In this video Alex plays 4 tables of $200 PLO 6-Max on PokerStars. Alex discusses TAG play, deviating from normal "forum" plays and what you should not do while playing small stakes PLO.
I liked it over all. Seems like you had a few tilt issues near then end, and a microphone issue intermitently.
I've always wondered about what you were discussing with straight draws. It seems that they are much much less valuable than in hold em if you have nothing else to go along with them.
I liked it over all. Seems like you had a few tilt issues near then end, and a microphone issue intermitently.
I've always wondered about what you were discussing with straight draws. It seems that they are much much less valuable than in hold em if you have nothing else to go along with them.
Yeah, bottomline is in PLO, if there is a flush draw on board, there is ~20% chance a random hand has a flush draw.
That hurts your equity a lot, much much more than NLHE. Not to mention even if your straight draw is good for a scoop (another issue), you might not be able to vbet it if the straight card also makes a flush.
All I am really trying to get across is even if your hand is a favorite over the current nuts, fact is the current nuts is a small portion of most ranges. Quite often you'll be looking at a combo draw or a semi-bluff with a similar draw to yours but has some random pair for showdown value.let's say you hold something like QJ9x on T82 board. I can't even tell you how many times I've lost to something rather lame like QJ8x type of hands that happens to have something else going.
Once that kind of flop happens, you're often (depends on how juiced the pot is) pretty much stuck. But voluntarily getting into these spots with bad preflop hand selection is not the wisest thing to do.
Can you tell us about your software setup? How you have your HUD setup and how you use it to make decisions and so forth. Would you be comfortable 4 tabling PLO without HUD?
