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So as I posted last time, I played a session of rush PLO100 recently that was absolutely crazy. The player pool was about 22 players and there was basically 4 other guys who were going crazy with something like a 15%+ 3bet stats. Something else that made this extra crazy was that for whatever reason, I decided to 4 table—I normally just play one table of rush. I felt like given the short stacked nature of the game I had a bigger edge by getting myself involved in as many pots as possible. The other adjustment that I made was that I ended up playing something like 17%VPIP/15%PFR, which I think is a necessary adjustment when people are going that crazy on you. I also tried to steal from the BTN way less, and tried to mix in some 4betting preflop (which was only disasterous). All told I played something like 1k hands total, got involved in around 200, and about 40 of those pots were 3bet preflop. I was absolutely not on my A game, but I was probably in my B- game which might’ve been enough to still have an edge. All of the crazy action caused such a surge of adrenaline that I just couldn’t turn down marginal spots. I also made some misclicks and some awkward plays that ended up working. Here is an example:

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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BTN: $123.45
SB: $85.55
BB: $101.00
UTG: $43.95
Hero (MP): $146.60
CO: $111.80

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP with A 5 4 8
1 fold, Hero raises to $3.50, 1 fold, BTN raises to $12, 1 fold, BB calls $11, Hero calls $8.50

Flop: ($36.50) A 7 2 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets $26, BB folds, Hero raises to $114.50, BTN folds

Final Pot: $88.50
Hero wins $85.50
(Rake: $3.00)

So the open is somewhat questionable because I know I am getting 3bet by the BTN a freaking ton at this point, but because this is a hand that can flop a lot of equity and honestly his 3betting range is so damn wide I think the open is okay. The flop play is somewhat interesting. The pot is huge, the board is dry, and I have a gutter. I think he is going to be cbetting a super wide range here which I am probably ahead of most of the time so my plan was to check raise the flop if the BB folds. I think his calling range is really any ace+kickers, so I am probably flipping against most of his calling range. The BDFD also helps in that regard. Here is a misclick hand where I basically make the same play:

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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BTN: $338.60
SB: $39.00
Hero (BB): $100.00
UTG: $115.25
MP: $113.60
CO: $388.35

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with Q 4 A 6
2 folds, CO raises to $3, BTN raises to $10.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $9.50, CO calls $7.50

Flop: ($32.00) 6 4 A (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN bets $32, Hero raises to $89.50 all in, CO folds, BTN calls $57.50

Turn: ($211.00) 2 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($211.00) 5 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $211.00
BTN shows K 7 T A (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows Q 4 A 6 (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
Hero wins $208.00
(Rake: $3.00)

This happened after the first hand against the same villain, so I think he realizes I am not afraid to check raise some ace high boards in 3bet pots. This was a misclick preflop but once I get to a flop like this, I think the play is to check raise again. His get it in range here ended up being only a 2:1 dog so he clearly isn’t making a mistake by calling here if he thinks I do this lightly. When someone bets so huge on fairly dry board I tend to put them on a TPTK+overcard kickers type hand and play accordingly. Looking at both these hands I think I should make a note that this player full pots it with value with hands in 3bet pots and seems to bet slightly smaller when he is planning on bet/folding. His play is standard, I think he is just getting out of line preflop. I played another sort of weird hand where I got lucky:

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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BB: $100.50
UTG: $110.20
MP: $79.50
Hero (CO): $100.00
BTN: $241.20
SB: $175.40

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with Q K J 8
1 fold, MP raises to $3.50, Hero calls $3.50, 1 fold, SB calls $3, 1 fold

Flop: ($11.50) T J 2 (3 players)
SB checks, MP bets $11.50, Hero calls $11.50, SB calls $11.50

Turn: ($46.00) 9 (3 players)
SB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $46, SB raises to $92, MP calls $64.50 all in, Hero calls $39 all in

River: ($280.50) 3 (3 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $280.50
MP shows 9 2 A A (two pair, Nines and Twos)
Hero shows Q K J 8 (a straight, King high)
SB shows A 8 5 7 (a straight, Jack high)
Hero wins $41.00
Hero wins $236.50
(Rake: $3.00)

I don’t know if I can attribute this to me being a genius hand reader or what but when the first guy pots out into 2 people on a board with JT2tt I really put him on AAxx with or without a redraw. I’m really not sure why but my plan if the BTN folded was to jam any non-club that gave me 2 pair. I wasn’t happy to be overcalled but it obviously worked out well. Because of the SB overcall I ended up putting him on a drawy type hand so I thought it was reasonable one or both of them had flush draws. I am really not in great shape drawing to a clean river vs. 2 flush draws so I felt jamming the best play with something like 60% equity 3 ways, but I ended up in great shape as the big stack was drawing dead. My flop peel is certainly debatable and I’d venture to say that with a player left to act it is downright bad but the rest of hand plays fine. Here is another weird 3bet pot hand:

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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UTG: $611.15
Hero (MP): $107.25
CO: $83.35
BTN: $234.45
SB: $96.90
BB: $115.90

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP with 8 7 6 5
UTG calls $1, Hero raises to $4.50, CO raises to $16, BTN calls $16, 3 folds, Hero calls $11.50

Flop: ($50.50) 3 4 8 (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($50.50) 6 (3 players)
Hero bets $25.25, CO folds, BTN calls $25.25

River: ($101.00) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $66 all in, BTN calls $66

Final Pot: $233.00
Hero shows 8 7 6 5 (a full house, Sixes full of Eights)
BTN mucks 3 2 6 7
Hero wins $230.00
(Rake: $3.00)

So I am obviously trying to check raise this flop since my equity vs. aces is pretty good, but surprisingly he checks with very little money behind. When the turn comes I wanted to bet such an amount that it looked like a cheap bluff on my part. I was hoping the 3bettor would go ahead and monkey jam so that I could reopen the action but he just folds. River is awesome since it is the only card that could get me paid, and the SPR is such that I don’t think he can fold any boat at all. In case anyone thinks PLO100 is tough, look at the hand he cold called a 3bet with. Games are so good. The other hands that I botched weren’t too spectacular. I 4bet AQJ9ds against something like AA85rr and wasn’t sure if I had the equity to call the 5bet so I just did and lost. Nothing special. Good session though, if I find any more gems I might post them.