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What it do DC?

I'm writing this while waiting for huplo action. the action comes pretty fast and furious, so I might be a little while in completing the post, so forgive me if the thoughts end up disjointed.  

Poker is going ok.  I've taken a bit of a hit so far in March, dipping as low as -1500 (playing the 50 and 100 games).  Yesterday was a better day, in which i got to 2 table a massive aggro-tard who was 3betting about 70% and cbetting flop/turn in the 90's.  it was fun, there was a lot of call/call'/call lines =) 

So basically with this hand i flopped top pair and was going to be getting stubborn with it unless the board got gross.  obviously the T on the turn was gin for me, and on the river, given i block JJ and AA (and he would have repotted JJ everytime) he has 1 combo of AAxx and like 4x as many of A4xx, making my river play, imo, pretty +ev. 

Poker Stars $50.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1225122
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN/SB: $235.35
Hero (BB): $241.95

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with A T J T
BTN/SB raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($3.00) J 4 4(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50

Turn: ($8.00) T(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $6.00, Hero raises to $22.50, BTN/SB calls $16.50

River: ($53.00) A(2 players)
Hero bets $48.00, BTN/SB raises to $196.50, Hero raises to $215.45, BTN/SB calls $12.35 all in

Final Pot: $470.70
BTN/SB shows 4 A 3 3
Hero shows A T J T
Hero wins $470.20
(Rake: $0.50)

I got my free pass to cardrunners fromt he TFPT deal they have, so I have been trying to check out some of their huplo stuff.  Its OK, but much of it is very old.  The series missing from DC, imo, is a HUPLO series.  Last year I made a video for the Invent A Series contest, but was not picked to create a series.  I'm hoping that DC will finally see that this gap in their library needs to be filled.

the biggest concept that I am learning in huplo right now is figuring out when to fold marginal draws, espeically in 3bet pots where you need less of a hand to stack off.  The equity difference in having a pair+gut+fd vs just two of those three is substantial, and depending on how the two are sorted (like middlepair+gut probably isnt enough to stack off in most cases) can be enough to slow down. 
I've also been minraising as opposed to 3xing from the btn.  Someone in a plo skype group said that they do it and gave some good reasons for it (namely that vs 3bets and c/r we have better odds to continue.  When villains 3bet and the spr is 4.5 (as in a 3x - 9x situation) as opposed to 7.9 in a 2x-6x situation, which obviously creates a lot more room to maneuver, but also gives you a chance to raise flop and still get it in on the turn (assuming 100bb stacks).

Ok , thanks for reading

LQ