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What’s Up Degens?

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MGMT – Tend To Pretend

IRL stuff is going pretty well, although I wish I had more time to focus my energy on getting better at cards. I actually strained my rotator cuff playing too much Badminton (LOL getting a Badminton injury, what am I like 70?), so I’ve had to lay off from that and lifting for awhile which is sort of a bummer… Especially since the weather here is seriously unbelievable. Sorry East Coasters!

In poker news, there’s not a ton to post about right now other than the fact that I continue to be my own worst enemy at the tables. To be honest I’ve been running pretty terribly in the bigger pots, but haven’t been playing well either. Run bad + Play bad = lose.

I’m strongly considering doing the tilters anonymous coaching with JT, but the only thing holding me back is that I don’t really have necessarily a “tilt” problem. When I play, I don’t get angry or frustrated, I truthfully just play rather carelessly. It’s really difficult for me to play well if it doesn’t sting a bit when I lose.. And is probably the #1 contributor to why I haven’t moved up as high or quick as I’d like to. My process usually goes something like this..

1. Learn a bunch, put in a ton of effort towards improving your game.
2. Grind a bunch and pad the roll using my brand spankin’ new lines
3. Contract Cocky Spewy Syndrome (winners tilt) and give a ton of it back because, after all, spewing is way more fun than playing good right? Too bad it’s not as profitable.
4. Use my internal frustration and dissatisfaction with my effort as motivation for working on and improving until I’m playing A game again.
5. Repeat

Blah, so it goes. I suppose I can’t be too frustrated because I played all weekend and ended up basically even, but it’s a little depressing when you do a session review and you realize how many stacks you mindlessly gave away. Sleep in the bed you make, right?

Onto the hands. I’ll show the winners first. There were a ton of hands I wanted to post, but I only posted the bigger and more entertaining ones. There’s so many losers I wanted to post so I could berate myself but I’m saving them for a future post on how to not play PLO.

This one’s pretty standard, still fun though especially since this guy and I had been battling a bit up to this point.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 4 players
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Hero (CO): $409.00
BTN: $382.00
SB: $320.00
BB: $1181.10

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is CO with A A Q K
Hero raises to $14, BTN raises to $44, 2 folds, Hero raises to $138, BTN calls $94

Flop: ($282.00) 5 7 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $271 all in, BTN calls $244 all in

Turn: ($770.00) J (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($770.00) 2 (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $770.00
Hero shows A A Q K (a pair of Aces)
BTN shows 4 A T Q (a pair of Fours)
Hero wins $768.00
(Rake: $2.00)

I’m wondering what others would pick for bet sizing on the river? 42% against known straight on the turn fwiw.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.20 Ante – 6 players
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CO: $171.30
BTN: $178.10
SB: $257.80
BB: $413.50
UTG: $462.40
Hero (MP): $292.10

Pre Flop: ($2.70) Hero is MP with A K A Q
1 fold, Hero raises to $4.70, 2 folds, SB calls $4.20, BB calls $3.70

Flop: ($15.30) 8 6 9 (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $15.30, Hero calls $15.30, SB calls $15.30

Turn: ($61.20) A (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $61.20, Hero calls $61.20, SB calls $61.20

River: ($244.80) 6 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero requests TIME, Hero bets $77, SB folds, BB folds

Final Pot: $244.80
Hero wins $241.80
(Rake: $3.00)

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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UTG: $261.15
Hero (MP): $200.00
CO: $200.00
BTN: $200.00
SB: $170.00
BB: $200.00

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is MP with 8 J K K
UTG raises to $4, Hero calls $4, 1 fold, BTN calls $4, SB raises to $8, 1 fold, UTG calls $4, Hero calls $4, BTN calls $4

Flop: ($34.00) T 6 K (4 players)
SB bets $34, UTG folds, Hero raises to $136, BTN folds, SB calls $102

Turn: ($306.00) T (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($306.00) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $55, SB calls $26 all in

Final Pot: $358.00
Hero shows 8 J K K (a full house, Kings full of Tens)
SB mucks K J A A
Hero wins $355.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Tough to say if I missed out on a lot of value here, but I don’t think you can assume that he shows up with a big hand because he was both barrely, and playing a 80/20 pre flop through 150 hands. I just figured he’d show up with a set, straight, or weak flush much more often than what he did have. This guy was a major fish though, so if I would’ve known he was this strong I would’ve played it differently.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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UTG: $149.15
Hero (MP): $316.50
CO: $424.65
BTN: $239.40
SB: $200.00
BB: $969.25

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is MP with A J 7 A
1 fold, Hero raises to $7, 3 folds, BB calls $5

Flop: ($15.00) 6 5 8 (2 players)
BB bets $7.50, Hero calls $7.50

Turn: ($30.00) 3 (2 players)
BB bets $30, Hero calls $30

River: ($90.00) 4 (2 players)
BB bets $34, Hero raises to $135, BB calls $101

Final Pot: $360.00
Hero shows A J 7 A (a flush, Ace high)
BB mucks T 2 A J
Hero wins $357.00
(Rake: $3.00)

This is kind of an interesting hand even though it’s standard. The guy who opened is very nitty UTG, so when he cb’s into two other players even in position it’s almost always 2pr or better. I like c/r’ing better than flatting because if a diamond or broadway comes on the turn it kills my action. Run gooot. 45% equity fwiw.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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CO: $602.90
BTN: $128.00
Hero (SB): $400.00
BB: $372.90
UTG: $375.00
MP: $685.30

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is SB with 9 Q J K
UTG raises to $14, 3 folds, Hero calls $12, BB calls $10

Flop: ($42.00) 6 T A (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets $30, Hero raises to $132, BB requests TIME, BB folds, UTG raises to $361 all in, Hero calls $229

Turn: ($764.00) J (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($764.00) 9 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $764.00
Hero shows 9 Q J K (a straight, Ace high)
UTG shows A 2 6 A (three of a kind, Aces)
Hero wins $761.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Run goooot.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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BB: $67.00
UTG: $658.40
MP: $200.00
CO: $430.00
Hero (BTN): $200.00
SB: $675.05

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN with 4 A A K
1 fold, MP raises to $7, 1 fold, Hero raises to $24, 2 folds, MP calls $17

Flop: ($51.00) 5 T 6 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $37, MP raises to $162, Hero raises to $176 all in, MP calls $14 all in

Turn: ($403.00) T (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($403.00) K (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $403.00
MP shows 6 8 5 4 (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
Hero shows 4 A A K (two pair, Aces and Tens)
Hero wins $400.00
(Rake: $3.00)

I’d consider this a cooler..

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
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Hero (BTN/SB): $211.50
BB: $120.80

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN/SB with 8 K K A
Hero raises to $6, BB calls $4

Flop: ($12.00) 4 K T (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB calls $12

Turn: ($36.00) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $16, BB raises to $84, Hero raises to $152, BB calls $18.80 all in

River: ($241.60) T (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $241.60
Hero shows 8 K K A (four of a kind, Kings)
BB shows 2 T T 2 (four of a kind, Tens)
Hero wins $241.10
(Rake: $0.50)

I was pretty surprised to be doing so well here, but I’ll take it. Figured he’d have OP most of the time, but I c/r to clean up my outs.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.75 Ante – 6 players
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BTN: $237.75
SB: $1826.40
Hero (BB): $667.25
UTG: $521.10
MP: $816.55
CO: $277.95

Pre Flop: ($10.50) Hero is BB with 7 9 T 8
2 folds, CO raises to $12, BTN raises to $46.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $42.50, CO calls $34.50

Flop: ($146.00) 6 9 Q (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN bets $146, Hero raises to $584, CO folds, BTN calls $44.50 all in

Turn: ($527.00) 6 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($527.00) 8 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $527.00
BTN shows 5 A 7 4 (a straight, Nine high)
Hero shows 7 9 T 8 (a straight, Ten high)
Hero wins $524.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.20 Ante – 5 players
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UTG: $200.00
Hero (CO): $216.10
BTN: $606.40
SB: $109.80
BB: $398.15

Pre Flop: ($2.50) Hero is CO with 6 7 T 9
UTG raises to $4.50, Hero raises to $13, 3 folds, UTG calls $8.50

Flop: ($28.50) 6 3 6 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $22.25, UTG calls $22.25

Turn: ($73.00) A (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $58, UTG calls $58

River: ($189.00) T (2 players)
UTG bets $106.55 all in, Hero calls $106.55

Final Pot: $402.10
UTG shows J J 4 A (a flush, Ace high)
Hero shows 6 7 T 9 (a full house, Sixes full of Tens)
Hero wins $399.10
(Rake: $3.00)

Losers:

This hand sucks a little because I got my money in very bad but I also don’t think I can fold. I think he takes the same line here with just AA**, and I figured that’s a big piece of his 3b’ing range because he 3b the UTG opener, so it just comes down to whether or not he actually has the spades with it or not. Bring the SD one time!

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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BB: $141.25
UTG: $603.40
MP: $245.70
CO: $457.10
Hero (BTN): $316.60
SB: $894.50

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN with 5 K K 3
UTG raises to $7, 1 fold, CO raises to $24, Hero calls $24, 2 folds, UTG calls $17

Flop: ($75.00) 2 8 4 (3 players)
UTG checks, CO bets $73, Hero raises to $292.60 all in, UTG folds, CO calls $219.60

Turn: ($660.20) Q (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($660.20) 5 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $660.20
CO shows 7 A J A (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows 5 K K 3 (a pair of Kings)
CO wins $657.20
(Rake: $3.00)

Don’t really like how I played this one, but I’ll explain my reasoning anyway. Flop is std, but basically my reasons for shipping the turn was that I didn’t think they were capable of c/c’ing the flop with the nut straight (guys were pretty fishy), and I also didn’t think I’d get paid if the river paired the board or brought the flush, but with all the money out there I didn’t think they would fold their draws so I could get the money in very good sometimes, and even if they had the nut straight I still have reasonable equity given how much is out there. I think I still prefer calling just because I don’t see them leading 2pr or sets here barely ever, and they also fold worse draws here a lot which sucks. Getting called when you’re losing and getting them to fold when you’re winning generally isn’t a profitable strategy apparently..

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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SB: $297.40
BB: $239.25
UTG: $206.35
MP: $70.00
Hero (CO): $224.30
BTN: $678.65

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is CO with A 8 8 A
2 folds, Hero raises to $7, BTN calls $7, SB calls $6, BB calls $5

Flop: ($28.00) 8 4 7 (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $21, BTN folds, SB calls $21, BB calls $21

Turn: ($91.00) K (3 players)
SB bets $48, BB calls $48, Hero requests TIME, Hero raises to $196.30 all in, SB raises to $269.40 all in, BB folds

River: ($531.60) J (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $531.60
SB shows 6 K J 5 (a straight, Eight high)
Hero shows A 8 8 A (three of a kind, Eights)
SB wins $528.60
(Rake: $3.00)

About as good as you can get it in preflop in PLO here. I like my play though because he’s a maniac.. Give him a chance to 4b whereas he might just flat if I full pot it and take a flop off, in which case everyone else is too and this isn’t a hand I want to see with 5 others in the pot with no money behind.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.20 Ante – 5 players
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BTN: $117.50
Hero (SB): $474.25
BB: $129.80
UTG: $102.95
CO: $133.75

Pre Flop: ($2.50) Hero is SB with 7 5 A A
UTG calls $1, 1 fold, BTN calls $1, Hero calls $0.50, BB raises to $6, UTG calls $5, BTN calls $5, Hero raises to $11, BB raises to $46, 2 folds, Hero raises to $151, BB calls $83.60 all in

Flop: ($272.20) 2 9 K

Turn: ($272.20) T

River: ($272.20) 2

Final Pot: $272.20
Hero shows 7 5 A A (two pair, Aces and Twos)
BB shows A J K K (a full house, Kings full of Twos)
BB wins $269.20
(Rake: $3.00)

I’m pretty upset about this hand tbh. My thinking here was that if he c/c’s he has an OP most of the time, and I can definitely push him off that by the river, and I just basically leveled myself here thinking he was trying to rep something simlar to what I had, and then of course I have the blockers which induces me into weighing his range more heavily towards bluffs since he “never” has it since I have two queens. This is a good time to mention that the more PLO I play, the more I realize how blockers only truly matter in very specific scenarios. Me having blockers here doesn’t negate the fact that he’s tight UTG, probably isn’t going to c/c float me OOP with something that doesn’t draw to a straight, and then bet two streets as an all out bluff very ever. I don’t care if I have three queens in my hand; he’s just not doing this without the nuts. Not making folds like this kills my win rate.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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CO: $200.00
Hero (BTN): $330.45
SB: $849.30
BB: $296.70
UTG: $212.95
MP: $96.90

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN with 8 Q 9 Q
UTG raises to $6, 2 folds, Hero calls $6, 1 fold, BB calls $4

Flop: ($19.00) 9 T 3 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $19, BB folds, UTG calls $19

Turn: ($57.00) J (2 players)
UTG bets $50, Hero calls $50

River: ($157.00) 5 (2 players)
UTG bets $137.95 all in, Hero calls $137.95

Final Pot: $432.90
Hero mucks 8 Q 9 Q
UTG shows T K Q A (a straight, King high)
UTG wins $429.90
(Rake: $3.00)

Losing a lot of these lately.. These would be the ones that would be nice to run twice.. When you’re this deep and it’s a flip, it increases your variance a lot if you lose a few of these.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.20 Ante – 6 players
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BTN: $253.65
SB: $200.00
BB: $202.50
UTG: $474.25
MP: $328.35
Hero (CO): $441.65

Pre Flop: ($2.70) Hero is CO with Q Q 6 8
UTG raises to $4, 1 fold, Hero raises to $14.70, BTN calls $14.70, 2 folds, UTG calls $10.70

Flop: ($46.80) 2 Q 8 (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $40.05, BTN raises to $166.95, UTG folds, Hero raises to $426.75 all in, BTN calls $71.80 all in

Turn: ($524.30) 6 (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($524.30) A (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $524.30
BTN shows J T T 9 (a flush, Queen high)
Hero shows Q Q 6 8 (three of a kind, Queens)
BTN wins $521.30
(Rake: $3.00)

Pretty nice flop for him in a 4b pot.. Pretty bad pre-flop by him imo. Villain was 50/40 with 3b of 28% fwiw… Looked him up on PTR and noticed he lost 35bi’s that night playing 100PLO.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.20 Ante – 5 players
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UTG: $552.10
CO: $66.90
BTN: $212.20
SB: $1163.45
Hero (BB): $241.65

Pre Flop: ($2.50) Hero is BB with K J K A
UTG raises to $4.50, 2 folds, SB raises to $15.50, Hero requests TIME, Hero raises to $52, 1 fold, SB calls $36.50

Flop: ($109.50) 5 4 Q (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $109.50, SB raises to $219, Hero calls $79.95 all in

Turn: ($488.40) 2 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($488.40) T (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $488.40
SB shows A Q 2 Q (three of a kind, Queens)
Hero shows K J K A (a pair of Kings)
SB wins $485.40
(Rake: $3.00)

These aren’t very fun. 75% equity on the flop is very good in PLO imo.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 3 players
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BB: $234.85
Hero (BTN): $358.90
SB: $200.00

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN with Q 8 T 4
Hero raises to $6, 1 fold, BB raises to $19, Hero calls $13

Flop: ($39.00) 6 4 7 (2 players)
BB bets $39, Hero raises to $156, BB raises to $215.85 all in, Hero calls $59.85

Turn: ($470.70) 3 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($470.70) A (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $470.70
BB shows J 9 7 2 (a pair of Sevens)
Hero shows Q 8 T 4 (a pair of Fours)
BB wins $469.70
(Rake: $1.00)

Very surprised to be behind on the flop. Still had 45% equity.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
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Hero (BTN/SB): $200.00
BB: $268.25

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN/SB with 3 5 5 7
Hero raises to $6, BB calls $4

Flop: ($12.00) 5 8 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB raises to $25, Hero raises to $87, BB raises to $262.25 all in, Hero calls $107 all in

Turn: ($400.00) 7 (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($400.00) 3 (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $400.00
Hero shows 3 5 5 7 (three of a kind, Fives)
BB shows 8 K J 8 (three of a kind, Eights)
BB wins $399.50
(Rake: $0.50)

I’m having trouble winning 4b pots is the theme I think.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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BTN: $310.75
SB: $247.20
BB: $386.40
Hero (UTG): $200.00
MP: $285.05
CO: $161.30

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is UTG with A A 3 2
Hero raises to $7, MP calls $7, CO raises to $31, BTN calls $31, 2 folds, Hero raises to $134, 1 fold, CO calls $103, 1 fold

Flop: ($309.00) 6 4 Q (2 players)
Hero bets $66 all in, CO calls $27.30 all in

Turn: ($363.60) 3 (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($363.60) J (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $363.60
Hero shows A A 3 2 (a pair of Aces)
CO shows 6 J 6 A (three of a kind, Sixes)
CO wins $360.60
(Rake: $3.00)

Kind of unfortunate I didn’t get HU with this but what can ya do. 37% three ways before the flop even with terrible aces.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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UTG: $646.25
MP: $172.05
CO: $178.45
BTN: $602.20
SB: $262.00
Hero (BB): $234.10

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BB with 5 A A K
1 fold, MP raises to $7, CO calls $7, BTN raises to $31, 1 fold, Hero raises to $108, 1 fold, CO raises to $178.45 all in, BTN raises to $185, Hero raises to $234.10 all in, BTN calls $49.10

Flop: ($654.65) 2 5 8

Turn: ($654.65) K

River: ($654.65) J

Final Pot: $654.65
CO shows 9 6 T 7 (King Jack high)
BTN shows 3 2 2 9 (three of a kind, Twos)
Hero shows 5 A A K (two pair, Kings and Fives)
BTN wins $111.30
BTN wins $540.35
(Rake: $3.00)

Sigh.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 5 players
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BB: $200.00
UTG: $78.70
CO: $831.50
BTN: $227.05
Hero (SB): $200.00

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is SB with 9 Q T A
2 folds, BTN raises to $7, Hero raises to $23, 1 fold, BTN calls $16

Flop: ($48.00) 8 9 A (2 players)
Hero bets $37, BTN raises to $159, Hero raises to $177 all in, BTN calls $18

Turn: ($402.00) 5 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($402.00) K (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $402.00
BTN shows T J 5 8 (a flush, King high)
Hero shows 9 Q T A (two pair, Aces and Nines)
BTN wins $399.00
(Rake: $3.00)

I hope everyone is running well!

GL,

John