Danduy

I played this hand a while ago and even though i lost a (in BB) a big pot, i can see me do this again in the future.

A few hands in Zoom session. Players are new to me.

Preflop: The hand is nice, my position in good. I should have gone for a 3bet here perhaps. But due to some flops where i can flop huge, i wanted to give the blinds a chance a join in. Hoping for some broadwaycards, diamonds preffered :)

Flop: 2 checks on a dry board, Top pair, top kicker... Seems a bet is legit.
The check-raise rings a bell. Set of aces is possible, but i have one myself. 22 is possible but less likely, because even bad players know 22 only flops bottom set all of the time.
99xx - A9JQ - A9Qx - 3x4x5y6y are candidates here. A2 has a small chance.
But i called. A heart or any broadway card (a K was preffered) could help to take the pot on the river.

Turn: A heart is a pretty good card for me for representing the nuts later. And i got a 1/2 pot bet donkbetted.
3456 would have check-called imo.
So I thought A987 would be close to his range. A set wit a small flush draw would have charged to protect the hand.
So i felt the T scared him in some way in fear of a bigger 2 pair or maybe a set.
I called in stead of raising to his weakness to still have a decent amount behind i case i would take a shot here if a scared card would come.

River: The Q was not the best from the deck, but with 2 blockers to the nuts, a weakish turn bet and a check on the river gave me the green light to try and push him of his two pair.

Somehow if i review the hand, in a way i feel like i am getting better on analyses after being here. Wachting all this stuff from the pros and start playing more with confidence.
In a way i feel i did this one good, but i can't say what i could have done any better. Even though it's about a few pennies, it's not the cash but the way the hand played out that made me think.

So if anyone has any comment, please share. Thanx guys ;)

Today i sat down at a 6 max 0,10 - 0,25 game and 2 places to my left there was a Hyper lag.

He had a 80/60/70 stat and almost opened every pot...
His C-bet was 100% and checkraising him was out of the question. He never folded to a check raise and pulled to the turn.

He also sat on 500 BB and the rest of the table was on the 20/10/45. So he picked up just about every pot on the flop or turn.

It's hard to flop a good hand, because you really need something to play back at him AND position off course.
And if i or an other player really had a hand, it was hard to brew a pot, because he would shut down or take back some throttle.
I 3 betted him with what i felt was EV+ on the CO and BTN and i just tightend up where i did not had any positional advantage.
But he donked about 60% of pots. So i really had no answer to his LAG play.

Now people say you need to leave the table when there is a tough players to your left.
But with those stats, i think it's a matter of time until you can stack him off.

Cheers

I am very tempting to call the river due to his weaker flop bet.
My donkbet on the turn gets called.
I got range to: bottom 2 or A high flushdraw.
A set would have bet bigger on the fop, as top 2 with a flush draw.

So either it's a busted flush or a boat imo... But i have been wrong before :)

I think i should have called here... I played this yesterday, but i can't get it out of my head.
I thought if i called i was behind... Even so if he had a rundown like QJT9 he had some of my outs.

A flush draw would be little behind... The more i think about it, the more i see i think i made a mistake.

I find myself quite few times in this situation.
Stacks are deep, i have position and everyone checked to me.

So if i bet:
- I can pick the pot without a fight.
- Only 2 pair or lower set will/can call to draw to boat.
- Q high flush draw might reraise. Lower flush might call a bet and see what te turn brings.

If i don't bet:
- I have to fold to pot bet if the board doesn't pair
- No more action will come from a (smaller) flush

Think i might have answered my own question here, but opinions are very well appriciated.

Tried some 9 handed PLO games today.
It actually never crossed my mind to play them and i need to sdept to position play a little more it seems.

Do you guys play rather 6 or 9 handed tables and how do they do in Bankroll's?

THE PICTURE IS A PREVIOUS HAND...
This situation raises from time to time in the tiny stakes...
And even though i have no draws that can help me out, i hate to fold to a tiny bet. Maybe it's a mental thing, but i also know i can't bluff villian out the pot later. The previous hand has proven that he calls my river raise with J high. Also the preflop raiser is still behind and if i call and he just raises with anything... Is this a spot where i just 'let it happen'?
Even if the BTN is not in play? I just call him down or fold to this 'emotional poke' bet.

Let's assume the players play a 'normal' game.
Average stats, 6 handed play

UTG raises pot
UTG +1 folds
MP calls
BTN calls

Hero SB (Ad-Kd-As-Js or Ad-Ks-Jd-Qs) for example.

Now, any other position would make this easier.
But 3 betting into a field from the SB will put on a sign that says, HUGE HAND HERE.

First to act after the flop, with a great chance to pick up a trainload of callers, unless UTG 4 bets here.
If you hit the flop hard, chances are slim any other playes does, if you miss you have to check fold.

By just calling, only the BB can 3-bet which put a great opportunity the get it in preflop.
And if an ace hits for top set or the nut straight/flush draw, no one will put you on AA because of the call.

Just asking for an opinion here to play this kinds of hands from the blinds.

Very early in the session, no reads.
But should i bet the turn here oop?

I actually could have played the hand in different ways.
What i have learned so far is that top + bottom pair not not quite strong.

I called, but would have ditched it ott against any heart or non diamond T - J or Q

The turn gave me a draw to the nuts, but i didn't bet it.
I often don't bet oot in these kind of spots because i can't stand a reraise i think.

The fold on the river took me some time, but with the K and Q in my hand i couldn't image anything else besides 6d-7d

Is it actually advised to play the micro's to build a solid foundation.
I mean, it's hard to make plays because people call pretty light even though i (think i) make the right plays.

And then i notice i shut down the next time, because i fear they will call, even though i know they are weak.

When is it advised to kick it up a notch...
I take the 2NL mirco serioulsy even though it's penny play...
I want to learn from my mistakes the cheap way :)

Thought was to check-raise here when someone bets.

Because betting out, getting called in 3 spots and a scare would give me a hard time on further streets.

Due to lack of redraws, i have been in this spot few times and don't really know how to handle this situation with little reads.
Table is rahter loose.

Hi guys,

Just came here to seriously start learning PLO cash...
I played NLHE a few years back, for fun, with not great success. A player who deposits in the community let's say.
I had some great sessions, but more by running hot than actually know how and what.

I had some spare time left and begone to study PLO:

Jeff Hwang: The Big play strategy (write stuff down, experimenting, read over and over, take notes, like school time)
Tri Nyugen: trans from NLHE to PLO (have read it a few times, only to find some contradictions to Jeff Hwang, so a little doubt is here)

To come: Jeff Hwang Advanced PLO volume 1+2

Are these good enough to start working on the game? I played about 20k hands on the smaller stakes (2 + 5 nl), but still i see myself playing marginal spots, going in way behind or as a small favorite. Tried a different approach, but then i caught myself playing less then 20% of my hands. Playing to passive, etc. I also tilt pretty easy and prob is my biggest leak in the game.

I just want to build a solid base on those books... So i'm looking for a kind of 'green light' to go ahead and put some serious time in those books.

Cheers Danny