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What’s up Degens?

This entry won’t be too long, because I just finished playing the most hands I’ve played in a long time (2300 hands today!). Nevertheless, it’s been a few days since I did an entry, so I wanted to throw something down.

I’ve mostly been playing on Stars lately, and it’s really interesting to see the differences between the PLO games on FTP. In the past, I’ve frequently been asked by students if there’s a difference between the games, but I never had much experience on PS to go by, but now I feel a little more qualified to give a more reliable answer.

I think at the 400PLO levels and below, the games are probably equally as good on both sites. I definitely like the software on FTP much better (it’s easier to table select because of the colored player notes, aesthetically pleasing, PS doesn’t have a pot button, wtf?). Also, PS doesn’t have deep/ante tables like FTP, which is definitely a drag. Also, I don’t like the fast tables too much, although I can see how fish like this a lot. Overall though, I think both sites play pretty similarly, but PS seems to have more short stackers and just big droolers who will sit with you HU, but overall I could play on either site I think. I played for like a week straight to get Platinum status so I could get some rb on Stars, but if you didn’t have rb it would really suck, particularly for low stakes PLO players. If I’m a low stakes PLO player, I’d go anywhere that I got the best rake.

In the end, I think I’ll end up going back to FTP. It’s kind of tedious getting to know all the new players and become accustomed to the new software. Oh well, so it goes.

One of the reasons I put in so much volume the last couple of days was because of a back injury I got from P90x. It actually wasn’t during the workout, but when I was doing yoga afterwards, lol. So hopefully it gets better, because I’m planning on making a Vegas trip this weekend, but in this condition I probably can’t go because I can barely sit up.

Besides degening, not a lot has gone on. I’m a little dissapointed with my level of play (which I always seem to be), but I’m continuing to improve and plug some leaks I have. I’m mainly trying to avoid making terrible bluffs with no equity, while also looking for good spots to put heat on the players when I know they have to have weak/marginal hands. I’m getting better at donking into players with a balanced range, which is fun to experiment with as well. I played a ton of interesting hands, but am going to wait to post them until tomorrow because I want to provide some analysis with the HH.

Also, I’ve got my own blog up now, which you can find at www.plohero.com. I’ll continue to post here, but I’ll be writing/posting more training materials at my blog site, so be sure to check me out there!

I hope everyone’s doing well. Hopefully I can write about some hands tomorrow. GL!

John