MID STAKES NL REGMAKING THE MOVE TO PLO - MICRO TO HIGH STAKES CHALLENGE!
12-09-2020
, 03:56 PM
WHATS UP EVERYONE! - Long time lurker, first time poster here.
I am starting this thread to document my move from NL mid stakes cash games to micro/ low stakes PLO with an aim to move to the mid and (hopefully) high stakes as quickly as possible!
Background
I have been playing NL for around 4 years now, full time for around 2 - almost exclusively reg table cash games, live and online, but have a good win rate in tournaments too.
There are a few reasons I am making the switch to PLO:
1. I don't enjoy studying or playing NL as much as I once did and in the last year I've lost the passion to get out of bed ready for the grind.
2. NL games these days seem swarming with bots, especially at the mid stakes. Not happy giving my money to robots.
3. I think if I really put in the work PLO has a higher earning ceiling given that PLO solvers are relatively new and players are generally pretty bad (including myself ofc
)!
4. PLO is fun and I am a degen at heart!
Before last week I had played maybe 2k hands lifetime of PLO, almost entirely live, but have loved it every time I've played.
Goal
By the end of 2021 I would like to be playing PL1000+ online and higher in live games (if COVID-19 F**KS off that is
)!
Plan
I am starting at PL60 and if I am beating this stake by 5BB/100 over 50k hands I will move up, and so on. I will sprinkle in PL100 if games are good before I reach 50k hands.
I plan on studying 1-2 hours a day and playing 5 hours a day 6 days a week, mostly 4-5 tabling reg tables. This will average around 1000-1500 hands a day.
To study I am using PLO matrix for preflop and Vision for postflop.
I will post a weekly graph update here and and sick hands/thoughts as I go.
Week 1 and 2
The first two weeks have went really well and I am running way above EV. I have probably put in around 10 hours of study since starting and it is exciting to feel myself improving even in such a small sample. As Vision doesn't allow you to analyse multiway spots I am feeling pretty lost going post flop with more than one player, which in the games I'm playing seems to be pretty much every hand. Right now my only strategy multiway is just to make the nuts or try and get in a nutty looking draw! I think this is a big contributing factor to my terrible redline, but that might just be a product of playing micros. If anyone has any tips for studying multiway spots that'd be great!
On a side note it is really nice to be excited about studying poker again. I understand why people love PLO so much!
I am starting this thread to document my move from NL mid stakes cash games to micro/ low stakes PLO with an aim to move to the mid and (hopefully) high stakes as quickly as possible!
Background
I have been playing NL for around 4 years now, full time for around 2 - almost exclusively reg table cash games, live and online, but have a good win rate in tournaments too.
There are a few reasons I am making the switch to PLO:
1. I don't enjoy studying or playing NL as much as I once did and in the last year I've lost the passion to get out of bed ready for the grind.
2. NL games these days seem swarming with bots, especially at the mid stakes. Not happy giving my money to robots.
3. I think if I really put in the work PLO has a higher earning ceiling given that PLO solvers are relatively new and players are generally pretty bad (including myself ofc
)!4. PLO is fun and I am a degen at heart!
Before last week I had played maybe 2k hands lifetime of PLO, almost entirely live, but have loved it every time I've played.
Goal
By the end of 2021 I would like to be playing PL1000+ online and higher in live games (if COVID-19 F**KS off that is
)!Plan
I am starting at PL60 and if I am beating this stake by 5BB/100 over 50k hands I will move up, and so on. I will sprinkle in PL100 if games are good before I reach 50k hands.
I plan on studying 1-2 hours a day and playing 5 hours a day 6 days a week, mostly 4-5 tabling reg tables. This will average around 1000-1500 hands a day.
To study I am using PLO matrix for preflop and Vision for postflop.
I will post a weekly graph update here and and sick hands/thoughts as I go.
Week 1 and 2
The first two weeks have went really well and I am running way above EV. I have probably put in around 10 hours of study since starting and it is exciting to feel myself improving even in such a small sample. As Vision doesn't allow you to analyse multiway spots I am feeling pretty lost going post flop with more than one player, which in the games I'm playing seems to be pretty much every hand. Right now my only strategy multiway is just to make the nuts or try and get in a nutty looking draw! I think this is a big contributing factor to my terrible redline, but that might just be a product of playing micros. If anyone has any tips for studying multiway spots that'd be great!
On a side note it is really nice to be excited about studying poker again. I understand why people love PLO so much!
Last edited by LeeFaeBlue; 12-09-2020 at 04:12 PM.
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12-09-2020
, 04:23 PM
Have accidentally made two of the same thread so just posting on this one to make push it to the top and get rid of the other one.
If anyone knows if it's possible to delete a thread and/or edit the title please let me know
If anyone knows if it's possible to delete a thread and/or edit the title please let me know