Hi every one, played hold em for a couple years like 8 years ago, started playing again last couple months on acr. Also started playing PLO this last week and liking it a lot. Any advice here to get better at this variant?

Been watching jnandez vids on you tube and kind of wondering where to turn next. Been paying attention to board textures starting hands etc looking for more info to improve my play. Have pt4 i picked up after coming back to poker, tried running leak buster in pt4 but seems its for high stakes omaha only?

Also just an inquiry how to advance at the micro stakes, seems like every one calls raises liberally to see at least flop and just farm the nuts, and fold out non nutted hands, best approach at these levels? Are draws less valuable against the styles of these types of regs? My pre raised flops usually see at least 2 callers so thinking of just limping more, that or i just need to release non nutted hands on the flop, trying not to stay tied to hands going into the flop but i m getting a lot of 2nd or 3rd nut hands on the flop and losing that buy in, maybe cut back on aggression?

Working 50 hours a week and enrolled back into school part time, so just trying to be efficient with my poker study/play time

Fun game so far though for sure

As JNandez says in his Upswing PLO tips that are free, you should enter the pot preflop with a pot sized raise if you have a good hand. This punishes limpers and gets a bigger pot when you have a starting advantage. Of course, you may miss flops and then your PostFlop play is where you make money when you dont flop what you want.

I started on ACR and did alright at the lower micros, but didn't have luck at the mid levels. I would recommed playing tighter PF and really tight OOP vs the regs. They know what they're doing at these stakes.

When youre selecting starting hands, you want the hands that can flop/turn/river the nuts in the most ways. Don't chase non nut straight draws as too many better draws/trips/etc will call and that's when you get into trouble. Making your non nut hand and paying off whatever else came in/improved.

It's a fun game, but it really is challenging at times.

My best advice is to work on range analysis for your stakes/regs. When you can solve their betting patterns and combine that with their ranges, you often can tell if you're ahead or behind. That will drastically help you long term. Of course, the thinking players adjust and then you must as well.

I know this was kind of all over the place, but good luck!

Acr is one of the tougher player pools out there for the great game. There's definitely some softer sites out there where you can hone your craft and make some dollhairs.

Agree,

ACR is probably the most popular site for US players with Ignition coming up a close second.

OP should start at PLO25 if he wants to beat the rake playing a limited amount of hours. PLO10 is OK, but full like PLO 25 it's full of regs so the rake can be a drag.

If OP were to start at PLO25, what should be the starting bankroll? Other than trying to beat the rake, why should OP start at PLO25 instead of PLO10 if both stakes are full of regs, the player pools are a bit tougher and OP can only play a limited amount of hours.

If you're a wage earner or otherwise don't have a lot of disposable income after living expenses it's best to start playing the smallest stakes you can. You will inevitable make a tonne of mistakes as a new player so it's going to benefit your financial situation if your mistakes cost you less.

Forget leak buster. Until you're at PLO50 don't touch that.

Watch this video at least twice per day for a month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qdn8RWlGwk


Write down poker thoughts you get while playing in a notebook or notepad.


Use this software to check equities: http://propokertools.com/simulations?g=oh&h1

Thanks for the tips and links to check out, i ll study those and work on my game as time permits, appreciate the responses. On acr atm as that was first place i deposited, considering switching to ignition if the games are softer, but not a huge concern right now just working on playing and getting better.

I'll start posting hands I'm not sure on for your thoughts as time goes on if I'm not sure if I'm making correct plays. Paying attention to ranges atm and paying attention to the regs, had some basic notes on players but i like the pen and paper taking notes, can fine tune from there.

Also is there any type of note add on for pt4 to write more notes? space seems limited unless there is a setting to expand them, i ll check next time i log in, been slammed last couple weeks with work, not much play time.

Commit a min of one hundred 100BB buy-in.

I only suggest PLO25 because I don't see a big difference between PLO10 and PLO25. So PLO25 gives the OP an opportunity to win significant money playing a couple of tables over a 2-3 hr period vs playing twice as many tables or more than 3 hours at PLO10.

Table selection is also a big factor..You have to look for tables with 80/5 and better to 100/x guys who play every hand, just wait for a good hand and stuck them. Try to avoid tables with only 23 to 29/11 TAG regs...you will get no money from them..