except we can also talk about how people's SNE runs are going, who has been playing like a donk recently (pick me pick me) and what not. On a side note, if you guys ever get bored of PLO, you should wander over to PLO8, it's an easy game.

thats what everyone who has just started playing plo says!

we need more action in the plo8 world? We don't have 24 tables running at 1/2+, PLO can get >24 tables at 1/2 alone. I'm just jealous.

wtf is the point of this thread then when there is already a low content thread..? Now I just feel dirty.

Dunno if he's a 2p2er, but he's a Cardrunners member: used to update his blog pretty regularly.

Perhaps we can use this thread to better ourselves. Im Bemsha Swing. I know I have played with lots of you before. I would be really curious to hear what any of you have to say about my play/strengths/weaknesses. Feel free to rip me a new one.

Also. Found someone with a scarier avatar than Gavz. Keep an eye out for Raizer"IT".

ha id like the note at the end of mine changed lol...gotta contribute more here and maybe ill become a bigger winner especially as i transition t 1/2

The biggest edge the large majority of us have in common over the average player is that we are able to independently assess the information given to us and draw forth superior conclusions (reads), in turn applying this knowledge to make more profitable decisions. In short, we will make less mistakes.

If we can communally agree that the above statement is true and thus we are are all intelligent, thinking players; then posting specific information serves only to overcome laziness, as surely the majority of us would come to similar conclusions ourselves in a relatively short time (maybe a couple hundred hands at most?).

Posting this information does however significantly elevate the games of players that either have yet to develop or are unable of the thought process described in the opening paragraph. As of course this does not apply to any of us...I just do not see how posting something like "player xxx: over-agro, will triple barrel freq when pf raiser, call down with any mid+ hand" is in any way beneficial to us as a community.

tl;dr: delete post with reads/stats, +1 vote for this thread now = ****official office water cooler for stars regs, cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck****

yeah i too agree with gordo that needs to be deleted and is bad form...discussing this stuff with other regs through a pm may be more appropriate