PLO Pimpin'

What's up Degens? 

In an earlier blog, I mentioned that I was going to make an effort to write an entry every week... Ya, not so much apparently! It's ok thought.. I just finished an early morning session and can't seem to fall asleep, so what better time to do a quick recap on everything poker related in the last couple of months? But first, here's my favorite song right now that I think y'all should check out. Weezy baby!

Anyhow, onto the poker stuff. Been playing mostly 2/4-5/10 with some late night rush degenning mixed in between. Here's all of my rush hands so far. If you look at the graph, you'll see how I broke even for the first ~13k hands trying to get a feel for how everyone was playing. But then in the following ~18k hands, I went on a nice 40 buy in heater once I figured out what everyone was up to. I actually think that rush is insanely profitable, and in fact, if I was an up-and-coming SSPLO player I'd probably use rush as my primary method for building the roll from the ground up.. The fish are... Well... Fishy, and the regs play extremely straightforward. Plus everyone gets very deep, and I haven't really encountered anyone that knows what's going on past 150bb's. 

Here's my overall graph since Dec. 1 in Currency

And here's the same time period in BB's

So on the poker front, things have been going pretty well. I've also been grinding several of the FTOPS. I got 12th in the PLO Rush FTOPS, but other than that I've either min cashed or bricked everything else. Thursday is the HUPLO 300+22 which is my favorite event, so I'm really looking forward to it. ONE TIME!!

Last weekend I went to LV for the super bowl and had a chance to play a bunch of live. The 5/10NL action was great basically everywhere, but I mostly played at the Wynn because that's where we were staying. I also go to play some live PLO at the Venetian as well. I played six sessions, and somehow escaped the desert without booking a single loser. I decided to follow the advice of my roommate and put $1200 on the Packers, which obviously worked out really well... It was only my second sports bet ever, so I was sweating it big time! 

I just moved to Breckenridge last week with the same dudes I was living with in Denver. It's been pretty awesome so far, although I haven't had a chance to go snowboarding because I jacked up my ankle playing basketball a couple of weeks ago and it still hasn't healed. To give y'all some motivation to come visit, I'm going to take some pictures tomorrow to post on the blog so you can see for yourself how beautiful it is here! Although the first night we were here, the temperature was -35 degrees.. FML!

Anyhow, I'll try to write more later in the week. For now I want to show you guys some hands you may find interesting that I've played in the last couple of weeks. Enjoy! I hope everyone is doing well!

GL,

John

Ouch :(, makes it even worse with all of the dead money out there.

Full Tilt Poker $5/$10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $1.50 Ante - 4 players - View hand 1181712
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BTN: $2320.00
SB: $2871.00
BB: $1000.00
Hero (CO): $1000.00

Pre Flop: ($21.00) Hero is CO with K K 9 J
Hero raises to $30, BTN raises to $111, SB calls $106, BB calls $101, Hero calls $81

Flop: ($450.00) K 2 3(4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets $450, SB calls $450, BB folds, Hero raises to $887.50 all in, BTN folds, SB calls $437.50

Turn: ($2675.00) 2(2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($2675.00) 7(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $2675.00
SB shows 2 T 2 T (four of a kind, Twos)
Hero shows K K 9 J (a full house, Kings full of Twos)
SB wins $2673.00
(Rake: $2.00)

lol Rush

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 1181713
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UTG: $221.20
MP: $160.00
CO: $50.00
BTN: $87.30
Hero (SB): $167.95
BB: $96.35

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with T 9 A 6
UTG calls $1, 2 folds, BTN raises to $4.50, Hero calls $4, 1 fold, UTG raises to $8, BTN calls $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

Flop: ($25.00) J K Q(3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $25, BTN folds, Hero raises to $70, UTG calls $45

Turn: ($165.00) 2(2 players)
Hero bets $89.95 all in, UTG calls $89.95

River: ($344.90) K(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $344.90
UTG shows 7 K 3 4 (three of a kind, Kings)
Hero shows T 9 A 6 (a straight, Ace high)
Hero wins $341.90
(Rake: $3.00)

Gettin' it in pretty good here

Full Tilt Poker $10/$20 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 1181714
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UTG: $3751.00
Hero (MP): $800.00
CO: $1422.00
BTN: $2947.00
SB: $1068.00
BB: $1327.00

Pre Flop: ($30.00) Hero is MP with 9 8 7 T
1 fold, Hero raises to $60, 2 folds, SB calls $50, 1 fold

Flop: ($140.00) 4 7 8(2 players)
SB bets $140, Hero raises to $560, SB raises to $1008 all in, Hero calls $180 all in

Turn: ($1620.00) 6(2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($1620.00) K(2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $1620.00
Hero shows 9 8 7 T (a straight, Ten high)
SB shows 9 Q 5 8 (a straight, Nine high)
Hero wins $1617.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Pretty sizable pot for Rush

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 1181715
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Hero (BB): $294.00
UTG: $107.50
MP: $269.40
CO: $66.70
BTN: $46.35
SB: $59.05

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with K K 6 8
1 fold, MP raises to $3.50, CO calls $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.50

Flop: ($14.50) 7 5 2(4 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $14.50, CO calls $14.50, BTN folds, Hero calls $14.50

Turn: ($58.00) K(3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $58, CO folds, Hero requests TIME, Hero raises to $232, MP raises to $251.40 all in, Hero calls $19.40

River: ($560.80) Q(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $560.80
Hero shows K K 6 8 (three of a kind, Kings)
MP shows Q J 4 6 (a pair of Queens)
Hero wins $557.80
(Rake: $3.00)

Run goooooot

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 1181717
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BB: $255.10
UTG: $1040.90
Hero (MP): $965.30
CO: $461.80
BTN: $394.00
SB: $412.00

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is MP with K K 7 T
UTG calls $4, Hero raises to $18, CO calls $18, 1 fold, SB calls $16, BB raises to $94, UTG calls $90, Hero raises to $412, 1 fold, SB calls $394 all in, BB calls $161.10 all in, 1 fold

Flop: ($1191.10) 9 7 Q(3 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: ($1191.10) K(3 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($1191.10) 2(3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $1191.10
BB shows A 9 4 A (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows K K 7 T (three of a kind, Kings)
SB shows 5 7 8 4 (a pair of Sevens)
Hero wins $313.80
Hero wins $874.30
(Rake: $3.00)

Games are gooooooot 

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 1181718
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BTN: $726.70
SB: $89.00
Hero (BB): $400.00
UTG: $126.45
MP: $431.20
CO: $587.60

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BB with K 9 8 K
1 fold, MP calls $4, CO calls $4, 1 fold, SB calls $2, Hero raises to $20, MP calls $16, CO calls $16, 1 fold

Flop: ($64.00) 6 5 K(3 players)
Hero bets $44, MP raises to $196, CO folds, Hero raises to $380 all in, MP calls $184

Turn: ($824.00) J(2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($824.00) J(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $824.00
Hero shows K 9 8 K (a full house, Kings full of Jacks)
MP shows A A 6 8 (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
Hero wins $821.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Got lucky here again, but this is def top of his range. 

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players - View hand 1181719
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UTG: $418.00
CO: $285.50
BTN: $542.10
Hero (SB): $402.00
BB: $1109.40

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is SB with J 7 7 T
3 folds, Hero raises to $12, BB calls $8

Flop: ($24.00) 7 K Q(2 players)
Hero bets $20, BB calls $20

Turn: ($64.00) 2(2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $54, Hero raises to $226, BB raises to $398, Hero calls $144 all in

River: ($804.00) 9(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $804.00
Hero shows J 7 7 T (a straight, King high)
BB shows Q 7 Q 2 (three of a kind, Queens)
Hero wins $801.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Did this really happen?! His NSDW can't be too happy with him.. It was literally $30 for him to call lol.

Full Tilt Poker $3/$6 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 1181720
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BTN: $784.35
Hero (SB): $351.25
BB: $369.50
UTG: $240.00
MP: $138.00
CO: $303.00

Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is SB with J 7 A A
2 folds, CO raises to $21, 1 fold, Hero raises to $69, 1 fold, CO calls $48

Flop: ($144.00) K 2 Q(2 players)
Hero bets $100, CO raises to $204, Hero raises to $282.25 all in, CO folds

Final Pot: $552.00
Hero wins $549.00
(Rake: $3.00)

I think most players don't take lines like these often enough. When he donks pot, his range is more heavily weighted towards made hands than draws (mostly because of combinatorics. The # of combos of made hands far exceeds the # of combos of draws that are strong enough to donk pot on this board). So, I can peel and rep spades.. But on the turn when he bets half pot, he's screaming weakness... But many players will just peel again with the intention of repping spades or diamonds, but the problem with peeling instead of raising is that you lose your ability to rep the straight.... Besides, many times they'll just call and fold the river like my opponent did here. 

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1181721
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Hero (BTN/SB): $491.70
BB: $810.70

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BTN/SB with 8 J 5 4
Hero raises to $8, BB calls $4

Flop: ($16.00) 6 3 A(2 players)
BB bets $16, Hero calls $16

Turn: ($48.00) 4(2 players)
BB bets $24, Hero raises to $112, BB calls $88

River: ($272.00) Q(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $272, BB requests TIME, BB folds

Final Pot: $272.00
Hero wins $271.50
(Rake: $0.50)

This is against Peter Jetten. He 3b's way too much... Seems pretty standard overall because I found it hard to believe that he would ever not c-bet this flop with a straight since his image is so bad. Plus I have equity son!

Full Tilt Poker $5/$10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players - View hand 1181723
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BB: $544.00
UTG: $427.50
CO: $334.50
Hero (BTN): $506.00
SB: $504.00

Pre Flop: ($15.00) Hero is BTN with 8 J 4 6
2 folds, Hero raises to $20, 1 fold, BB raises to $65, Hero calls $45

Flop: ($135.00) K T J(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($135.00) 3(2 players)
BB bets $100, Hero raises to $435, BB requests TIME, BB folds

Final Pot: $335.00
Hero wins $332.00
(Rake: $3.00)

What a nice guy!!

Full Tilt Poker $3/$6 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 1181735
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BB: $1095.75
UTG: $748.90
MP: $897.90
Hero (CO): $797.40
BTN: $624.00
SB: $497.05

Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is CO with T 8 7 J
UTG raises to $21, 1 fold, Hero calls $21, 3 folds

Flop: ($51.00) 4 J 8(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $48, UTG calls $48

Turn: ($147.00) J(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $63, UTG raises to $336, Hero calls $273

River: ($819.00) 7(2 players)
UTG bets $343.90 all in, Hero calls $343.90

Final Pot: $1506.80
UTG shows 8 6 7 T (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
Hero shows T 8 7 J (a full house, Jacks full of Eights)
Hero wins $1503.80
(Rake: $3.00)