Shallow PLO with new Coach GodlikeRoy
The PLO section of PokerStrategy.com welcomes yet another addition. Our new coach GodlikeRoy will introduce you to his way of playing short-handed shallow-stacked Pot Limit Omaha from $2/$4 up to $5/$10
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With PLO growing as a game, we are also extending the size of our PLO coaching family. This time it our pleasure to welcome Rohit godlikeroy Bhasin, a 22-year old Australian who will start doing videos for you.
In his first video for PokerStrategy.com, GodlikeRoy gives you a short theoretical introduction to shallow tables and then plays two short-handed, shallow tables of PLO 400 and 1000 on PokerStars. If you are ranked Platinum and you would like to see how to play at the higher PLO stakes, check out the link below:
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The video
Producer: godlikeroy
Limit: PLO400 - 1,000
Table type: Short-handed
Video length: 55 min.
Status:
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About GodlikeRoy
Rohit "godlikeroy" Bhasin (pictured right) has been a professional poker player for the past years and plays Pot-Limit Omaha. We now present you a little interview with our new coach, so enjoy:
PokerStrategy.com: Hello, Roy. It would be great if you could introduce yourself shortly to our users.
godlikeroy Hi, I'm 22 years old and live in Sydney, Australia. I play poker as a profession and enjoy it immensely -- the challenge and rewards it offers keep me interested and motivated. I'm a huge fan of travel and have spent the better part of the last 5 years all over the place, with many trips yet to come.
PokerStrategy.com: Since when has poker been a part of your life and what does it mean to you?
godlikeroy I have been playing games of all sorts since my first memories and when I first saw NLHE on TV at age 17 I was captivated. I soon deposited $50 on PartyPoker, turned that into $1000 and never looked back. My passion these days is with Pot-Limit Omaha as I feel the game has the largest growing audience at the moment and there is still a lot for everyone to learn. To me poker is more than a job, it is a lifestyle. I play almost every day (like a job), however I also spend time away from the tables thinking about the game and using things learnt to improve other aspects of my life.
PokerStrategy.com: Could you please tell us a bit more about your poker career to date?
godlikeroy Like most things in life my poker career has had its ups and downs. One of my highlights was winning a $5k PLO multi-table tournament at the Crown casino in Melbourne in 2008 -- it was my first live tournament win as well as my largest cash to date. The thrill and excitement from winning a live tournament is amazing and something very rare to come by.
These days I prefer to take the lower-profile, lower-variance route with poker and spend my days grinding online. I try to play a lot of hands each week and keep a modest winrate to support a comfortable lifestyle here in Sydney. I do still take time out several times a week to play few tables at higher stakes while improving my game as I believe this is the most important part of improving as a player.PokerStrategy.com: What can the PokerStrategists expect from your videos? What limits will they see?
godlikeroy The majority of my play is at the 2/4 PLO to the 5/10 PLO level and most live videos will be at these stakes. I do occasionally play 10/20 and 25/50 shallow tables and may do some hand history review sessions with hands from those stakes also. I've had very good success playing MTTs (PLO and PLO8 specifically) and got 2nd in the $2,100 NLO8 SCOOP event earlier this year, so if anybody requests tournament videos then I am willing to try to make some.PokerStrategy.com: Lastly, what is the single most important piece of advice you can give to aspiring players?
godlikeroy This is easy. Play your "A" game. It sounds simple, but 95% of the time when a poker player sits down to play a session he is playing a B or C quality version of his best game. I am guilty of this aswell (everyone is). There are so many aspects of playing well that it takes a lot of work to be able to play your best all the time -- mentally you must be in shape and physically you must be in shape (and not get tired, eyes sore, etc). You must be focusing only on poker and not have distractions taking away your train of thoughts and you must not be playing too many tables for the same reasons.
