Quick reality check if I am really that bad ...

I guess there is a strong argument to x/c river instead of shoving and there are def some rivers (J-A) I am probably x/f (vs a shove) and cry. But even when the 7 isn't a really great card for us, as played my line is fine or?



GGPoker, Omaha Pot Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Pokeit

UTG (Hero): $6.09 (305 bb)
MP: $2.03 (102 bb)
CO: $2.00 (100 bb)
BU: $2.00 (100 bb)
SB: $1.80 (90 bb)
BB: $1.51 (76 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero is UTG with K 9 9 8
Hero raises to $0.06, MP calls $0.06, CO calls $0.06, 2 players fold, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.25) 9 T T (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.13, MP calls $0.13, CO calls $0.13, BB folds

Turn: ($0.64) 2 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.43, MP calls $0.43, CO folds

River: ($1.50) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.50, MP calls $1.41 (all-in)

Think exploitatively going for the XR OTT is best. By barrelling turn you fold out draws and get called by Tx that have plenty of equity.

As played I see nothing wrong with jamming river for value although it looks very strong and good players could find a fold with trips.

I guess XC OTT and again OTR can work vs villains who are aggressive enough

Thanks for your advice, it's deeply appreciated. I never thought about x/r OTT because I was just focused on value betting against the fish but now I see the merit of it. Thanks again!

A real update is coming soon, but I am just not playing a lot of poker at the moment because life outside of poker continues to be super rough. I am just playing for one hour here or there to free my mind for a bit. It is what it is but there is no need to force myself to put in volume when I have so much other **** on my mind.

Anyway, in the meantime another hand.


In PLO, sometimes it's not enough to flop EVERYTHING ...


Villian is 46/12 (28 hands)

1) I do not think that's a spot where your average PLO2 player is bluffing a lot and I block some of his bluffs?
2) I guess I am never good here because his line screams like 9 7 / 4 7, K with BD hearts or Q T ?


GGPoker, Omaha Pot Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 6 players
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UTG (Hero): $4.98 (249 bb)
MP: $2.27 (114 bb)
CO: $1.73 (87 bb)
BU: $2.00 (100 bb)
SB: $2.08 (104 bb)
BB: $4.66 (233 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero is UTG with T Q 8 8
Hero raises to $0.06, 3 players fold, SB calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.18) 8 J K (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.18, SB calls $0.18, BB folds

Turn: ($0.54) 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.54, SB calls $0.54

River: ($1.62) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $1.30 (all-in),

Ok, another hand. This one is more funny than anything and yeah, my call pre isn't very good.

Not sure about his turn call



GGPoker, Omaha Pot Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 6 players
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UTG (Hero): $2.14 (107 bb)
MP: $3.11 (156 bb)
CO: $1.66 (83 bb)
BU: $2.00 (100 bb)
SB: $1.82 (91 bb)
BB: $6.47 (324 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero is UTG with K 3 T K
Hero raises to $0.06, 4 players fold, BB 3-bets to $0.19, Hero calls $0.13

Flop: ($0.39) 8 6 A (2 players)
BB bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

Turn: ($0.99) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $0.99, Hero raises to $1.65 (all-in), BB calls $0.66

River: ($4.29) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $4.29 (Rake: $0.13)

Showdown:
UTG (Hero) shows K 3 T K (a flush, Ace high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 64%, Flop: 83%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

BB shows 9 T 3 5 (a pair of Fives)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 36%, Flop: 17%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

UTG (Hero) wins $4.16

It's time for a little update I guess.

About 1,5 weeks ago, I switched to PLO2 Rush&Cash. That doesn't mean I will never play reg tables again, but I enjoy R&C for the moment for a few different reasons. As mentioned previously, not a lot of volume because real life is a bitch.




However, for the last 4-5 days I am dedicating 100% of my time to study. I bought RIO's "PLO from the ground up" course, taking many notes and doing a lot of preflop solver stuff. Obv I can not fix all my preflop leaks at once, so I will try to focus on some specific areas, mainly LP and blinds play.

On another note, GG's Micro Festival started today (Sunday). Of course, I am not gonna play a full schedule, but I will probably play a few events here and there. Not sure about PLO events because I do not feel like my PLO tournament play is strong enough yet but we will see.


Besides that, I am not doing a lot of other stuff right now besides playing some xDefiant and I started to rewatch The Blacklist which I stopped after season 4 or 5 back then.

Anyway, that's all for now. GL everyone!

June Recap

June is in the books so it is time for a recap. As already mentioned ITT, I struggled to get any real volume in after some serious bad variance irl. Anyway, I did play a little since the last update and am still working through the "From the Ground Up" course, where I have almost finished the preflop part.


PLO2 overall this month:




Rush&Cash only (switched Mid-June):




So yeah, I am still pretty bad at PLO, but at least my EV WR in Rush&Cash is a little bit encouraging. Besides that, not a ton to report. I lost about $20 in tournaments, mostly PLO and some NLHE microFestival events.

So let's have a look at the goals I set for myself in June:


And that's it already for June, nothing too exciting but that is how the cookie crumbles sometimes.

I will post my goals for July tomorrow (Monday).

GL all!

July Goals

Alright alright, time for some July goals. But first:



I cashed in the ThanksGG-Freeroll yesterday! Not the worst way to end June.


And now, my goals for the month of July:

Main Goals:
[ ] 20k hands (minimum)
[ ] 80hrs playing
[ ] 40hrs studying

Bonus Goals:
[ ] Take a shot at PLO5
[ ] Build a proper HUD and some individual reports in H2N


Basically, I plan to play another 10k hands at PLO2 R&C (finished by mid-July at the latest) and then take a 10BI shot at PLO5. But first and foremost I want to keep improving my game. I still have many videos of "From the Ground Up" left to watch. And I still have a lot of work to do on my preflop ranges.

Anyway, I am looking forward to see where my stats are after the next 10k hands:




One last note:
I should have converted the rest of my C$ in a few weeks, which is nice.




That's all for now, have a good July!

I did a horrible job of updating this month ... But nothing too notable happened and I barely played for the first 10 days of the month anyway.

However, I am pretty close to taking a shot at PLO5. I only need like 500 more hands at PLO2 R&C. I will take tomorrow (Friday) off from playing because I have some stuff to do at noon and then I will go to the movies in the evening but I will study for 2-3 hours. So I will need until Saturday to finish those last few hundred hands.

I am not quite sure yet if I want to attack PLO5 right away or if I should work on my game for the rest of the month and attack PLO5 fresh and rested in August. And toe be honest, I am also really tempted to buy the new NCAA 25 which would be a huge time commitment obv lol. I never played the old ones, but I saw some of the gameplay and the game looks really good, better than Madden IMO.

Anyway, I will post a graph once I have hit 20k hands at PLO2 R&C. In the meantime, some hands from this month so far:


1) Biggest pot won this month:

GGPoker, Omaha Pot Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Pokeit

UTG: $2.00 (100 bb)
MP: $0.49 (25 bb)
CO: $4.73 (237 bb)
BU: $1.97 (99 bb)
SB: $1.50 (75 bb)
BB (Hero): $5.57 (279 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero is BB with J 4 A A
UTG raises to $0.06, 1 fold, CO 3-bets to $0.21, 2 players fold, Hero 4-bets to $0.70, 1 fold, CO calls $0.49

Flop: ($1.47) 3 9 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.47, CO calls $1.47

Turn: ($4.41) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.40 (all-in), CO calls $2.56 (all-in)

River: ($9.53) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $9.53 (Rake: $0.13)

Showdown:



2) Biggest pot lost this month. Nothing you can do, people go really crazy in those cash drop hands lol

GGPoker, Omaha Pot Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Pokeit

UTG: $17.59 (880 bb)
MP: $2.04 (102 bb)
CO: $1.62 (81 bb)
BU: $1.90 (95 bb)
SB: $2.02 (101 bb)
BB (Hero): $2.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.23) Hero is BB with A 5 J A
UTG calls $0.02, MP raises to $0.16, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.16, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets to $0.80, 1 fold, MP calls $0.64, BTN calls $0.64

Flop: ($2.63) 6 7 Q (3 players)
Hero bets $1.20 (all-in), MP calls $1.20, BTN calls $1.10 (all-in)

Turn: ($6.13) 4 (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($6.13) 7 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $6.13 (Rake: $1.27)

Showdown:



3) Villian just flat called AAxx SS BB vs my UTG RFI ... I probably find a fold vs bigger river leads

GGPoker, Omaha Pot Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Pokeit

UTG: $2.21 (111 bb)
MP: $1.69 (85 bb)
CO: $2.00 (100 bb)
BU (Hero): $3.65 (183 bb)
SB: $1.74 (87 bb)
BB: $0.38 (19 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero is BTN with Q 7 Q T
UTG calls $0.02, 2 players fold, Hero raises to $0.09, 2 players fold, UTG calls $0.07

Flop: ($0.21) K A J (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.12, UTG calls $0.12

Turn: ($0.45) 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.36, UTG calls $0.36

River: ($1.17) A (2 players)
UTG bets $0.36, Hero calls $0.36

Total pot: $1.89 (Rake: $0.09)

Showdown:



4) Not sure if he is shoving for value or if he decided to turn his hand into a bluff?

GGPoker, Omaha Pot Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Pokeit

UTG: $5.97 (299 bb)
MP: $6.25 (313 bb)
CO: $2.00 (100 bb)
BU: $3.44 (172 bb)
SB: $6.02 (301 bb)
BB (Hero): $3.01 (151 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero is BB with J 9 8 7
1 fold, MP raises to $0.06, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.06, SB 3-bets to $0.26, Hero calls $0.24, MP calls $0.20, BTN calls $0.20

Flop: ($1.04) T 2 3 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($1.04) J (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.04, MP calls $1.04, BTN calls $1.04, SB folds

River: ($4.16) 4 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $4.16, BU folds, Hero calls $1.71 (all-in)

Total pot: $7.58 (Rake: $0.13)

Showdown:



5) His call on the flop is pretty ... ambitious?

GGPoker, Omaha Pot Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Pokeit

UTG (Hero): $2.72 (136 bb)
MP: $2.00 (100 bb)
CO: $2.00 (100 bb)
BU: $2.41 (121 bb)
SB: $0.16 (8 bb)
BB: $2.40 (120 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero is UTG with A 5 J A
Hero raises to $0.07, MP calls $0.07, 4 players fold

Flop: ($0.17) 2 6 J (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.09, Hero raises to $0.44, MP calls $0.35

Turn: ($1.05) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.53, MP calls $0.53

River: ($2.11) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.96 (all-in), Hero calls $0.96

Total pot: $4.03 (Rake: $0.13)

Showdown: