Poker Hands and Strategy

You might consider checking out “preflop+” app. They have Nash ranges for call/ jam /rejam/ call rejam at custom bbs, ante, position etc.

I just downloaded the app 2 days ago without knowing much about it, perhaps someone else can chime in as to its reputation. I’m just a solver noob buying up any shiny new app I stumble across that seems to lessen the learning curve.

so there’s a milly maker wsop bracelet event on GGPoker. It had infinite day 1’s. Yesterday was day 2 and the FT will be next week I think. It’s 1.5M for first, 1M for 2nd and other prizes are obv huge as well. This is a the stack sized for the FT.

Great structure, GGPoker. Nothing like playing for literally 6 figures jump with most of the table under 10bbs with a BB ante.

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I’ve played in a couple WSOP events on GG, $400 and $1050 buyin PLO events, and yah it’s the same thing. Super fast structures and you’re already pretty short-stacked after 20-30 minutes.

I was surprised that the $1050 didn’t at least start you with 150 or 200 BBs. But no, 100 BBs and 15 minute levels. So pretty quickly you’re down to 20-40 BBs which isn’t really that interesting in PLO.

I might play 3 more WSOP events ($400-$800 buyin PLOs), but it’s only b/c I’ve never even played a live WSOP event in my life and maybe I’ll strike lightning and win a bracelet thru the online events.

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The only slightly good thing is that without antes PLO does play deeper pf.

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gl bro

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That is lol but I can’t ever get too worked up about structures as they are public. If people don’t like them don’t play is my philosophy.

I’m even willing to say that structures might actually be too slow sometimes and bad for poker.

This is the spot I hate.

I have an open two pair on sixth, with the best low draw, a very live flush draw, and a very live gutshot. I bet and get called by a player with an obvious overpair (and a chance he has two pair) and another with an obvious low draw.

I completely brick on seventh.

90626643-171 - Palms III
Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) Holdem
Thursday 6 Aug 2020 12:23:29 AM
1: Waitl3ss
2: ptb109ontilt (Dealer)
3: KraVo951
4: mike1010
5: outdrawed
6: gettsome
*** BLINDS ***
KraVo951 Posts Small Blind $0.25
mike1010 Posts Big Blind $0.50
*** PREFLOP ***
outdrawed Hole Cards: Ks,Ts
outdrawed Raises $1.50
gettsome Calls $1.50
Waitl3ss Calls $1.50
ptb109ontilt Folds
KraVo951 Folds
mike1010 Calls $1.00
*** POSTFLOP ***
Community Cards: 9d,9c,8s
mike1010 Checks
outdrawed Checks
gettsome Checks
Waitl3ss Checks
*** POSTTURN ***
Community Cards: 9d,9c,8s,8d
mike1010 Checks
outdrawed Checks
gettsome Checks
Waitl3ss Bet $3.13
mike1010 Folds
outdrawed Folds
gettsome Calls $3.13
*** POSTRIVER ***
Community Cards: 9d,9c,8s,8d,2d
gettsome Checks
Waitl3ss Bet $8.34
gettsome Raises $25.02
Waitl3ss went All In $38.30
gettsome went All In $21.35
*** SHOWDOWN ***
Waitl3ss Shows 9h,9s
gettsome Shows 8h,8c
Waitl3ss won $101.25 from Pot 1 with Four of a Kind Nines
Waitl3ss had $0.27 returned from uncalled Pot 2
—Bad Beat Jackpot—
Winner: Waitl3ss (Four of a Kind Nines) $8775.18
Loser: gettsome (Four of a Kind Eights) $16266.19
Shared: ptb109ontilt $2193.79
Shared: KraVo951 $2193.79
Shared: mike1010 $2193.79
Shared: outdrawed $2193.79

Been playing since like 2003. Never been part of one before.

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Had a couple of table shares playing live (in the 1-2K range) but never sniffed anything online.

Hit two Royals within the first 2 months of playing online, penny Limit games, then another in a live 9-18 LHE game a few months after that. Haven’t hit a 15-out draw since.

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I didn’t even loosen up at the table I was at. I usually don’t sit at the $50NL but the $25 didn’t have any tables going (it’s a ghost site that doesn’t accept new players) so I took a shot because I’ve been running well. I’m now actually properly rolled for those stakes.

I will take a couple shots at the $109 tourney they got going every night.

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I tried logging into Bovada yesterday for first time in a few months and it wants to send me an SMS to verify my phone but keeps just saying “Something Went Wrong”. Lame.

I had issues when first trying to log on but if you email customer support they are pretty quick at responding and resolving it

I love PLO. That’s it… nothing else to say. Even getting sucked out on, this shit is addicting.

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I feel like I am leaking money with KKxx. Any tips?

If you’re playing good players, every KKxx combo isn’t an open utg. Would have to see what you generally 3b combos with in each position, cbet frequency on different textures, what boards you’re defending etc

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Playing 1/2 (sometimes 2/5) on Bovada. From my limited experience these are definitely not good players, I’m pretty tight with my 3b range (top 15% hands). I rarely 3b my trash hands. Maybe I am wrong, but ABC poker seems to be the play at 1/2 on Boada.

KKxx isn’t a monster. NL players moving to PLO often overplay it and treat it as a GII hand when you can sometimes fold it preflop.

It could be that you are overplaying hands like overpair plus a draw postflop. Does flopping a good but not great hand lead to too many spots where you end up feeling pot-committed when you know you are beat?

Pretty much nailed it here. I’m too committed to TP+draw post flop. End up being confused what to do on the turn. I guess i’ll fold more.

New players lose all their money with AA, KK and bottom two pair.