Post Archives Category: PLO

PLO: Rivered Two Pair, Multiway Pot

On Friday nights, when there’s generally a bigger-than-usual hold ’em game at my local casino, they also get some PLO action going, which is nice because sitting in a $1/$3 PLO game while I wait for a seat is a … Read more…

It’s Hard to Make a Big Pre-Flop Mistake in PLO

…but this guy managed. He almost got there, too: PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com Button ($170.35) Hero ($250) BB ($1351.95) UTG ($258.90) MP ($456.15) CO ($96.50) Preflop: Hero is SB with … Read more…

Fastplaying Top Set

PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com MP ($263.80) CO ($250) Button ($362.30) SB ($264.20) Hero ($250) UTG ($166.90) Preflop: Hero is BB with Ah, 4c, Ac, Tc. UTG calls $1, 1 fold, … Read more…

Four-Way All-In

BTN and SB both seem fishy, not just because of their stacks but because they are respectively 100/20 and 55/9, albeit over small samples. I felt like they’d both have a lot of random crap and I could drive them … Read more…

Solid Favorite Against the Nuts

I didn’t realize it at the time or I would have raised the flop, but this is one of those interesting PLO situations where my draw is a pretty solid favorite against the nuts: PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $1.00 BB … Read more…

Didn’t See That Coming

I figured Villain’s river range was nuts/bluffs, and given that this was a backdoor draw and the flop draws missed, there’d be enough bluffs to warrant a call. I hadn’t counted on this: PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $1.00 BB (5 … Read more…

Huge Freeroll

PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com Hero ($288.45) BB ($99.70) UTG ($238.20) MP ($110.80) Button ($250) Preflop: Hero is SB with Qh, Kh, Jc, Ts. 2 folds, Button raises to $2.5, Hero … Read more…

The Trouble With Cold 4-Betting in PLO

Villain is an excellent NLHE player and surely competent enough to read my hand and play well in this spot. I feel like there are no just good options with my hand on a flop like this because it’s essentially … Read more…

Too Eager to Shove My Wrap

In NLHE, I pretty much always choose to call rather than re-raise-get-it-in when I have position and suspect some sort of coinflip situation (overs vs. pair pre-flop, top pair vs. big draw on the flop, etc.). I figure that between … Read more…

Aces in PLO

Two kind of interesting spots from a recent PLO session. They don’t have much in common other than the fact that both involve AAxx hands. Full Tilt Poker Pot Limit Omaha Ring game Blinds: $2/$4 6 players Converter Stack sizes: … Read more…

Second Nuts in PLO

Full Tilt Poker Pot Limit Omaha Ring game Blinds: $2/$4 5 players Converter Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with :9d :9s :8c :8h UTG calls, CO raises to $11, Button calls, Hero calls, BB calls, UTG calls. Flop: :6d … Read more…

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