Tommy is back with a new challenge! (PLO building br from $50-$500)

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GL Tommy.

Following for sure.

Had my first small little session, only 226 hands mixing plo2 and plo5 regular tables. +$7.93 which is great start and a good change from my recent bad run (at least I'm hitting sometimes now).

Still early days though, will probably update again when I hit 1-2k hands.

Finally put in >1000hands. So right now I'm +$28.25 after 1084 hands which is a massive start. I'm like $18 over EV though, got super lucky in some spots, but made some mistakes too.

In today's session I was to the left of this guy who was playing 74/55. I was pretty card dead though, ended up 3betting twice with marginal hands which I think are ahead of his range. It's funny how twice I got 4bet and ran into KKxx, which are definitely the top part of his 55 pfr range

But I sucked out both times ♦ The moment he left the table everyone started leaving lol.

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (CO): $7.57 (151.4 bb)
BTN: $3.75 (75 bb)
SB: $5.05 (101 bb)
BB: $7.77 (155.4 bb)
MP: $6.41 (128.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q A K 7
MP raises to $0.17, Hero raises to $0.58, 3 folds, MP raises to $1.81, Hero raises to $5.50, MP raises to $6.41, Hero calls $0.91

Flop: ($12.89) Q 5 T (2 players)
Turn: ($12.89) 2 (2 players)
River: ($12.89) 7 (2 players)

Results:

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (MP): $5 (100 bb)
CO: $3 (60 bb)
BTN: $1.46 (29.2 bb)
SB: $5 (100 bb)
BB: $7.91 (158.2 bb)
UTG: $11.78 (235.6 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with T 7 6 Q
UTG raises to $0.17, Hero raises to $0.58, 4 folds, UTG raises to $1.81, Hero calls $1.23

Flop: ($3.69) 6 Q Q (2 players)
UTG bets $3.55, Hero calls $3.19 and is all-in

Turn: ($10.07) 9 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($10.07) 4 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

The 1st one is probably okay, 2nd one is pretty bad, got really impatient and pissed off with this guy I think (and being card dead in general).

No more poker until my test is over on Wed I guess. No updates until after that ♦

No more poker until my test is over on Wed I guess. No updates until after that

Screw that ♦ Couldn't resist the temptation to play yesterday, so I played a really short session (I'm being honest), only 97 hands. But +$12.26 ♦ Sick run good.

I found this hand really interesting, seriously what was villain thinking?

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

BB: $11.38 (227.6 bb)
UTG: $13.27 (265.4 bb)
MP: $5.06 (101.2 bb)
CO: $9.67 (193.4 bb)
BTN: $21.60 (432 bb)
Hero (SB): $5.32 (106.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 8 A J A
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.15, Hero calls $0.13, BB raises to $0.55, BTN folds, Hero raises to $1.80, BB calls $1.25

Flop: ($3.75) 3 3 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.52 and is all-in, BB calls $3.52

Turn: ($10.79) 8 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($10.79) 3 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

3b squeeze with QQxx ds and call vs 4bet then herocalls my shove. Obviously a NLHE player ♦

Got enough to move up to PLO10 today. Moved down within 100 hands

For some reason my luck at plo10 reg tables just isn't there. I have tried playing them a few times, always had a losing session. KJxx vs KKxx on KJJ flop.

So for now I'm back at plo5. It's okay though, just need to win 2-3 BIs to move back up.

1405 hands, +$31.70 and $10 from deposit bonus. so $91.70 now.

I'd rather suggest you win a little bit more so that you do not have to move down in an instant once variance strikes. You can easily lose 5 BIs in a span of several minutes (as you may know from my experience :P), so I'd suggest keeping a few buyins more in order for your shot to have more chance of success.

400 hands. +$7 today. But more than 2BIs under EV. Thankfully I could still win this session.

So now I have enough to shoot plo10 again, may luck be better this time.

Earned about $5 from placing 15th in a $2.2 zoom plo mtt. Lost AAK3<AJJ6 AI pre KKJ flop so disgusting. Could have been much bigger

Not sure if I should count it towards the challenge, probably not? Hmm

I'd say you should stick to keeping this a PLO cash challenge. But it's all up to you of course

Originally posted by TinoLaan
I'd say you should stick to keeping this a PLO cash challenge. But it's all up to you of course

Yea doesn't make sense if I include mtt winnings.
Then shouldn't I not include FDB and rb too?

Again, up to you. But including rakeback would make sense to me and would definitely be an option imo

Just can't get the run good at PLO10, ever.

Lost 4 way AI pre at plo5, was 62% on turn but lost lol

Then got it in 3 way for $4 effective with 89JTds, 49% equity. Drawing dead on flop lols.

Yup, pretty shit. Was $25 under EV at one point, then closed the plo10 table (I was 5 tabling plo5 and 1 tabling plo10). And guess what?

Yup, grinded 6 BIs back at plo5. So I'm going to be shooting plo10 again tomorrow.

Hopefully no 3rd time unlucky?

And the hand that shot me into profit today:

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $5.41 (108.2 bb)
Hero (BB): $11.09 (221.8 bb)
UTG: $14.06 (281.2 bb)
MP: $5 (100 bb)
CO: $10.77 (215.4 bb)
BTN: $9.09 (181.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q T 6 4
2 folds, CO calls $0.05, 2 folds, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.12) J 8 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.12, CO calls $0.12

Turn: ($0.36) A (2 players)
Hero bets $0.35, CO calls $0.35

River: ($1.06) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.02, CO raises to $2.04, Hero raises to $7.14, CO calls $5.10

Results:

Tried something different today, 2 tabled instead of 6 (1 plo10 and 1 plo5). It did work thankfully, was only a short session though. 86 hands +$10.23

Overall stats so far:

2879 hands
+$65.14 (excluding $10 fdb)
58.7 bb/100
40.5 ev bb/100

BR: $125.14

Sick win rates ♦ Definitely not sustainable though.

Not going to play tomorrow, I've lost in 2 sundays in a row ♦

Aha the Tino curse.

Originally posted by Lazza61
Aha the Tino curse.

Here comes a non-challenge related post ♦

Played 2 mtts on full tilt today, shipped one and got 2nd for the other ♦ So insanely lucky in the hyper especially. Really happy I'm doing well in mtts recently:

♠_thumbsup:

And I forgot to mention an interesting stat: I finished either 1st or 2nd in all of my last 7 final tables. Didn't realise till today, pretty amazed I can accomplish this. Bad thing is I only have 1 1st, 1 chop, but 5 2nd places ♦

Nice. ♠_thumbsup:

Does this mean the end of the dreaded "Curse of Tino"

Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $9.83 (98.3 bb)
Hero (BB): $10.95 (109.5 bb)
MP: $10.30 (103 bb)
CO: $24.77 (247.7 bb)
BTN: $12.97 (129.7 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3 6 K K
MP raises to $0.35, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1.10, MP calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.25) 5 5 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.07, MP calls $1.07

Turn: ($4.39) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $4.20, MP calls $4.20

River: ($12.79) T (2 players)
Hero bets $4.58 and is all-in, MP calls $3.93 and is all-in

Results:

Worst player in omaha ever, and got paid a stack by me. What a joke