The purpose of the thread:

1) Public accountability
2) Finding a hard working group of people
3) I am interested in a mentor who is playing actively and winning 25/50+. I am willing to do a multi year deal if the value I get will compensate me. I contacted some guys who are playing that high but no one was willing to work with me. I do understand it though, who wants to work with some trash reg at plo50?
4) Understand the game and enjoy the process


For people who dont know me



I stopped my mtt grind around a year ago and I ‘’lost’’ 2 months because a family member was in and out from hospital due to some backbone injuries. Then I decided to give plo a shot without knowing the rules, but I wanted to try whether I like the game or not. I found a group which I studied 6m cash for a month but I felt I didn’t have any progress. As a beginner I needed a different way of thinking to break down the game and I decided to leave the group

Someone suggested to me learning hu plo and he was certain of having a clear plan to teach me if I am willing to give the format a shot. I said to myself I will give 5 months and whatever happens. Unfortunately this person wasn’t helpful and while I worked a ton on my game alone, I felt my progress wasn't equal to the hours I studied while the coach didn’t really have any clear plan to teach and the sessions were all over the place. I felt I wasted another 5 months in a format that it is very difficult to put volume (I was told the opposite) while playing more than 1 table was leading to constant mistakes


That was the first time I failed in something and it is very difficult to pick myself up. I put a lot of hours and I still consider I am completely trash. I am in a very bad state of mind the last two months, I am not gonna grind hu plo more and I feel whatever option I will choose between 6m plo or 6m nl cash I will fail. I started working with a mindset coach and a cbt psychologist. I don’t know who will be more helpful but I will keep you posted

This limbo state of mind is slowly fading away, I am leaning into playing 6m plo cash since plo is the most fun game I have ever played. Even though i know i am a trash reg i never had more fun in a poker game than grinding hu plo. I did some plo trainer work, obviously a ton of mistakes but I am willing to give it a shot. I will give myself until end of August 2024 to play some reasonable stakes with some reasonable winrate. I will be fine with something like plo200 at 3bb/100+ prerakeback. If I fail I will go back to mtts



I wasn’t planning to create a thread but I feel disgusted with myself wasting 2 months doing absolutely nothing with my life.

I do have some daily goals but I will not write the specifics here just the categories

Poker daily goals: 8 categories / 30 days = total 240
Fitness daily goals: 2 categories / 30 days = total 60
Mental daily goals: 4 categories / 30 days = total 120

P.S. I have some very bad behaviour regarding my chatting skills when grinding. I am trying actively to fix them. If you are offended....

Bankroll 10k for plo50
Shot at plo100 when bankroll 14k
Shot at plo200 when bankroll 19k
Shot at plo500 when bankroll 38k

Each shot will be a 3-5 buy in stop loss

Glgl. First question is why are you grinding on stars? Volume is on zoom I presume? 2nd thing is BRM seems extremely nitty, its higher EV to move up and down faster rather than having such a strict BRM strategy. I transitioned from NL cash to PLO 5 years ago and wish I made the switch earlier. Welcome to the great game

GL GL! will follow this closely

Where are located?

Finally, a 2+2 handle I recognize from back when. glgl

<3

Thanks

As a beginner, the most important part is volume in order to get the most feedback. Pokerstars zoom is the only room where you can get semi constant volume. I tried to start 6m tables but playing 5 hands hu each time before table gets 3 handed+ is not something in my interest. I assume in higher stakes tables will fill slower, its not the case in anything bellow plo200

Brm, baseroll doesnt matter, i assume i am not winning the games since my 6m experience is limited at best. Winning 80 buy ins before making the jump from plo50 to plo100 while learning the game is fine

Someone got caught with their hand in the cookie jar

Not my hh, anyone knows why this is happening? I have seen 3 different hhs where gg's cashout seems bugging. Not sure if it is a bug or not but i couldnt find a clear explanation

Mandatory Cbet on flop here mw and hu

yeah, bet bet shove here unless board pairs or backdoor diamonds hit. Great board for you to barrell off here.

Thanks for the insight. We are oop in a high frequency check spot, in these spots i assumed we need some kind of equity+blockers to start betting (common pattern in high frequency check spots). I also think our hand has some showdown value, not sure it is a good idea to turn it into a bluff from flop. I looked it up in plotrainer at various positions and stack depths, mainly our combo is going for check. If you have any strong arguments to take the betting line let me know

I guess i couldnt have wished for a worst hand vs hand interaction

First days dont look good, but ton of work to put

I would not personally bet mw here but boardway boards is generally neutral in terms of range v range equity but you prob have more nuts than IP caller, I can see arguments for both checking range or cb, no reason to play GTO here imo. 1 pair is almost never SD value in PLO especially on a drawy board like that, you can't XC so you're really just hoping guy don't bluff his weaker 1 pair type hands and you get to SD. If I did whiff on XR on flop, I would just pot pot. I think that line is more credible.

You sure 9hi rundown a 3b vs a UTG halfstack open?

I cant be sure, since i havent studied all preflop plays but it seemed too strong to fold. Even if i have studied them doesnt mean i can implement them properly yet. I checked now and it is

I wouldn't do it at 50 bb but this the right spot and stack depth to apply pressure. You have good blockers to current nuts and future nuts but limited showdown value. Also, PLO trainer wants you to check raise lot when you check here so the argument about not turning your hand into a bluff is kinda moot. The main argument for c-betting here is that its not clear you can depend on ppl to bet enough here in position to have a lot of check raises.

Fwiw, I ran a few different sims as well. At 100bbs, mp vs co with the nut flush draw blocker has you c betting at 70%. It does however drop considerably one position later.

I decided to play a bit more hu. I strongly believe it is the best form of poker. I guess it is near impossible to run like a normal person in pokerstars and i decided to withdraw the rest of my money and focus on the rest of platforms and 6max


no lube stars month to date




no lube stars since i got my second coaching session





Honorable mention to their terrible support. I requested all my plo hhs since i have a couple of sessions missing, they told me they will send them within an hour. They send half of them. I asked again and i explained they sent half of them. They apologized and told me they will send within an hour. I contacted through live support, again, since (obviously) they didnt send anything. Answer? Yes you guess right, they will send soon. 2hours later nothing. Less than 90k hands, such a difficult job to do. Once upon a time, pokerstars was the epitome how to run a company, they can even do a proper promo anymore

I wish, there will be a point, where i have your high understanding of plo and i will not do things at 50bb but i will do them at 60bb because it is the right stack depth to apply pressure. Until then i will just click my buttons and donate to keep the pool alive. I just hope i will reach your level soon

When ex plo500+ reg asks you ''where were you? are things rough from you?''

I dont know if it tears of tilt or laughter anymore


Within 30 mins of 1 tabling hu, gotta love this plo50 reg



Gotta keep them grinding

Even painful to read! Keep pushing!

lol, quite standard variance + i am not good in this game = low winrates. Nothing unexpected. My view didnt change, plo is the most fun game. I just like taking the piss on regs even though i am quite sh.t myself. At least i am having some more fun

Also if i was taking the limit a bit more serious i would switch many river decisions. Imo AQ83 is a fold, hand screams exactly what he has. Bet timing makes me think he has no AJ since he snap probed 2bb and snap called raise. I think AJxx would take some minor time at least to think betting bigger or raising and i doubt he does this line with straights

AAK8 imo should be xc river instead of betting (i dont know if solver agrees), but blocking top2 kinda sucks. His sets should value bet anyway and might catch some random bluffs (even though villain doesnt fit this kind of profile). If i took a couple of seconds more or the limit was a bit more serious, i would have followed better river lines which is where the money are made in hu

K953 is propably a check and shouldnt even have a limp strategy preflop. I just wanted to expirement with this today because i ran some sims against different profiles