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PLO8 $109 FT on PokerStars
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#1 Posted : 9/2/2010 4:27:07 AM(UTC)
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PLO8 $109 FT on PokerStars

80 players took part in this Omaha Hi-Lo, $109 tournament on PokerStars. I managed to make it to the final table and decided to record it.
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#2 Posted : 9/2/2010 5:02:07 AM(UTC)
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Scary playing PLO and O8 tourneys - never been a fan myself, but very good job on final table (cash) and 4th place finish (ul on last hand)

I can't believe you sidn't block stuman's avatar!!!! that would of put me on tilt for sure!!!
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#3 Posted : 9/2/2010 6:02:19 AM(UTC)
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@ 19 mins he called he called mmmmmmmmmm Laugh weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


also the Tony G I PLAYED IT LIKE A SET ref is quality +1 for you

GG sir BigGrin BigGrin
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#4 Posted : 9/2/2010 5:43:37 PM(UTC)
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do you coach?
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#5 Posted : 9/7/2010 5:50:42 PM(UTC)
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@21:00 both opponents have the same exact hand, A278 (suits are irrelevant given the board) so nobody gets quartered, but I guess it was just a small mistake made on the fly.

Overall:

Hmmm I think you are approaching the game with too much of a NLHE point of view when considering the odds of calling a raise out of position with more than a speculative marginal hand. I mean, it's Pot Limit so the worse odds you could ever get at any given time are 2-to-1. Plus with the blinds increasing, at that point it's very important to save as many chips as possible for your double up when you'll find a decent hand to play with.

Also well from early position, hands like A5XX or A4XX i would strongly recommand you just muck unless maybe it's double suited AND have good high potential such as AKQ5-ds or AJT4-ds or such, otherwise they are just some bad trap hands that don't play well post flop without position. They are the equivalent of let's say KJs or QTs in NLHE. Another key concept in the structure is that since there are no antes, it favors highly playing somewhat nitty preflop and only getting involded with dominating hands (top 15%). Basically unless you have really good reasons to do so, playing hands that contain 6,7,8 or 9 like you said in the vid is just EV- and especially more if they are aceless because of the lack of scooping potential.

Of course, last hand was kind of annoying, although you didn't have great scoop potential because of the boards texture and your opponent's range of hands.. Anyways still a nice run, good finish, played maybe a little too many hands before and after getting the CL. Keep trying them and you'll nail it sometime soon enough I'd say :D

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About the plays:

Nice little "squeeze" bluff with the QQ27-ds from SB considering the stack size of pokerhuber at that moment although random bluffing in such spot is not that profitable in PLO8 unless the situation (position, stack size, table image, etc) are scripting a standard steal attempt. In that case, it was a perfect spot and good board texture to do so.

The QJJ5 (3 clubs) hand calling a raise from EP is just very bad even though you are have 3-to-1 on a call there, you're playing hand with no low potential hand are OOP, you should just throw your hand into the muck as fast as possible unless...well unless maybe the whole table would have limped....

The K864 hand was not nicely played imo... I mean if you are going to call a raise with that kind of hand and flop 3 pairs on a rainbow flop with 2 mid cards while being chip leader, you have to play it way more aggresively. When you lead out 4k it's ok but when you get min raised, just repot right back at him and benifit from the fact you hit a good flop with that hand to make it almost even for the times you completely miss...Turns out folding preflop or keeping the pot small was a better idea since you were quetting quartered anyways...

@ 43:26... Not sure I understand the random bluff there... I mean if you want to bluff, rep the str8 on turn after he checked and if you get called you still have the NFD to fall back on..

Well gl for next time, and maybe I'll see you around coz I am playing O8 since now maybe a year for real money, and it's one of my best game, right after NLHE.

GL and HF m8 !!

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#6 Posted : 9/8/2010 11:22:51 PM(UTC)
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Thanks Pokinstar for the extensive feedback. Really nice. I am pretty far from a conventional player, as you can see, but I have noticed that playing loose and using bluffing and semi-bluffing a lot is underestimated in PLO8. Sometimes I do play really bad in hands, but I have also had some decent results in this very tournament that suits me very well timewise. It is one of few tournaments I play and I like it a lot.
Anyway, thanks again and good luck to you.
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