I'm going to do some review of last nights 2nd place finish of a 90 man sng as well as my play today in PLO5. More review will be done on today then last night, because last night was just a for fun kind of thing. Today was serious serious.
So last night I dominated a 25c 90 man sng from beginning to end, never really falling below 20bb in chips and completely dominating the tight passive player who unfortunately had me beside him the whole tourney pretty well. It was all just pretty standard stuff, doing the opposite of what they wanted me to do and winning a lot of pots. I think my vpip was like 40 the whole tourney and pfr of 30 lol.. but obv ppl dont use too much huds and stuff in those types of things. I can certainly say i feel comfortable at the 25c sngs right now because i just dont care if i lose, meaning i will be more agressive when i need to and go for the win, while still being able to make all my decisions on a non-result oriented base of thinking. I shouldve took first, because the guy in hu play was going all in every 3 hands preflop without me even making a bet. the blinds were reletively small even at this point. i decided to take a stand with 99, which turned out this way:
PokerStars - $0.23+$0.02|600/1200 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
SB: 84,783.00
Hero (BB): 50,217.00
SB posts ante 125.00, Hero posts ante 125.00, SB posts SB 600.00, Hero posts BB 1,200.00
Pre Flop: (2050.00) Hero has 9♠ 9♣
SB raises to 84,658.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 48,892.00 and is all-in
Flop: (100434.00, 2 players) Q♥ J♠ 9♦
Turn: (100434.00, 2 players) 5♦
River: (100434.00, 2 players) A♠
Spoiler
Hero shows 9♠ 9♣ (Three of a Kind, Nines) (Pre 55%, Flop 35%, Turn 23%)
SB shows T♥ K♠ (Straight, Ace High) (Pre 45%, Flop 65%, Turn 77%)
SB wins 100,434.00
this man did not deserve to hit the nuts imo. but whatever. it keeps them coming back right??
so that was all fun and dandy. good night $+5 after all was said n done.
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Today:
I decided to try and use my table tracker, but to my dismay there were not any fishy tables open in holdem, like during the afternoon on a tuesday in canada isnt the best time for holdem. So i weaseled my way over to the plo tables to see if I could find any fish. Like I know what a fish is lol...
anyways...
I see a table with $4 pots avg for plo5 thats biiiig. so i wait..and wait..and wait.
finally i get on, but i have been watching the table for a while. seeing how people were playing so i didnt jump into the deep end head first. one guy looked really fishy and he had 30 bucks. i decided to take my KKxx into an all in pot because he was playing any 4 all in "whenever he felt like gambling".
PokerStars - $0.05 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
CO: $10.64
BTN: $22.55
Hero (SB): $5.00
BB: $5.57
UTG: $23.14
Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has K♥ T♦ K♣ 6♣
UTG raises to $0.15, CO raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, Hero calls $0.28, fold, UTG raises to $1.55, CO calls $1.25, BTN calls $1.25, Hero raises to $5.00 and is all-in, UTG raises to $18.15, fold, fold
Flop: ($13.15, 2 players) 9♥ 9♠ A♦
Turn: ($13.15, 2 players) 3♥
River: ($13.15, 2 players) A♥
Spoiler
Hero shows K♥ T♦ K♣ 6♣ (Two Pair, Aces and Kings) (Pre 49%, Flop 21%, Turn 10%)
UTG shows J♥ T♥ 2♣ A♣ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 51%, Flop 79%, Turn 90%)
UTG wins $12.60
0 for 1
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so i was happy to shove on this donk who also had $30, he hated folding so i thought i would make him pay...:
PokerStars - $0.05 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
CO: $6.20
BTN: $24.63
Hero (SB): $5.00
BB: $10.27
UTG: $5.50
MP: $30.67
Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has J♠ 2♣ 8♠ T♣
fold, fold, CO raises to $0.17, BTN raises to $0.58, Hero raises to $1.96, fold, CO calls $1.79, BTN calls $1.38
Flop: ($5.93, 3 players) Q♦ T♠ 6♥
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks
Turn: ($5.93, 3 players) 8♥
Hero bets $3.04 and is all-in, CO calls $3.04, fold
River: ($12.01, 2 players) Q♥
Spoiler
Hero shows J♠ 2♣ 8♠ T♣ (Two Pair, Queens and Tens) (Pre 50%, Flop 84%, Turn 75%)
CO shows 9♣ 4♥ 9♥ 4♦ (Flush, Queen High) (Pre 50%, Flop 16%, Turn 25%)
CO wins $11.51
OOOOOOOk. things arent going as planned but im still on my A game because i really want to win at this table. 0 for 2
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then i started to bluff people. that didnt work. lost another 2 stacks. 0 for 4
see where this is going? can you predict things about to turn around for me? Well save the dramatic pause; they turned around. FAST. guy sitting to my immediate right will be in a lot of these next pots you will see, because i had a really REALLY good read on him and started to bluff him off small/medium size pots with really small bets. well whatever this meant to me, i started using to my advantage creating a super loose image for myself. and playing in position really helped as wwell. here was where it turned around:
guy to my right is a fish imo. but he thinks im a fish and therefore 8 high flushes are boss against fish i guess:
PokerStars - $0.05 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
UTG: $15.93
MP: $22.50
Hero (CO): $5.00
BTN: $10.20
SB: $5.45
BB: $30.67
SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has Q♦ Q♥ 3♠ A♠
fold, MP raises to $0.12, Hero raises to $0.43, fold, fold, fold, MP calls $0.31
Flop: ($0.93, 2 players) J♠ 2♠ 5♦
MP checks, Hero bets $0.66, MP calls $0.66
Turn: ($2.25, 2 players) 9♦
MP checks, Hero bets $1.08, MP calls $1.08
River: ($4.41, 2 players) 7♠
MP bets $4.23, Hero calls $2.83 and is all-in
Spoiler
MP shows 5♠ K♥ 8♠ 3♥ (Flush, Jack High) (Pre 40%, Flop 24%, Turn 23%)
Hero shows Q♦ Q♥ 3♠ A♠ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 60%, Flop 76%, Turn 78%)
Hero wins $9.65
some comments were made and now im starting to command the table with my mouth. nothing bad, just little jabs to get under the skin of my opponents.
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i write in the chat box "i hope i can get lucky here" and then shove:
PokerStars - $0.05 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
BB: $29.62
UTG: $29.26
Hero (CO): $9.93
BTN: $2.62
SB: $4.95
SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has 9♥ Q♣ J♥ T♥
UTG calls $0.05, Hero raises to $0.20, BTN raises to $0.72, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.28, BTN raises to $2.62 and is all-in, Hero calls $0.34
Flop: ($5.36, 2 players) J♠ J♣ 7♦
Turn: ($5.36, 2 players) 7♠
River: ($5.36, 2 players) J♦
Spoiler
Hero shows 9♥ Q♣ J♥ T♥ (Four of a Kind, Jacks) (Pre 37%, Flop 90%, Turn 93%)
BTN shows T♦ 7♥ A♠ A♣ (Full House, Jacks full of Aces) (Pre 63%, Flop 10%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins $5.14
yay for me 
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then there was an agressive german whose line just made no sense here. i picked off his bluff at the last second:
PokerStars - $0.05 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
BB: $28.21
UTG: $16.38
Hero (MP): $20.25
CO: $8.19
BTN: $10.46
SB: $3.76
SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has J♥ J♦ 3♦ 9♥
fold, Hero raises to $0.15, fold, BTN raises to $0.52, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.37
Flop: ($1.11, 2 players) 3♣ K♥ Q♠
Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: ($1.11, 2 players) 8♠
Hero bets $1.06, BTN calls $1.06
River: ($3.23, 2 players) 8♣
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.00, Hero raises to $4.00, fold
Spoiler
Hero shows J♥ J♦ 3♦ 9♥ (Two Pair, Jacks and Eights)
Hero wins $6.93
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back to the idiot giving me no respect, i put him on str8 here and too stubborn to fold to my better hand if i bet like this:
PokerStars - $0.05 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
UTG: $28.66
MP: $18.33
Hero (CO): $24.45
BTN: $9.74
SB: $10.33
BB: $12.48
SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has A♦ J♣ K♦ 6♠
fold, MP calls $0.05, Hero raises to $0.10, fold, SB calls $0.08, fold, MP calls $0.05
Flop: ($0.35, 3 players) 8♥ Q♦ J♦
SB checks, MP bets $0.34, Hero calls $0.34, fold
Turn: ($1.03, 2 players) 4♦
MP checks, Hero bets $0.90, MP calls $0.90
River: ($2.83, 2 players) 4♣
MP checks, Hero bets $1.35, MP calls $1.35
Spoiler
Hero shows A♦ J♣ K♦ 6♠ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 56%, Flop 49%, Turn 100%)
MP mucks 9♠ 3♠ K♥ T♣ (Straight, Queen High) (Pre 44%, Flop 51%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $5.30
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and we continued to battle, in this one he tries to bully me around again, but fortunately im playing big hands in big pots strategy vs him ♦
CAN I GET MORE ON RIVER? or was it a good sized raise considering he could easily just fold to big raise?
PokerStars - $0.05 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
BTN: $29.66
SB: $15.34
Hero (BB): $26.77
UTG: $9.74
MP: $9.69
CO: $12.38
SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has 4♣ 3♣ A♠ 8♠
UTG calls $0.05, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.03, Hero raises to $0.15, UTG calls $0.10, SB calls $0.10
Flop: ($0.45, 3 players) Q♠ 4♥ 2♠
SB checks, Hero bets $0.21, UTG calls $0.21, SB calls $0.21
Turn: ($1.08, 3 players) T♠
SB checks, Hero bets $0.72, fold, SB calls $0.72
River: ($2.52, 2 players) A♦
SB bets $2.42, Hero raises to $7.00, SB calls $4.58
Spoiler
Hero shows 4♣ 3♣ A♠ 8♠ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 52%, Flop 78%, Turn 97%)
SB mucks 9♠ 8♦ K♥ J♠ (Flush, Queen High) (Pre 48%, Flop 22%, Turn 3%)
Hero wins $15.83
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battles heating up and im picking up hands and steam, yet still getting absolutely no credit at all. still playing abc poker at this point:
PokerStars - $0.05 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
BTN: $26.54
SB: $13.14
Hero (BB): $32.50
UTG: $7.85
MP: $29.01
CO: $12.46
SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has Q♦ A♥ A♦ Q♠
fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.15, Hero raises to $0.45, SB calls $0.30
Flop: ($0.90, 2 players) K♦ 7♥ Q♥
SB checks, Hero bets $0.86, SB calls $0.86
Turn: ($2.62, 2 players) A♣
SB bets $1.25, Hero calls $1.25
River: ($5.12, 2 players) 9♦
SB bets $2.45, Hero calls $2.45
Spoiler
SB shows 9♣ J♠ 8♥ T♠ (Straight, Ace High) (Pre 37%, Flop 36%, Turn 80%)
Hero shows Q♦ A♥ A♦ Q♠ (Three of a Kind, Aces) (Pre 63%, Flop 64%, Turn 20%)
SB wins $9.60
congrats you got lucky...
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i can get even luckier:
i play for the straight but end up getting a bit surprised when the absolute nuts falls into my hands and im left stunned on the turn:
PokerStars - $0.05 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
BTN: $26.32
SB: $15.81
Hero (BB): $26.98
UTG: $7.73
MP: $31.42
CO: $12.34
SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has T♥ 8♥ 9♣ T♦
UTG raises to $0.17, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.40, SB calls $0.38, Hero calls $0.35, UTG calls $0.23
Flop: ($1.60, 4 players) J♥ Q♥ 3♣
SB bets $1.53, Hero calls $1.53, UTG calls $1.53, fold
Turn: ($6.19, 3 players) 9♥
SB checks, Hero bets $1.25, UTG calls $1.25, SB calls $1.25
River: ($9.94, 3 players) 2♠
SB checks, Hero bets $5.00, UTG calls $4.55 and is all-in, fold
Spoiler
Hero shows T♥ 8♥ 9♣ T♦ (Straight Flush, Queen High) (Pre 33%, Flop 31%, Turn 100%)
UTG mucks A♥ A♦ 7♥ K♦ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 67%, Flop 69%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $18.25
ended session $+10, which was nice considering how it started ♦
if youve read this story you may find interesting to know i sat out at the end of my session and apologised for my rude comments and behaviour, it was all just an act to try and get their mood stirred up. it was definately an emotional game, and very fun!
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