Been putting in mad volume the last couple days to try and get my volume goal for the month. I have 5k more hands to go and the rest of tonight +2 days.

Played B- yesterday. Started off the day with a couple coolers which resulted in me getting a bit tilted and playing 2 hands atrociously. Paid off a bad reg's boat with an overpair on a dry run-out. He bet huge on all streets, flop was a marginal fold, turn clear fold, river super obv-fold.

Yesterday I remember that the big mistakes I made were made with a wrenching feeling in my stomach. I knew I was making a big mistake, but I did it anyways. Not sure why, but it happened. Need to be more cognizant off my gut.

Since last update:

Another crushing session last night. I've won $4000 on this PLO100 shot which means its PLO200 time!

I'm going to grind PLO100 for the rest of the month and if I end up +$3500 total I'll take a 10 BI PLO200 shot next month.

gogogogogogogo GL at PLO200 man, start crushing that game too

Pretty sweet shot. Send me some run good for April

Why wait so long?

Mentally I don't think I'm there after 2 beat downs in short succession. Every bad beat and cooler spot is taking its toll. More than it should at the moment.

Monthly recap..

Goals for February:

[x] 45k hands

Just got it

[ ] 25 hours live

Fail. Only played 1 session.

[x] 3bet 7-8%

7.7%

[ ] btn vpip 38-40%

34%.. :\

[x] Finish month @ PLO100

PLO200

[x] Only order more than one drink once per week.

Not much partying lately..

The month;




Pretty good month for poker. Next month I have another volume goal, this time $150 is riding on it.. Doing prop bet with housemates.

March goals:

[] 45k hands
[] PLO200 shot
[] 3bet 8-9%
[] button vpip 36%+

PLO200 shot is going terrrrrible thus far..

Playing pretty well. 1-2 spots where I made a clear mistake, some marginal mistakes I'm aware of, a bunch of mistakes I'm unaware of.. I posted a couple hands in SSPLO that were close, and here is da graph;



3 more BIs and PLO100 :\

Rightio, so PLO200 shot failed.



PLO100 tomorrow..

3bet/4bet pots:

you should learn to flop better in 3/4b pots imo

hehe yeah..

Played a couple session today.. played well for the first 1.5k hands, then ran into a couple coolers, tilted and played my C-game. This is quite evident by looking at my graph;



Played 2 hands absolutely atrociously. Mentally marked a reg that 100% thinks I'm an aggro whale.

Even though you deleted me from facebook and believe in good/bad luck( fish status) I'm routing for you! get it done son!

I just wrote an entire post with hand analysis and then accidentally closed the page. Tilt.

Anyways, not going to re-write so I'll just say that in regards to the above post, the first 7 words are true.

Played B+ game today, 1 atrocious mistake, a few missed value spots, marginal river calls, and a couple turn bet sizing mistakes. Overall, pretty good day. Got owned by variance.




Fun hands:

PokerStars - $1 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: $235.82
Hero (SB): $117.20

Hero posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero has T K T 4

Hero raises to $2.50, BB calls $1.50

Flop: ($5.00, 2 players) 4 8 6
BB checks, Hero bets $3.50, BB raises to $14.50, Hero raises to $29.50, fold



PokerStars - $1 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: $100.00
UTG: $462.99
MP: $100.00
CO: $60.06
Hero (BTN): $124.41
SB: $79.00

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero has 8 7 9 J

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, BB raises to $8.00, Hero calls $5.50

Flop: ($16.50, 2 players) 2 6 5
BB bets $10.00, Hero raises to $28.00, BB raises to $92.00 and is all-in, Hero calls $64.00

Turn: ($200.50, 2 players) A

River: ($200.50, 2 players) Q



Had a good chat with a friend today about poker. Made a realization that not making huge mistakes is a big part of being an excellent player. 1 super spew-tard play per 5k hands lowers your bb/100 by 1-2bb/100... I really have to stop occasionally making huge mistakes. I made 2 yesterday, 1 today. 3 in 4k hands is unacceptable..

This for real. I have often thought about it myself and despite having a winning session I'll still feel pretty **** if I get it in and win despite having good equity at the time because in reality it was definitely a fold vs V whole range.

It's just not good enough to know your stuff. Applying it correctly is key. I'm pretty sure the best winning regs make very few big mistakes.

Anyway...

Hand 2 is awesome

Why the re-pop in Hand 1? You have history with villain?

When you taking shots at 200 again?

Hand 1 is vs a reg that I have no history with.. but, I find a reg with no history would always pot raise all his value here, so I figured he has lots of air in his range.. Was going to give up if called.

200 shots may not happen for awhile... I'm down $3,000 on the month (yes, 5 days in). I need to win all that back before I can take another shot at PLO200.

I just played a short session and lost $500 in 40minutes. Tons of coolers. I am proud of myself for playing well and avoiding making a spewy play due to running like ****. I did have to stop myself from playing, though.. Felt the tilt coming on . Gonna go walk to the village and get some coffee, re-start grind..

gl dude, i'm enjoying the thread. I just got hooked on PLO a couple weeks ago and am working my way up the micros (currently at PLO25). See you at the small stakes soon

Maybe see you at PLO600 in a few months ! Glad your enjoying the thread. I'm hoping to improve my writing skills in the near future. I feel like I have lots of good ideas/stories but have trouble with articulation. Although, that will have to hold on until I learn some spanish..



Played my B game today.. Felt pretty discouraged the entire day... It felt like cooler after cooler, suck out after suck out.. My fold to river bet was 82% today--Every single river seemed like a set up. Pretty happy I didn't tilt or make too many tilt-induced decisions..

Anyways, trying to keep head high and battle this variance. How I deal with variance is going to be critical to success in PLO, so I need to start getting better at dealing with it now

1 horrible mistake today, and a couple marginal spots.

Graph looks so ugly;



Didn't get the volume I wanted today due to stopping my first session after 300 hands.. Meh, 2.3k is alright.

Gonna go smoke a bowl/watch death proof. Going to Banff tomorrow, pretty excited.

This is an amazing hand, you run so good :P

Tried playing a bit today, couple 4-5tabling sessions at the hostel.. Got rocked (again), felt like I played poorly.. Didn't play aggro enough post-flop. Kept checking back in spots where its a clear bet.. :\

PokerStars - $1 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $100.00
Hero (BB): $110.56
UTG: $54.50
MP: $149.96
CO: $99.15
BTN: $46.50

SB posts SB $0.50, Hero posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero has 9 5 8 6

fold, MP raises to $3.00, fold, BTN calls $3.00, fold, Hero calls $2.00

Flop: ($9.50, 3 players) 9 4 4
Hero checks, MP checks, BTN bets $6.00, Hero raises to $16.00, MP calls $16.00, fold

Turn: ($47.50, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, MP checks

River: ($47.50, 2 players) T
Hero checks, MP checks



Pretty gross..

Hand 2:

PokerStars - $1 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $202.44
BB: $77.01
UTG: $100.00
MP: $103.66
CO: $91.57
Hero (BTN): $100.00

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero has K 6 K 4

UTG raises to $3.00, fold, CO calls $3.00, Hero raises to $13.50, fold, fold, UTG calls $10.50, CO calls $10.50

Flop: ($42.00, 3 players) 8 6 2
UTG checks, CO checks, Hero bets $30.00, UTG raises to $86.50 and is all-in, CO calls $78.07 and is all-in, Hero calls $56.50 and is all-in

Turn: ($293.07, 3 players) 5

River: ($293.07, 3 players) A




Hand 3:

It seems that bet bet bet should only be a value line for me..

PokerStars - $1 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: $100.00
UTG: $223.26
MP: $137.18
CO: $343.41
BTN: $175.11
Hero (SB): $110.17

Hero posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero has K K A 7

UTG raises to $3.00, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $2.50, fold

Flop: ($7.00, 2 players) J 7 9
Hero bets $4.50, UTG calls $4.50

Turn: ($16.00, 2 players) T
Hero bets $10.00, UTG calls $10.00

River: ($36.00, 2 players) 4
Hero bets $26.00, UTG calls $26.00



Hand 4:

Was really scratching my head on this one.. Villain is repping pretty much nothing, does this mean I should call the river?

PokerStars - $1 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $72.61
Hero (BB): $126.02
UTG: $340.36
MP: $89.94
CO: $146.28
BTN: $24.44

SB posts SB $0.50, Hero posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero has K 3 K Q

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.50, Hero raises to $3.00, SB calls $2.00

Flop: ($6.00, 2 players) 5 6 8
SB checks, Hero bets $4.00, SB raises to $9.00, Hero calls $5.00

Turn: ($24.00, 2 players) J
SB bets $11.00, Hero calls $11.00

River: ($46.00, 2 players) J
SB bets $43.93, fold



Don't feel like I'm playing that well, but feel like I'm running bad situationally.. :\

#1 i think it's fine. on occasion i'd bet turn and shove river though. gotta balance them ranges
#2 i'd rather bet less than half the pot and fold to the action behind.
#3 take a note and don't bluff him anymore i see that even at 100 people don't like to fold
any stats for #4 ? don't think i'd fold river, though we might run into the nuts more often than anything else.

subbed! great thread just read through it all, did u move to vancouver or just visiting? (I'm from van)

also I'm curious about ur current all time graph if u don't mind =D

gl

I haven't checked in on this thread in quite a while but was pleased to see you've been moving up. I think you were at 25PLO last I checked. Sorry your 200 shot didnt go so hot but with your determination and work ethic I'm sure you'll get there in short order (even with your spew tendency...)

Best of luck!!!

I'm just a PLO noob but I don't quite understand hand #2.

Once there is a check jam and a call I would be turbo mucking here?
I don't think an overpair with no real backdoors is going to be in good shape vs their ranges given the action. It looks like atleast 1 of them has smashed that flop equity wise.

both could have draws

Yeah pretty much this. Bet folding here.