PLO Diaries

Bluffing like a monkey on crack, having fun. Just fucking around in the 8 game. 80/20 FTW.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players – View hand 195999
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MP: $115.00
CO: $118.35
BTN: $98.50
SB: $85.60
Hero (BB): $124.70
UTG: $116.70

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with 3 7 8 J
3 folds, BTN raises to $3.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $11, BTN calls $7.50

Flop: ($22.50) T 7 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $11, BTN calls $11

Turn: ($44.50) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $22, Hero raises to $102.70 all in, BTN calls $54.50 all in

River: ($197.50) 9 (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $197.50
BTN mucks 9 J A Q
Hero shows 3 7 8 J (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Hero wins $194.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Given his betsize, not so sure about this one. Opponent had called pre, floated flop earlier on T62r, then folded to a potsized c/r on a Qs turn. I was planning on c/r bluffing the turn. Table had been tight to opens (generally one coldcaller — this guy — who usually folded the flop to a bet) so I opened a bit loose.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players – View hand 184829
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BTN: $130.65
SB: $113.90
BB: $107.00
Hero (UTG): $117.40
MP: $90.60
CO: $102.45

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with J Q Q 2
Hero raises to $3, 2 folds, BTN calls $3, 2 folds

Flop: ($7.50) K 4 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $4, BTN calls $4

Turn: ($15.50) J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($15.50) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3, Hero raises to $15…

This game is nuts.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players – View hand 163752
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UTG: $114.90
MP: $185.25
CO: $112.65
Hero (BTN): $100.00
SB: $100.00
BB: $60.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with 9 J Q 8
UTG calls $1, 1 fold, CO calls $1, Hero raises to $5.50, 2 folds, UTG calls $4.50, CO calls $4.50

Flop: ($18.00) 2 9 A (3 players)
UTG checks, CO bets $3, Hero raises to $18, UTG folds, CO calls $15

Turn: ($54.00) T (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($54.00) 7 (2 players)
CO bets $51.35, Hero raises to $76.50 all in, CO calls $25.15

Final Pot: $207.00
CO mucks Q 2 5 6
Hero shows 9 J Q 8 (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Hero wins $204.00
(Rake: $3.00)

…and owning my soul postflop all the time in the $100PLO games today at Stars, thank you for making me realizing I was playing WAY too loosely OOP. Much appreciated as this game is still very foreign to me, and I appreciate the indirect advice you gave me when I kept having to figure out WTF to do postflop with crappy double-suited non-nut draw hands.

Answer: fold more preflop OOP. :)

This feels like it should be easy, but for some reason I had a super hard time folding. Flop raiser is unknown, seems ok, PFR is a huge station. Equity calcs wise I think this was a bad fold, but rangewise I think it might be good.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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SB: $100.50
Hero (BB): $259.00
UTG: $134.35
MP: $317.90
CO: $101.75
BTN: $37.55

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with 7 8 T 9
UTG raises to $3.50, 1 fold, CO calls $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $12, UTG calls $8.50, CO calls $8.50, BTN calls $8.50

Flop: ($48.50) 7 4 K (4 players)
Hero bets $26, UTG calls $26, CO raises to $89.75 all in, BTN folds, Hero folds, UTG calls $63.75

Turn: ($254.00) 7 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($254.00) 6 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $254.00
UTG shows 3 K A J (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
CO shows 7 Q 6 4 (a full house, Sevens full of Sixes)
CO wins $251.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Pretty sure I should have just flatted pre. I thought the PFR was a different player, an 80/20 who is v. easy to play against postflop.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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BTN: $48.50
Hero (SB): $166.95
BB: $222.55
UTG: $147.10
MP: $405.35
CO: $75.10

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with J T A A
UTG raises to $3.50, 1 fold, CO calls $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, Hero raises to $18.50, BB calls $17.50, UTG calls $15, CO calls $15, BTN calls $15

Flop: ($92.50) 8 9 4 (5 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets $89.50, CO calls $56.60 all in, BTN folds, Hero folds…

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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BTN: $91.95
Hero (SB): $100.00
BB: $39.40
UTG: $180.45
MP: $51.60
CO: $78.10

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with 9 5 6 7
1 fold, MP calls $1, 2 folds, Hero raises to $4, BB calls $3, MP calls $3

Flop: ($12.00) 3 8 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks

Turn: ($12.00) 4 (3 players)
Hero bets $10, BB folds, MP calls $10

River: ($32.00) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $10, MP calls $10

Final Pot: $52.00
Hero shows 9 5 6 7 (a straight, Four to Eight)
MP mucks Q Q Q A
Hero wins $49.50
(Rake: $2.50)

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The road continues. I’m becoming more of a bluffing station and less of a calling station, but I think I need to calm down my flop/turn bet frequencies a bit. Swung from -4BI today to just a hair over breakeven, which I’ll take. Got in about 400 hands. Plz post if you have any comments, I’m learning and am hoping to discuss some of these sorts of spots more in detail.

Bet Sizing on Flop, Preflop

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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Hero (CO): $50.00
BTN: $50.00
SB: $25.00
BB: $29.15
UTG: $69.60
MP: $56.10

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with A A J 2
1 fold, MP raises to $1, Hero raises to $3.75, 3 folds, MP calls $2.75

Flop: ($8.25) 3 9 6 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $5.50, MP raises to $24.35, Hero raises to $46.25 all in, MP calls $21.90

Turn: ($100.75) Q (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($100.75) J (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $100.75
Hero mucks A A J 2
MP shows 6 9 4 7 (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
MP wins $97.75
(Rake: $3.00)

Turn bet (free showdown), river bet (intended to shove)

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 5 players
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SB: $185.75
BB: $50.00
UTG: $50.00
CO: $96.55
Hero (BTN): $50.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with A 4 K Q
1 fold, CO calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2, SB calls $1.75, 1 fold, CO calls $1.50

Flop: ($6.50) T A 6 (3 players)
SB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $6, SB folds, CO calls $6

Turn: ($18.50) 5 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $12, CO calls $12

River: ($42.50) Q (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $24, CO calls $24

Final Pot: $90.50
CO shows 5 K A 5 (three of a kind, Fives)
Hero shows A 4 K Q (two pair, Aces and Queens)
CO wins $88.50
(Rake: $2.00)

Flop Raise and Flop raise size

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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Hero (MP): $93.60
CO: $25.15
BTN: $23.10
SB: $40.05
BB: $24.45
UTG: $37.65

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is MP with J 6 T Q
UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.25, 3 folds, BB calls $1.75, UTG calls $1.75

Flop: ($7.00) T T K (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $2.50, Hero raises to $8, BB folds, UTG folds

Final Pot: $12.00
Hero wins $11.45
(Rake: $0.55)

Preflop – Ship?

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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Hero (SB): $99.80
BB: $24.65
UTG: $35.25
MP: $15.75
CO: $19.45
BTN: $32.65

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with 7 T K K
UTG calls $0.50, MP calls $0.50, CO raises to $2.75, BTN calls $2.75, Hero calls $2.50, BB calls $2.25, UTG raises to $17, MP calls $15.25 all in, CO calls $14.25, 2 folds, BB calls $14.25

Flop: ($72.25) 5 2 8 (4 players – 1 is all in)
BB checks, UTG bets $18.25 all in, CO calls $2.45 all in, BB folds

Turn: ($77.15) 4 (3 players – 3 are all in)

River: ($77.15) 8 (3 players – 3 are all in)

Final Pot: $77.15
UTG shows A T 9 A (two pair, Aces and Eights)
MP mucks A T 4 J
CO mucks K A J T
UTG wins $8.65
UTG wins $65.50
(Rake: $3.00)

GL, deucescrackers.