Ummmmmm.....

I didn't even realize the flush draw completed on the turn. I'll stop giving advice until I learn how to read. (I did score top percentile in the verbal section of the GMAT...so I knew how to read at one point).

lol I didn't realize hero rivered 2 pair either. Against the fish river is probably a vbet,but IMO turn is a check against anyone

I don't know man. I had a similar spot at Venetian 5/T where the flush completed on the turn. I bet pot for the majority of my stack and was called by a naked gutshot draw (no flush draw).

To his credit, villain did tank for like 2 minutes prior to making the call.

interesting... I suppose the reason he insta-bet the river is that he had diamonds, and probably realized going into the river that he had awesome showdown value, as long as the board didn't pair.

The river hit, he quickly recognized that the board hadn't paired, so he bet.

Why not raise pre w KJJ9 hand? Lots of value but more importantly you're likely to "buy the button"

Suited to the K I think it's a raise but without your hand looks nicer than it is imo.

hihi guys want something different

Hand history from Big Easy Double Barrel (6 card PLO8, 2 boards and you only count your best high and best low from either board).

4 handed BTN straddle $10, I limp ATT755 in SB, BB fold, decent UTG player raise to $30, BTN fold, I call. Preflop is loose but there's a guy at the table who called my raise earlier with QJ7774 (somehow he folded this hand), so I'm OK with the limp. Facing the raise I'm getting a good price to see 6 cards. $2k effective.

Flop1: 983
Flop2: T64, pot $75
I check, villain $75, I call.

Turn1: 2
Turn2:Q, pot $225
Checks through.

Final board1: 98323
Final board2: T64Q8, pot $225
Checks through, I scoop vs AA268Q after some confusion from villain on why his A2 doesn't give him nut low.

In game I felt like I probably could have played flop more aggressively but in retrospect I like my decisions on every street given stack sizes, if I only have $1k I probably just c/r flop and jam most turns. I don't know of any equity calculators for this game but I'm guessing I would have been a significant underdog to get my money in on the flop here although his exact hand is probably fairly high up in his range.

Seems like your hand is almost unplayable in a 6 card plo8 game but I've never played it before.

Obv if people are playing trips you got the nuts but this game seems like ab true cluster ****.

Yea preflop I'm calling $20 more to see 6 cards with $75 total in the pot so I thought maybe it's OK, but could definitely be convinced it's a fold. Don't think I would ever fold the first time around given table description.

I also don't get why he didn't win with A2

OIC, only the best high hand and best low hand at showdown play so your A2358 > his A2468 and your TTTQ6 > his QQ88T.

Villain best low (86), Aesah best low (85)

Makes sense I thought you might only be able to play 1 board

well I have a straight but basically yeah

lol at that game... how many pots are mis awarded

A related question - how many hands per hour? Can't be many.

Def fold pre... Does not matter how bad dude is. You are playing a trap hand and you are playing it OOP. That being said, I play a lot of PLO8, a little Big O, and a touch of 6 card, but have never played double flop, but from what I know about hi-lo games and my limited experience playing 5-6 card games, your hand screams trap from your position. Look what happened, we had great results and only won a small pot vs. the fish. As played, I think the line is fine... we are going to have little fold equity (just because of the nature of the game) on the flop and be OOP with 400BB eff starting stacks and a fairly low chance of scoop. In position, this hand becomes a different animal.

Where are they spreading 6-card double fvck?

Fold pre, raise flop shove turn as played. We flop basically the lock on the high and A5 is good enough 4-handed to get it in and we counterfeit their low sometimes.

yeah that game sounds fun...

OK this was a hard one so I'll give you guys a pass for misreading, but villain in this hand is NOT the guy who called my raise with QJ7774, otherwise flop is an obvious spot to go broke

Also I don't have anywhere near the lock high, ~15/40 unknown cards make me not have the high on the bottom board alone, and ~35/40 unknown cards on the top board alone make me not have the high if I don't improve on the bottom (and some apply even if I do improve on the bottom). I'm not home right now so I can't tell you the percentage but you can see it's not stellar. And that's just counting the turn alone.

Ya if I don't improve bottom I only have nuts if the top comes an offsuit 3 or 4 lol

So Aesah, it's been 3 years. How do you feel about your decision to quit your job to play pro poker? How has the long poker grind been for you? Are you happy with your life and still enjoy playing poker?

I giggled at "improving your bottom"

Holy crap guys I haven't been this excited to go grind poker in a LONG time. Playing all sorts of cool stuff. This was a fun one:

PLO (high only), 2 boards each one is worth 50% of the pot.

4 handed. BTN straddle $10, SB raise $30, hero calls with J966 in BB, UTG calls, BTN folds. Again preflop is loose but tbh when you play live 4-handed there is kind of an unspoken agreement that everyone VPIP's triple what they normally would, otherwise the game is dumb.

Flop1: Q74
Flop2: KT9, pot $100
Checks around.

Turn1: 8
Turn2: Q, pot $100
SB leads $100, I call, UTG call.

Final board1: Q748J
Final board2: KT9Q2, pot $400
SB check, I $400, UTG calls, SB calls. I chop with UTG's AJ94, SB claims set and lower flush and mucks.

SB was pretty aggressive so I was trapping on the turn, once he checks river I think I can valuebet this as it's pretty hard for me to get scooped (note the J blocker to the nuts on board 1 also). My valuebet also serves as a semi-bluff as it could also get people to potentially fold a naked broadway straight on board 2, or a naked K-high or Q-high flush on board 1 even though it is unlikely.

I mean, surely optimal vpip in 4-handed PLO is like 55% anyway?