Yea I thought that too, just saw his post and then he was playing again.

That is the $100 Upswing course correct? I'd assume it's complete ass for anyone with a brain. All poker training content is heavily priced and this Dylan character seems to kind of have the same attitude about anything he says is worth thousands. So for $100, I really doubt it is any good at all. Probably just some beginner tips.

Dylan is the guy that was recently on Andrew Neeme’s stream reviewing his 100plo right? Dude seemed like he felt as though he is God’s gift to poker. Although at Upswing, haughty and inflated egos seem to be the norm.

I got that impression initially from his guest apps during the Galfond challenge, but his own twitch streams are really fun and, well, if you're building a massive course on the game (referring to the one that's a bit pricier), the confidence in understanding it is expectedly very high afterwards.

Games are REALLY running on the 50-100 stakes lately btw, maybe it's been felt at the higher ones.

Don't know these players but love your analogies.

At least it was on calls. Lost my ass on puts. Tesla and gamestock Fundamentals and technicals aren't enough. Now you have to worry about market manipulation. smh I've returned to poker, way less risk. lol

Papi definitely a household name in the Global PLO community

Where is the action lately at 2/5 and above? Every day seems like a grind with 4-5 regs fighting it out to see who can bust one rec. Hell even at 1/2 I see tables that consist of CTB, GTR, a 1/2 reg, and maybe one weak player. Feels like Global just can't attract new recreational types to play in such games. Meanwhile I tune into Jnandez' stream and he's 10-tabling 10/20 with multiple fish at every table. I get that EU >>>>>>> USA when it comes to player pool both in terms of quantity and quality but feels like Global has dropped the ball in some ways.

Imagine China and Brazil in Global playerpools.

GG had 17 tables of PLO5 5/10 running. Maybe Global needs to take a page out of their book and add 5 card.

I Quit Global a year ago - came back to see if anything got better. Online poker is rough in USA.

Global has the softest players what.

PôkerstarséGG players in 10NL and 25NL much much better than what you see on global. Same thing for PLO.

Volume != softness. US has the softest sites without the Brazilian and eastern european grinders.

May not be too relevant to the OP but I was one of the rec players that showed up and started playing 2/5 right away, a dream for most regs (rolled pretty well and willing to play anyone). I played for a few weeks, but got bored very quickly due to seeing the same players. I remember 3-tabling PLO500 with literally the same players at each table and that's when I realized I was not having fun. I lost more than I won but still left the site with a fair amount of money because I was bored. Haven't played online in almost 2 months, prefer to play locally in Tampa as well as destinations (just got back from 6 day stint staying at Bellagio). Would a player pool 2-3 times win me back? Perhaps but until then, I'm all about playing live.

Good post - hard to fault you for taking your business elsewhere. More proof that recs *do* pay attention to things like player pool and other issues such as players sitting out as soon as they get up or bust, etc.

Aside from that, Global is not really doing anything for cash game recs otherwise such as bonuses, jackpots, rakeback. Not sure what the draw is supposed to be other than easy deposits and cash outs. I think we'll see more and more people follow suit and head back to live now that vaccinations are in full gear across the country.

I Played a lot of 1/3 NL at Bellagio as well as 1/2 PLO at Aria during the past week and we had brief discussions about online vs live and consensus was online support was waning. I normally play 2-2 and 5-5 PLO w/Rock in Tampa and amount of tables has been steadily growing the past month, and that trend should only grow.

Good luck at the virtual tables!

Wasn’t Florida also the birth of the opioid crisis?

I understand you're trying to be cute here but to me, idgaf where it started since I'm not a degenerate drug user.

To answer your question though, it could've been the pill mills down here, it could have been in the Rust Belt, who knows, don't think it matters too much.

Global has a daily bonus sign in bonus that you have to click the button to get. It is relatively small but sometimes goes up for special events...

Regardless it adds up to over $200 a year which is a fair amount for most rec players.

I heard about it for quite sometime but only recently learned you have to 'claim' it by clicking the button. It would have been great help had I known about 2 years ago.

We are talking about ways to grow the cash games on the site and you bring up a $3 a week reward? lol
I get its great for recs that play mtts or micros but that is not going to help keep 100plo+ alive and well when we are raking thousands each month.

I was a little tipsy when I posted so if that came off badly I’m sorry.

The point I failed in making was that I hope this thread can encourage people to play PLO on Global, since not all of us have access to such good games as you do on a regular basis.

Is there a significant difference in skill level between PLO10 and PLO50? I am wanting to take a couple of shots at the bigger game.

All good man, perhaps my response was a bit salty.

It's interesting what's been happening in Tampa, and maybe elsewhere, but there's been a 4-8 Pineapple game going almost daily.

I think that’s a Florida poker tradition. I remember playing there a long time back, and the highest limits was like $100 SnG and cash was like 1-2 limit or something ridiculous.

They always had NLH, PLO, and Pineapple. I remember it vividly, because I’ve played poker all over the world, and Florida is the only place that I’ve been to that has spread it.

PLO50 is pretty soft. Have not touched PLO10 in a while (sometimes would play it just to meet the Weekly Bonanza requirement for a week while doing other life stuff lol), but would assume while PLO50 should have more aggression than PLO10 (assuming PLO10 is still a ton of limping pre for ex), it's still very much learning stakes and plenty of weaknesses to take advantage of. I screw up on the regular while learning at PLO50 and still have a clean ascension in terms of profit. The rake will be easier on you too since you'll reach the cap in your bigger pots.

Good luck if you take the leap!

I am definitely taking a shot at it. Waiting on some envelope love from Global. I got my first credits on the 15th and thought I might get a few more on the 30th but didn't.

Is there any regularity to getting credits or is it mostly random?