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Hey peeps,

The announcement came out today in the R&D forum, I'm officially a DC coach. I'm quite glad to be part of the team and I'm planning on producing a video pretty soon. Want to sincerely thank everyone that has been involved in this process so far. I appreciate it a lot.

Poker's been going well this month although family visiting from abroad didn't allow me to put in as much volume as I wanted. The PLO games since Black Friday have been pretty good, although by no means were they bad games before. I think the 27TD games on PS have definitely been softer, I have been doing fairly well at 5/T and 10/20 since then. I'm getting some coaching from Schweig which I'm sure will be great.

Regarding PLO, I just want to mention a pretty basic but really important concept. If your opponent is willing to get it in with dominated draws on the flop, and a lot of people are, get as much money in the pot as you can with your dominating draws. This especially means a hand like nut wrap + pair on a rainbow board, or nut flush draw + pair. It's hard to find spots where you'll get it in with 60%+ equity on the flop in PLO, but these are it. Don't wait for the turn because you will lose action a lot, it's so much easier for your opponents to get it in on the flop with dominated draws than on the turn.

Here's a couple of hands I played recently that exemplify this concept. 

Ongame Network $1/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players - View hand 1290889

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BB: $162.50
UTG: $196.10
CO: $134.50
Hero (BTN): $141.00
SB: $86.00

BB posts a big blind ($1)

Pre Flop: ($2.00) Hero is BTN with A A 4 5
2 folds, Hero raises to $4, SB calls $3, BB calls $3

Flop: ($12.00) 9 6 2(3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $9, Hero raises to $36, SB folds, BB raises to $120, Hero raises to $137 all in, BB calls $17

Turn: ($286.00) Q(2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($286.00) Q(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $286.00
BB shows 8 T 4 9 (FLUSH QUEEN)
Hero shows A A 4 5 (FLUSH ACE)
Hero wins $283.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Ongame Network $1/$1 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 4 players - View hand 1290891
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BTN: $103.43
SB: $798.90
BB: $278.90
Hero (CO): $134.75

BB posts a big blind ($1)

Pre Flop: ($2.00) Hero is CO with 7 6 K K
Hero raises to $4, 1 fold, SB calls $3, 1 fold

Flop: ($9.00) 5 3 7(2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $7, SB raises to $24.50, Hero raises to $82.50, SB raises to $256.50, Hero calls $48.25 all in

Turn: ($270.50) 9(2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($270.50) K(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $270.50
SB shows J 6 8 J (FLUSH JACK)
Hero shows 7 6 K K (FLUSH KING)
Hero wins $268.50
(Rake: $2.00)

Notice these are both single-raised pots with SPRs of 11 and 14. I still managed to get it in with 70% and 75% equity on the flop. Of course it helps to have opponents willing to stack off so light, however it's good to know that if I run into the bare flopped nuts I would've still had 40% (vs 99**) and 45% (vs 46**) equity. I know this is basic stuff, but I still see people not wanting to stack off on 10-15 SPR spots in similar situations. Don't be afraid to put money in. Also, of course, don't stack off with easily dominated hands with mid-high SPR.

Anyway, let me know if you want me to talk about a certain concept or topic during my upcoming video. 

Thanks again, DC!

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