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Poker Video: Pot-Limit Omaha by DJ Sensei (Mid Stakes)

PLO on xmas day - Oma hahaha

wouldn't that be 'plohohoho'?

^^^^ LOL PLOwnd

Nice video. I would pay a lot to run that good, but I learned something too.

Lovely vid.
I have noticed however that you call quite a bit with marginal hands from SB/BB and then playing fit or fold pretty much.
There were few spots where you were 1st to act and everyone checked around on flop. On turn straight card roled giving you flush draw. Here you can rep all kinds of hands, i mean
1st of all betting in to 2-3 opponents looks strong and board is scray (they probably wont call you with mid two pair)
2nd - you might have the nuts or slowplayed set (while its out of range for late positions unless they turned it
3rd and last - you can improve even if called. And if called and river bricks you can barrel (board is scary - slowplaying nuts is not too likely)
but you just check fold.
I noticed similar scenario with hands that cant call like top and bottom pair. So lets say you have top and bottom on straight board out of position. Why not bet fold turn if its checked back. If you check and lone oponent bets... you cant call that even it is likely you have the best hand, so why not bet it?

Overall i liked video, its just some spots where i would like some more aggresion instead of spaming check. Or maybe your play is fine and i'm just spewy. Would like to hear some opinions of others on that regard.

You showed a willingness to get involved preflop with small pairs, usually coupled with a suited ace; for instance, the hand where you flopped a set of 44's or a hand like Ah3h2h2d. You, however, folded out two pair hands (9966, TT66) before the flop, probably because you were out of position or facing a raise. I was hoping I might get your thoughts on these type of hands. Obviously, the higher the pairs, the better, but what other factors do you consider? (I might be overplaying these hands in my own game.)

Thanks for the fun video.

You showed a willingness to get involved preflop with small pairs, usually coupled with a suited ace; for instance, the hand where you flopped a set of 44's or a hand like Ah3h2h2d. You, however, folded out two pair hands (9966, TT66) before the flop, probably because you were out of position or facing a raise. I was hoping I might get your thoughts on these type of hands. Obviously, the higher the pairs, the better, but what other factors do you consider? (I might be overplaying these hands in my own game.)

Thanks for the fun video.

Having a suited ace is really huge for the value of your hand. Bottom set with NFD is a monster, and even if you just flop the naked NFD and have position you're in a really good spot most of the time. With the 'two middle pair' type hands, you're basically aiming for a hand that'll likely just be a naked low set (or a non-nut flush draw, or a weak straight draw, but rarely more than one of them at the same time!). Those kind of hands are great with a shorter stack because you can happily set-mine, but with deeper stacks your reverse implied odds are significantly higher. And of course, being out of position sucks!

i'm by no means a PLO expert but i think your game is mediocre and too passive...

a lot of the hands you're calling with in position are hands that play better in 3bet pots.

what are your stats? 25/15?

basically i dont like how you play at all

at about 25 min in:

button:700
hero(bb): 420

Delt: jqka

action:
ugt: limp (4)
button: raise 16 to 18
1 fold
Hero: ?

I 3bet this 100% of the time. Dj sensei folds. His reasoning is that were out of position, and that is unsuited.

I agree that in postion this is at least a call if not 3bet. And while it may be tricky to play post flop, I think we can take it down alot with a cbet, given a dryish flop.

the flop ended up: 587, which is not one I would cbet with out a suited A. but if the board is something like Q35 I would cbet all day, given we likely have the best hand and 9 outs to two pair, basicaly I would cbet any board that wasnt 98x, 78x... any 2 cards 5->9 ie 57x

Or is this a standard fold oop?

sorry to bump a 8 month old thread

That is a pretty nitty fold OOP, I probably wouldn't make it nowadays. I'm not sure if i prefer calling or 3betting. Probably calling unless the opponent is weaktight postflop, because I don't think we're going to get it in very good postflop all that often.