Running Like Antonius...

I know, I’ve just jinxed it, what can you do :)

I switched my online roll from Full Tilt to Partypoker last week. I’m sure some of you who remember the ‘glory days’ think this is a complete no brainer and it probably is, but there are a few things which really count against Party in my view. The main one for me right now is the ever present possibility of the client completely crashing without warning….just the sickest thing ever given that all of the PLO tables are(No DP)so it makes it difficult to confidently play a long session. I’ve just been dipping in and out today, really not cool with the idea of the client insta-shutting down when i have the nuts 200bb deep vs a fish who’s pot pot potting lol. The sheer reliability and ease of multi-tabling one can experience on the huge American sites really is unmatched elsewhere.

That said, today went pretty well.

I’m really enjoying my PLO experiment, sure, the variance is gonna be insane along the way…and I’m slowly but surely figuring that set=nuts is no longer true, but there’s so much more gamble in this game, something that draws in 90%+ VPiP fish with surprising regularity.

1st Few days PLO

My favourite hand of the week, villain was a slightly aggro fish, who I’d just made a note on which was essentially, ‘value bets too thinly’ when he owned someone in a previous pot with top and bottom pair. Thought turn and river were particularly good for this play.

Party Poker $25 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 5 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (SB): $47.92
BB: $20.00
UTG: $42.73
CO: $25.31
BTN: $53.77

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with 2 9 6 T
1 fold, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.15, BB checks

Flop: ($0.75) 7 8 5 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.72, BB calls $0.72, CO calls $0.72

Turn: ($2.91) A (3 players)
Hero bets $2.77, BB folds, CO calls $2.77

River: ($8.45) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $8.02, Hero raises to $32.09, CO calls $13.55 all in

Final Pot: $51.59
Hero shows 2 9 6 T (a straight Five to Nine)
CO mucks 2 4 8 6 (a straight Four to Eight)
Hero wins $10.52
Hero wins $39.07
(Rake: $2.00)

Largest pot of the week so far, this guy had ran up huge stacks on a number of tables, but was pretty terrible imo, in terms of recklessness and mis-valuing his hands.
Thought process for me here was something like……I have the nuts…..wat is he doing, i have the nuts….i think….check again..23456, yep, + a blocker to 78…ARRR IN!! Reasonable vs spewtard?

Party Poker $25 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 5 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: $28.60
CO: $4.81
BTN: $21.55
SB: $65.88
Hero (BB): $48.53

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with 9 7 3 4
UTG raises to $0.85, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.85, SB calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.60

Flop: ($3.40) 2 6 5 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3.23, UTG folds, BTN folds, SB raises to $12.92, Hero raises to $41.99, SB raises to $65.03 all in, Hero calls $5.69 all in

Turn: ($98.76) T (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($98.76) 7 (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $98.76
SB shows 4 4 6 5 (two pairs, Sixes and Fives)
Hero shows 9 7 3 4 (a straight Three to Seven)
SB wins $17.35
Hero wins $96.76
(Rake: $-15.35)

This is how my week as a whole has gone…. lolvolumaments obv, but I’m in the middle of some final year essays, give me a break!

Top line is 50NL HU, where I know for a fact (From extensive play earlier in the year) I’ve got a huge edge at vs most players at those stakes there, but I just can’t stomach paying a whopping 20bb/100 in rake…esp with PP’s pretty pathetic points palladium rewards system (I promised alliteration sir, and I do believe, I’ve just delivered).

Anyone more PLO savvy, feel free to comment on my stats etc, although having played a little bit of PLO25 on FTP, I do think there’s a decent difference in how the games play. Still, any advice is always great.

Edit: Just went for a solid 20 minute ‘walk n run’. I’ve discovered a great mp3 series which really makes the whole thing fly in and also aids with pacing. Will post more about it later. For anyone thinking of getting fitter for summer, definitely recommend checking out future blogs as I’ll post whatever tips and aids I discover along the way, stick with it!

Live Long ’n Prosper Katz