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I feel I will either go busto playing PLO or finally learn not to tilt.

I played 250 hands today, I played 37/24/4, there were 3 super weak players and I succeded not to be ahead against any of them.

Here are the top 5 losing pots:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2618152 - naked set on str8 board with two flush draws = check/raise

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2618158 - cooler against the same guy

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2618167 - Of course KKxx is good in 5 bet pot

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2618168

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2618174 - Come ON!!!

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The last two months I have been experimenting with very agressive preflop PLO game. I am running like 35/25/2.

I am trying to play exclusively in position. One major strategy consideration is that on the levels up to PLO100 it still is the case that most of the flops are 3,4 or 5 way and in these flops the basic strategy is very simple. I cbet with air when HU or sometimes in 3way, I make small bluffs on flop and sometimes on turn and I almost always have the correct odds to draw to high str8 or flush in multiway as there is always someone who chases something lower.

However, since I miss many of the flops and have to give them up recently I notice that most of the winnings I make them from tilted plays of my opponents. People get frustrated by my constant rasing and reraising and start playing awkward. I am not really sure to what extent will this be transferable to the higher levels. Even though, most probably there I won’t have to play 5 way pots so often …

WTF?

Here there are a few monster hands I don’t want so see agaisnt me, but I never expected to be called by bottom two with no redraw in 5way!!!

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Today I played my monthly tournament session and once again I reminded myself why I moved away from tournaments.

4 tournaments:

-pushed KQ from CO for 10bb,got called by AT that is good;

-pushed ATs from MP+1 with 11bb,got called by QQ and AK;

-A9 beat my AJ on A63 flop,when we had half pot bet left on the 9 turn;

- and in my PLO tourny, I pushed with the nut str8 on flop with like 15bb and got called by same hand+redraw

And I actually played well!!!!

On the positive note, while the last touney was going I pulled some plo tables and made the tourney buyins from a bluffy player, but still…

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Yesterday I played against a very nice guy, who just couldn’t fold suited cards.

This ended up well for me.

However, later I got slaughtered during my shot at PLO100 AGAIN.

In other news, PT3 finally released Everest support and most probably I am going to try the games there.

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I just read a very nice article by Ed Miller.

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