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Well I asked him if he means playing on that table will make me actually lose money as opposed to being relatively -EV. I asked him multiple times cause I couldn't comprehend how that can be possible and unless I'm understanding him wrong he basically said yes every time. It sounds like it doesn't make any logical sense how a horrible player can make a table -EV for you but he is a midstakes winner. Then again midstakes winners can have flawed opinions too. =p
Oct. 26, 2015 | 10:39 p.m.
SB: ghostan: $9.90
BB: baerlilauf: $24.31
UTG: C.Carrasso: $21.21
MP: AURICCHIO777: $11.59
CO: LordRiverRat: $14.57 (Hero)
Oct. 26, 2015 | 10:35 p.m.
So I was talking to this midstakes winner. He was trying to hammer in my head that I need to table select more. That's cool. Then he mentioned how having a 60 VPIP fish directly to your left is -EV. Uh...what? So basically even if you're the best player at the table, not playing is better than playing when a huge fish has position on you? His argument were something like the fish always flatting you IP so you have to tighten your opening range. The fish never folding so you can't bluff. Uh...can't you just adjust? The fish is still going to make huge mistakes and there's no way the fish becomes a winning player vs you just cause of position.
The closest analogy I can think of is driving to the casino, waiting 45 minutes for a live table, then having a huge station on your immediate left. So this guy would rather just rejoin the wait list than play? Seems extremely counter-intuitive. Then again this guy is a midstakes winner and I've been stuck at micros for years so he probably knows a few things I don't.
Oct. 24, 2015 | 4:42 p.m.
Hero plays for a 200BB pot. PLO100 hero wins ~197BB, PLO10 hero only
wins 185BB. Defending hands where you have to get it in marginal
frequently only helps PokerStars.
:( so basically anything up to PLO100 is a huge rake trap you might never escape unless you're a crusher? And to an extent PLO50 as well?
Oct. 6, 2015 | 4:27 p.m.
Something about this hand just seems off. You have one pair with pretty much nothing else and you're thinking of stacking off just cause it's a 3BP?
Oct. 5, 2015 | 7:35 a.m.
So I guess with hands like these we are looking for a ten high flop or lower? Basically other flops our equity sucks because a second high card ruins our hand? Like a J65 flop four way when a Q K A or even T ruins our hand, and also obviously the board pairing.
Btw JT98ss is not premium? How much does a jack or nine high flush draw matter anyways UTG?
Oct. 5, 2015 | 1:11 a.m.
So this would be a better squeeze in position? I hear premium rundowns and suited aces with good rundowns like these are good for speculative 3 betting. OK so I guess I exposed myself to only the value part of their raising range by potting.
Oct. 1, 2015 | 6:27 p.m.
SB: $19.15 (Hero)
BB: $11.76
UTG: $21.76
MP: $17.50
CO: $5.32
Sept. 30, 2015 | 9:58 p.m.
I just saw Galfond fold 9875ss UTG in a RIO video cause he said it's "a little too loose to open UTG". Wtf? Isn't this a premium rundown since there's just a single gap at the bottom? I thought all premium and speculative rundowns can be opened from any position as long as they're single suited or better. I guess hands like 8743ss or 5432ss are snap folds UTG? Thought I was being nitty with my 11-12% UTG RFI but wow...
Sept. 30, 2015 | 4:38 p.m.
From what I hear you need to defend way more than you fold vs a 3 bet. However if you're like me and don't really know what you're doing postflop then it might be better to fold more pre. Someone more experienced than me should chime in here about how much to defend vs a 3 bet and also how to play the bottom of your range when say you flat K965ss BTN vs blinds, if that even is the BTN.
Fwiw AAxx might be a big part of their range when they 3b but from what I'm seen at PLO5z people are 3 betting soooo much range trash like any double suited hand.
Sept. 29, 2015 | 8:02 a.m.
I'm currently just being a huge nit cause I'm new. Nittier in PLO than in NL. My PLO stats are like 22/15/5.
Sept. 29, 2015 | 2:50 a.m.
I've always thought your red line should be negative at micros and your blue line should be very positive and basically how you make money. Unless you're very good at LAG, building big pots and making people fold rivers. Experienced PLO grinders is that generally correct?
Sept. 27, 2015 | 11:56 p.m.
Let's say we open AA72 rainbow and get 3 bet while 250bb deep. We can't 4 bet since if he calls we're seeing a flop with an SPR much higher than 1. We can't fold cause our equity is so good. So we're forced to call and play a big pot deep and we only really like low paired flops or Axx flops (or low trips on the flop but that never happens). Without reads on villain at what point on different board runouts do we need to muck our hand?
For example we call OOP and x/c a 2/3 pot bet on J52r. Turn is an 8 bringing a backdoor flush draw and villain bets 2/3 pot again. From what I understand stacking off requirements are lower in a 3BP but what about in spots like this where we're just trying to see a showdown as cheaply as possible? Are bluff catching requirements lower compared to a single raised pot? Is it exploitable to fold or do we just fold?
Sept. 27, 2015 | 8:48 a.m.
Where did you get such specific numbers for opening? For example how do you go from 12-26 in EP all the way to 29% in MP and only 3% looser in the CO? Also if you're defending 80% of your range on the BTN vs a 3 bet how do you play such trashy hands? That's a 48% total range you're defending and I'm guessing that would include some hands like T754 single suited or worse.
Btw do you know of a free program that tells you what a top x% hand looks like? Basically like a PLO version of Equilab.
Sept. 27, 2015 | 1:51 a.m.
Thanks that makes a lot of sense. I've been playing way too nitty then my VPIP and PFR are like 22/16. Both my EP/MP RFI were below 15 since I open fold marginal hands like KKT7 single suited in those positions. When you play nittier in PLO than you do in NL something has to be wrong lol...
Sept. 27, 2015 | 1:48 a.m.
Hi I'm new to PLO and have absolutely no clue about preflop frequencies. I have no idea what % we should be opening in each position, what % we should be 3 betting, what % we should fold to 3 bets, and also how wide we need to defend our big blind vs steals. Can someone point me in the right direction?
Sept. 26, 2015 | 5:07 a.m.
Amazing video <3
Aug. 26, 2015 | 6:48 p.m.
1 tabling is boring :(
So if I'm not stacking off on one of the best flops for my hand, the mistake is calling this beautiful double suited rundown preflop cause it's multiway?
Oct. 27, 2015 | 8:57 p.m.