I checked back the river. I just assume Clovis trolling me.
Just had my biggest losing session ever is what was almost certainly the best plo game I’ve ever played and it might contest for best ever assembled. Five people were literally playing the equivalent of slots as high as they could. It was like the recent hustler Holdem game with the streamers.
I may have quintupled my lifetime Galfond bucks in this one session. 
Variance is a real bitch!
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I could just text them, but anyone from these neck of the woods in that game?
Not today but yesterday I played with an older guy who said he was from Winnipeg. I forget his name.
Last weekend a guy ran $500 to $62k in the 10/20 plo game!
Hi welcome to live plo
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Indeed.
Yeah I dont think anyone who went in “good” at PLO, Mostly older fish or nut peddling middle aged guys, which is good enough to do quite well in those games.
there was a rare 5-5-10-(25) plo double board game in my local casino. I didnt play it or anything, but they hit the bad beat jackpot late at night. It’s a set 10k jackpot that goes i think 40% to the loser, 20% to the winner, 40% to the table or whatever.
It was a fairly big game and the table share was like 1k per person but they ended up waiting over 3 hours to get all the forms and shit. It started with loud cheers and ended with 6 very tired and annoyed people just sitting at the table staring at the wall (the game broke immediately after the hand).
I’ve been playing love poker for more than 20 years. I don’t know how many thousands of hours and almost every hand was bad beat eligible. I’ve never even been in a casino when it went let alone taken one dollar! I must be lifetime down several grand!
at least it’s canadian money so you’re basically breakeven.
We’re you just playing a (big) 2/5 game where you got crushed? Even with how juicy those games are I’d have trouble going beyond 4k I think.
5/5/10
Yea, that’s usually how the biggest losses happen. If the game is really one of those insane crazy games and I’m stuck, I acknowledge at some point I’m not leaving until the game dies or all the money in my pocket is gone.
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It’s crazy where Clovis is because of the WSOPC. MY thing for series is not to get absolutely crushed at the beginning, especially if it’s a week or two series. Sometimes the games are best at the beginning, sometimes the end, it can be hard to judge.
Well if you can leave a game like that being stuck only 4k, that’s some discipline, although yea I get it, you don’t wanna blow the whole series roll at once. Personally I’d say fuck the the series, reload at the bank the next day(s) and if I lose all that then its time to get drunk, maybe fly home early and go hiking in the mountains for the next week lol.
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It is funny how poker works sometimes, your biggest losses are always in the best games.
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NL5 Zone on Bovada 100bb
Btn raises 3x
I 3bet in sb with AKo no hearts, he calls
Flop Ah 5h 2c
I bet half pot, he calls
Turn 3d
How do you play from here? Bet/fold? check/call half pot bet? and if check/calling how do you deal with river blank and an allin?
I’m thinking bet/fold is ok but then again i’m not sure i’m ever going 3 streets of value here so not sure that makes sense?
I’m not worried about the straight. I think you can get three streets, but I like stack-a-donk (check raise all in) a lot at this level.
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I’m guessing the GTO approved way to play it is some combo of betting or checkcalling both streets without ever folding anywhere. I really think people severely under bluff in this situation if we retain the betting lead though, so my preferred line is to make a blockingish 30%-40% bet on both streets and fold to a shove. CRAI or full potting for value might be fine at these exact stakes but I’m a bit wary since it’s bad just a level or two higher.
A tournament razz hand.
Full table, just ignoring the big cards. Table is straight-forward.
A face card to my right brings in. I limp with (42)7. 7 completes. 6 calls. Ace folds. Another ace two bets. I fold.
I think open-limping is right there and I think folding to two bets is reasonable given the cards that are out. The ace and seven always have two cards in the hole 6 or lower. Change the ace that folded to a 4 or 2 and I call and possibly would have open-raised. Same for if I had the 7 in the hole instead of my door card. I think I would have open-folded (42)8.
Hilariously, all three players caught ten or higher on the next three streets.