shorter session

only about 250 hands. ended up just short of a buy-in.

here are the interesting hands:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1503640 - i don't usually raise like this from the blinds but did here just to change things up. i c-bet the flop w/ a weak top pair and get called. the turn doesn't complete any draws and i'm pretty sure i can get him to fold a wrap with another bet on the turn so i fire a 2nd barrel. on the river a 45xx hand gets there but i don't think he's calling on the turn w/ just a wrap. i doubt he has a set since he would of raised to protect it. i think he usually has a flush draw or weak two pair so i fire the 3rd barrel and take it down.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1503646 - a decide to limp behind a couple of limpers w/ trashy aces. i get a dream situation when it gets raised behind me and then the original limpers call so i re-pot and am shoving any flop.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1503659 - i raise it up utg w/ a semi-weak hand and get a big family pot with 5 calls. an ok flop with a pair and the nut flush draw. a get a single caller and improve to top two pair to go along with the draw. i make a weakish looking bet hoping to induce a shove but he just calls again. river fills me up and he unfortunately folds.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1503659 - take a flop heads-up in position. flop a vunerable top set and get check/called. the turn is the absolute worst card in the deck. i check behind hoping to fill up on the river or get to show it down for free. im not beating anything he bets on the river and am forced to fold.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1503770 - raise up a couple limpers in postion with a disguised hand and get two calls. i just give up on the flop since it hits so many hands and completely missed me. on the turn i spike a 6 to give me the 3rd nuts but the action in front is extremely scary. the table had been playing pretty passive and these two players limp quite a bit so KKxx and JJxx is definitly in their range. i can't see ice raising anything but a set here and i think for a while before finally folding. might have been a mistake but i'm pretty sure it's a money saving fold long term.

i hope to get a bunch of hands in this weekend so more to come.

tg

short plo session

fit in about 450 hands 4 tabling yesterday.

results were good finishing up just under 2 buy-ins. i just finshed reviewing most of the big hands so i'll post them here.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1498267 - pre-flop i elect just to call since i don't have any suits to go with my aces. i've really tightened up out of position since hands like AAxx are so hard to play post flop out of position. flop is standard, bet the nuts and get called in two places. the turn completes a wheel draw but i'm not overly concerned about it and i feel i still have the best hand here the majority of the time. i check the river through since i didn't feel i was getting paid off by any worse hands. obv im wrong and i probably get another bet out of a passivley played middle set.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1498289 - take a free flop in the bb. i lead out on the flop to protect my hand from over pairs and possible wraps. i checked the turn originally thinking that i could very well be beat by a bigger 5 and checking might keep the pot smaller. reviewing it though i think i should probably just fire again and see what happens. he could have floated me with a big overpair or have low wrap that he's playing cautiously since the board is paired. if he raises me on the turn i can safely fold. the small bet on the turn really doesn't give me any more info so i call and decide to re-evaluate the river. i check the river and told myself i would call anything but a pot sized bet and sure enough he pots it. i time banked it for a while and finally decided to call. my original thought was to muck it but i couldn't get the thought of an overplayed big pair out of my head. also, i've under sold the strenght of my hand and he could be trying to push me off w/ a busted draw too. not sure about this hand though so i'll probably post it on a forum for other opinions.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1498317 - standard raise w/ decent aces in position. i'd like it a lot more if the aces were suited but a strong hand none the less. flop is fairly dry w/ a flush draw and i have two blockers. i fire out pot and get called in one spot. villain is a holdem player that will often call down w/ over pairs and what not. on the turn i pick up a straight draw but it also puts another flush draw on the board. i should be firing here again everytime since i believe i have the best hand a vast majority of the time. for some reason i puss out again on the turn and give him a free card. not sure why i did it but it's a bad play looking back. i might have been going for a check raise but can't remember. river is fairly meaningless as i doubt he cold called on the flop w/ two pair, a set or a dry 2. he could have had a 2 + a flush draw but im going to give him a chance to bluff at it for me. i called pretty quickly and he was weak the whole way.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1498328 - raisey daisy in position w/ a good hand. flop trips w/ top kicker and get it all-in. his 1/2 pot bet/shove made me think he had a 9 as well but i'm not folding just because he might already be full. as it worked out i have 66% equity against his hand. if he was full w/ 97xx or 77xx i still have 38% equity so im not in that bad of shape.

anyways, i've come across a really awsome plo blog that i'll link up shortly. the guy plays anywhere between 3/6 and 25/50 plo and writes up great analysis on hands he's played and why he played them like he does.

i've also been reading the book "the poker mindset" and it's a really great book. i'd suggest it as madatory reading material to any poker player.

tg

2k hands of plo

got about 2k hands in over the weekend 4 tabling on my laptop. im so used to having dual monitors that it's a real pain in the ass trying to review hands that i missed and what not with only the laptop screen. everytime i get in a big pot im trying to run the equity after the hand is over to try and get a feel for whether i was justified in sticking it in.

i got my pokertracker omaha working so i started going over my stats on saturday. i've been purposely playing uber tight because i think its best to learn a tight style first. that way you're not getting into too many marginal situations that you don't have the skill set to deal with. over the first 2k hands i played i had holdem like pt numbers so i worked on loosening up a little bit more in lp and on the button by adding in some good 3 card hands w/ a dangler.

i lost a buy-in over the 2k stretch of hands. in reviewing my hands in pokertracker and reading some posted hands online i think the one glaring weakness i have right now is overplaying weak combo draws.

if i flop a wrap or a weak flush draw w/ an open ender im sticking it in without thought and getting into some trouble. so i'll work to correct this and will adapt a little more of a fold button in these situations when i'm met with resistance.

here are the big hands of the weekend.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1487765 - i really felt he was on a flush draw and decided that i was calling a shove on the river as long as it came clubless. this player seemed capable of shoving a broken draw on the end as well.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1487768 - i take a flop trying to crack aces and smash it. i have 63.5% equity on the flop.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1487791 - villain in this hand was pretty bad and i've been pounding on him a bit so im going all the way w/ my aces.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1487799 - hit another good flop and get it in as a 57% fav.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1487821 - not sure about this hand. pokertracker tells me i have 46% equity which is good but im lucky not to be up against a flush draw that would kill a lot of my outs and bury my equity.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1487825 - easy game.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1487830 - loose call out of the blinds. i'm pretty sure im ahead on the flop but it's probably a check/fold on the turn since im not beating anything now.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1487960 - slight fav at 52.2% but such flipaments.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1490972 - and a good example of how i'm overplaying weak combo draws. yuk and puke all at the same time. 17% equity, gross! =(

im not frustrated at all and am really having a good time playing.

tg