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AAroddersAA:
Was playing some PLO again today, played some Heads up and some 6-max deep stacked. In the 6-Max. The reason I like this game is you can pick up on opponents and exploit things more effectively than you can in holdem.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4227420
This hand is between me and two other players. I had been playing in position against the player to my right a fair bit. He was fairly loose and passive who tended to bet big whe he had the hand and small when he did not. He was seeing a lot of flops with a VP$IP of 70% over 132 hands. The original raiser was more aggressive but also fairly straight forward in how he played. I call with the intention of outplaying them on the flop should the chance present itself. The flop is pretty good for me anyway. When the player to my right bets 30c on the flop into a pot of $2.85 I am fairly sure he is weak. I call to see what the original raiser does and when he calls I can"t see him being that strong. The turn is an ace and when they both check all the signs say weakness, somebody could be on a flush draw but I have blockers to that and if they miss they are likely to check to me on the river. The ace is useful as it will allow me to check the river and beat the missed draws most of the time. If somebody does call me as the ace has made them two pair my flush outs are probably live as is my gutshot. I make the bet and as I expect they both fold.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4227427
This hand is a really good one to show how you can exploit situations and how important position is (it helps remember to not get involved when you are not in position). Here I am on the button and get raised from the cut off. I call and we get two other callers. The flop gives me a gutshot and some overcards and it checks to the raiser who min bet"s I think he is very weak but call to see what the other players do, they also call so they are not that strong either it seems. The turn gives me another gutshot draw and we again get a weak bet from the original raiser. Everybody on the table now looks weak. I call intending to bluff the river, a raise may be better here, I do expect at least one of the two behind to fold and am pretty sure they will not raised based on the play so far. They both fold which is fine. We again get the little bet on the river. I ignore it and raise to take the pot down.
These are just hands that are examples of why I like this game. I also played a little bit of heads up and won in 2 out of 3 games putting me a total of $103 up for the day. I am not going to do some work on some common spots in the HU game that I am playing to confirm the most profitable move in these spots, alot of people seem to get it wrong which again is a good thing.
pokerpops:
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on April 16, 2012, 15:41:35 PM ---
Was playing some PLO again today, played some Heads up and some 6-max deep stacked. In the 6-Max. The reason I like this game is you can pick up on opponents and exploit things more effectively than you can in holdem.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4227420
This hand is between me and two other players. I had been playing in position against the player to my right a fair bit. He was fairly loose and passive who tended to bet big whe he had the hand and small when he did not. He was seeing a lot of flops with a VP$IP of 70% over 132 hands. The original raiser was more aggressive but also fairly straight forward in how he played. I call with the intention of outplaying them on the flop should the chance present itself. The flop is pretty good for me anyway. When the player to my right bets 30c on the flop into a pot of $2.85 I am fairly sure he is weak. I call to see what the original raiser does and when he calls I can"t see him being that strong. The turn is an ace and when they both check all the signs say weakness, somebody could be on a flush draw but I have blockers to that and if they miss they are likely to check to me on the river. The ace is useful as it will allow me to check the river and beat the missed draws most of the time. If somebody does call me as the ace has made them two pair my flush outs are probably live as is my gutshot. I make the bet and as I expect they both fold.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4227427
This hand is a really good one to show how you can exploit situations and how important position is (it helps remember to not get involved when you are not in position). Here I am on the button and get raised from the cut off. I call and we get two other callers. The flop gives me a gutshot and some overcards and it checks to the raiser who min bet"s I think he is very weak but call to see what the other players do, they also call so they are not that strong either it seems. The turn gives me another gutshot draw and we again get a weak bet from the original raiser. Everybody on the table now looks weak. I call intending to bluff the river, a raise may be better here, I do expect at least one of the two behind to fold and am pretty sure they will not raised based on the play so far. They both fold which is fine. We again get the little bet on the river. I ignore it and raise to take the pot down.
These are just hands that are examples of why I like this game. I also played a little bit of heads up and won in 2 out of 3 games putting me a total of $103 up for the day. I am not going to do some work on some common spots in the HU game that I am playing to confirm the most profitable move in these spots, alot of people seem to get it wrong which again is a good thing.
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i think you should :-)
I read your blog a lot and tend to not post much - to be fair I don"t post a lot here, primarily because I"m an infrequent APAT attendee and thus an unknown to most.
Kudos though on the work you"re doing on your game. I love the idea of omaha but I doubt I"ll ever find the commitment to learning enough about it to be able to play even the micro-stakes. Hell, holdem"s hard enough.
AAroddersAA:
Cheers David, not sure why I typed I am not going to as I obvious meant, I am going to. I really should proof read these things. I am reasonably happy with the adjustments I have made to my game recently and have had some good results as well, some people have been very helpful including Noble1 and TheSnapper (Mark and Brendan) both of whom should be given credit for all of the help they give to players on the Strategy boards. I do keep thinking I should contribute to those more but it takes time to put worthwhile posts together so major props to those who do it.
Had a good day yesterday and won $60 and am $15 up today, not huge amount but beats being down.
Here is a hand I am not to sure about, will probably put it on PHA but maybe you guy"s can make some suggestions. It"s Zoom poker playing against a 43/30 player who has a 3-bet of 25% I only have 55 hands on him though. Should I just be flatting the 3-bet pre here? If I flat what is my plan for the flop? As played what should i do on the flop?
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4231358
AAroddersAA:
This is a hand which is interesting and I thought it would be a good one to post on here and see what people in general thought of it. I think I play it badly.
It is Zoom Poker and The hand involves me, and two reasonably tight players. I am OTB and have a very good hand, it would obviously be better double suited but it is still really strong. I get an open from EP playing 100BB and I reraise it and then get a call from a player playing 250BB. This is the player I really want to play against in the hand, I have a great post flop and and position on another big stack. When the original raiser pots it I know he has aces. I don"t want the third player in the pot to fold as I want the pot to be three way so I flat call. It"s not impossible that the OOP player also has aces and if he does then he will probably want to get it in here and I can then get it in pre against then both. If he flats I can play him on good flops for me and get away from in position on good flops for me and get away on bad flops. He calls and the flop is not that great for me just giving me a bad straight draw (13 outs maybe). The bigger stack puts in a bet 1/3 of the pot which looks weakish to me. AA guy shoves and so I am now getting 5/1 on my call so I call looking to hit the straight (bad on a flushing board?).
The turn is a blank and he checks to me, I am happy to check behind and would have folded to a shove. The river completes my straight, he checks and I am fairly happy i have the best hand. The allin guy may have the nut flush but there is not much I can do about him now. Should I be value betting this river after he checks to me, I am inclined to say no as given the river card he could check K-T or a small flush but might well call a bet.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4231456
Should I just be getting it in preflop?
Should I fold on the flop to the bet?
Should I bet the river?
Paulie_D:
Steve,
I haven"t partaken of Zoom yet but I disagree with the "very strong hand" statement...sure it has potential but is so easily dominated in so many ways....it"s single suited and VERY flop dependent.
You have to be VERY sure that he ONLY has aces. I have no problem with calling the original raiser"s pot bet but the re-pop seems a little too much in my opinion.
On the flop, you have the idiot end of the straight and no flush draw, this gets even worse on the turn with now two flush draws against you.
As played it worked for you (and I wouldn"t have played it any different post-flop) but this feels like you got the nice end of the stick rather than the smelly end.
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