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PLO Challenge - $50 to $1000 | Currently $255.68 (Day 4)

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GasPanic
Joined: 02.06.2008

Inspired by the $100 to $10,000 PLO challenge currently going down on 2p2, I have decided to attempt something similar albeit on a smaller scale. Time is an issue for me and I haven't been playing for a while so this is going to be zoom only.

I was a winning PLO player in the past and my fundamentals are hopefull still strong enough to beat the micro stakes. I have deposited $50 to Pokerstars and I'm going to start by playing 4 tables of PLO2 aiming for roughly 2k hands per day. I will try to make the switch to PLO5 rather quickly and then be a little bit more conservative in terms of BRM when I hit PLO10.

Rakeback will NOT count towards the goal. Haven't even got a VIP status on Stars atm anyway.

Edit: The majority of play will on zoom but I also play some normal tables if my schedule allows.


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GasPanic
Joined: 02.06.2008

Day 1
Hands: 2486
Won: $41.05
Bankroll: $91.05

Went really well. I mixed in some PLO5 at the end already. Gonna post some of the biggest pots next.


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GasPanic
Joined: 02.06.2008

Poker Stars $0.01/$0.02 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players

BTN: $2.14
SB: $3.66
BB: $2.66
UTG: $3.19
MP: $7.02
Hero (CO): $6.58

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is CO with K♠ K♣ 5♣ 5♦
1 fold, MP calls $0.02, Hero raises to $0.08, BTN calls $0.08, SB calls $0.07, BB calls $0.06, MP raises to $0.48, Hero calls $0.40, BTN calls $0.40, 1 fold, BB calls $0.40

Flop: ($2.00) 5♠ J♣ 3♣ (4 players)
BB checks, MP bets $1.93, Hero raises to $6.10 all in, BTN calls $1.66 all in, BB folds, MP calls $4.17

Turn: ($15.86) 2♦ (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($15.86) 2♥ (3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $15.86
BTN shows 8♣ A♣ J♦ 6♦ (two pair, Jacks and Deuces)
MP shows J♥ 2♣ A♠ A♦ (a full house, Deuces full of Jacks)
Hero shows K♠ K♣ 5♣ 5♦ (a full house, Fives full of Deuces)
Hero wins $8.81
Hero wins $6.75
(Rake: $0.30)

Biggest win of the day.

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Poker Stars $0.01/$0.02 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players

BTN: $0.94
SB: $2.00
Hero (BB): $3.37
UTG: $3.39
MP: $2.12
CO: $5.15

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is BB with T♦ T♣ Q♣ 7♦
UTG calls $0.02, 4 folds, Hero raises to $0.07, UTG calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.15) 3♣ T♠ T♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.10, UTG raises to $0.45, Hero calls $0.35

Turn: ($1.05) 7♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.02, Hero raises to $2.85 all in, UTG calls $1.83

River: ($6.75) A♥ (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $6.75
Hero shows T♦ T♣ Q♣ 7♦ (four of a kind, Tens)
UTG shows 5♦ 2♠ 3♥ 3♠ (a full house, Threes full of Tens)
Hero wins $6.53
(Rake: $0.22)

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Poker Stars $0.01/$0.02 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players

BTN: $2.87
Hero (SB): $3.83
BB: $0.58
UTG: $1.11
MP: $6.39
CO: $2.55

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is SB with T♦ A♣ J♥ Q♥
1 fold, MP raises to $0.04, 1 fold, BTN raises to $0.15, Hero calls $0.14, 1 fold, MP calls $0.11

Flop: ($0.47) 7♠ 8♣ 9♣ (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, BTN bets $0.45, Hero calls $0.45, MP calls $0.45

Turn: ($1.82) 3♦ (3 players)
Hero bets $1.76, MP folds, BTN raises to $2.27 all in, Hero calls $0.51

River: ($6.36) 9♦ (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $6.36
BTN shows 4♣ 4♥ 8♥ 8♠ (a full house, Eights full of Nines)
Hero shows T♦ A♣ J♥ Q♥ (a straight, Seven to Jack)
BTN wins $6.15
(Rake: $0.21)

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Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players

BTN: $1.83
Hero (SB): $7.88
BB: $4.94
UTG: $2.40
MP: $4.85
CO: $5.00

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with 3♠ A♦ 8♦ A♠
UTG raises to $0.15, MP raises to $0.52, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.76, 1 fold, UTG calls $1.61, MP raises to $4.85 all in, Hero raises to $7.88 all in, UTG calls $0.64 all in

Flop: ($12.15) 7♥ 9♣ Q♦ (3 players - 3 are all in)

Turn: ($12.15) 5♠ (3 players - 3 are all in)

River: ($12.15) Q♠ (3 players - 3 are all in)

Final Pot: $12.15
Hero shows 3♠ A♦ 8♦ A♠ (two pair, Aces and Queens)
UTG shows 6♣ A♥ J♦ K♣ (a pair of Queens)
MP shows 2♥ 3♣ 4♠ 6♠ (a pair of Queens)
Hero wins $4.71
Hero wins $6.97
(Rake: $0.47)

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lelemalee
Joined: 07.07.2010

Interesting. Subbed. Good luck with the challenge. :profit: :gl:


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GasPanic
Joined: 02.06.2008

Day 2
Hands: 2078
Won: $49.81
Bankroll: $140.86

Was playing 4 tables of PLO5 and 2 tables of PLO2 for the main part. If it continues like this I should be playing PLO10 pretty soon. Gonna post some hands tomorrow morning.


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wesleymalcate
Joined: 14.12.2013

very good ... I will follow, I am Brazilian and do not have many blogs omaha ...
post some hands for me to watch, I'm also playing PLO2 zoom and I'm not going well
successful challenge :f_drink:


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GasPanic
Joined: 02.06.2008

Couldn't play at all over the weekend so today is day 3. Had plenty of time to play actually so I 12-tabled the non-zoom PLO5 tables. The level of play is amazing! And by that I mean amazingly bad.

Day 3:
Hands: 2489
Won: +$101.63
Bankroll: $242.49


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GasPanic
Joined: 02.06.2008

Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players

UTG: $9.57
MP: $8.12
CO: $7.64
Hero (BTN): $8.27
SB: $3.21
BB: $5.00

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with A :heart: Q :diamond: J :heart: 6 :spade:
1 fold, MP calls $0.05, CO raises to $0.22, Hero calls $0.22, SB calls $0.20, 1 fold, MP calls $0.17

Flop: ($0.93) A :club: A :diamond: 6 :club: (4 players)
SB checks, MP checks, CO bets $0.80, Hero calls $0.80, SB raises to $2.99 all in, MP folds, CO raises to $7.42 all in, Hero calls $6.62

Turn: ($18.76) 7 :diamond: (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($18.76) Q :heart: (3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $18.76
CO shows J :club: K :heart: A :spade: 7 :club: (a full house, Aces full of Sevens)
Hero shows A :heart: Q :diamond: J :heart: 6 :spade: (a full house, Aces full of Queens)
SB shows 2 :spade: 4 :spade: 9 :club: Q :club: (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Hero wins $8.52
Hero wins $9.51
(Rake: $0.73)

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Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players

SB: $9.96
BB: $3.48
Hero (UTG): $6.66
CO: $9.41
BTN: $8.52

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is UTG with 9 :spade: K :club: J :spade: A :club:
Hero raises to $0.17, 1 fold, BTN raises to $0.45, SB calls $0.43, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.85, BTN calls $1.40, SB calls $1.40

Flop: ($5.60) 8 :club: 5 :heart: A :spade: (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $4.81 all in, BTN folds, SB calls $4.81

Final Pot: $15.22
SB shows J :heart: A :heart: Q :club: 9 :diamond: (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows 9 :spade: K :club: J :spade: A :club: (a pair of Aces - King kicker)
Hero wins $7.32
Hero wins $7.31
(Rake: $0.59)

Maniacal greek player who was on megatilt and 3-betting like crazy on the button, hence the 4bet.
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Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players

UTG: $3.30
MP: $5.97
Hero (CO): $8.35
BTN: $5.96
SB: $4.92
BB: $2.32

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is CO with J :club: J :spade: T :club: T :heart:
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.17, BTN calls $0.17, 1 fold, BB calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.53) T :diamond: 7 :diamond: 5 :diamond: (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.35, BTN calls $0.35, BB calls $0.35

Turn: ($1.58) 5 :heart: (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.25, BTN calls $1.25, BB raises to $1.80 all in, Hero calls $0.55, BTN calls $0.55

River: ($6.98) 8 :diamond: (3 players - 1 is all in)
Hero bets $6.03 all in, BTN calls $3.64 all in

Final Pot: $14.26
Hero shows J :club: J :spade: T :club: T :heart: (a full house, Tens full of Fives)
BTN shows 8 :club: 8 :spade: K :diamond: 2 :diamond: (a full house, Eights full of Fives)
BB shows 9 :club: 3 :diamond: 6 :spade: A :diamond: (a flush, Ace high)
Hero wins $6.99
Hero wins $6.71
(Rake: $0.56)

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Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.01 Ante - 5 players4

UTG: $18.81
CO: $3.77
BTN: $8.32
Hero (SB): $8.22
BB: $15.43

Pre Flop: ($0.12) Hero is SB with 9 :club: K :club: T :diamond: 7 :diamond:
2 folds, BTN raises to $0.15, Hero raises to $0.55, BB calls $0.50, BTN calls $0.40

Flop: ($1.70) 5 :club: 8 :heart: 6 :club: (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, BTN bets $0.81, Hero calls $0.81, BB folds

Turn: ($3.32) 2 :spade: (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.59, Hero raises to $6.85 all in, BTN calls $5.26

River: ($17.02) 2 :club: (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $17.02
BTN shows 7 :heart: 8 :diamond: 5 :spade: 9 :diamond: (a straight, Five to Nine)
Hero shows 9 :club: K :club: T :diamond: 7 :diamond: (a flush, King high)
Hero wins $16.36
(Rake: $0.66)

Horrible flop for my range. Since I will check/fold a lot on that board I decided to check with the nuts as well hoping to induce. Especially the BB is ultra-loose aggressive. I delayed the shove til the turn as I don't have to protect against anything giving him another chance of taking a stab. As it turned out he had the same hand but I ended up freerollling him.


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h3avym3tal
Joined: 18.08.2010

What limits did you play before? Very nice NSD winnings. Would you share your stats?


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Hi OP. I'm doing almost the same as you :) You have some amazing results tho, i'm up a bit as the lvl is pretty horrid, but the rake is harsh. Best of luck, will follow!


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GasPanic
Joined: 02.06.2008

Originally posted by h3avym3tal
What limits did you play before? Very nice NSD winnings. Would you share your stats?

I was playing PLO50 not long ago. But didn't put any sort of volume in.
I'll post some stats when I'm done with the challenge. I'm playing roughly 30/20/7 fwiw.


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GasPanic
Joined: 02.06.2008

Relatively quiet day yesterday. There will be more hands today.

Day 4:
Hands: 1318
Won: +$13.19
Bankroll: $255.68


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narnou
Joined: 21.08.2007

Hi Gas !

I launched a similar challenge on the french forums, any update here ? :)


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

How well ended April for you? Hopefully you started May even better :f_rolleyes:
Good luck with your PLO challenge :gl:

Cheers,
SDK1987


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