Jon-PokerVIP: ....so that was a sick 1st post and some food for thought there for sure. Looking at the video I think some very obvious leaks are
- Addicted to double suited hands
- Play to much oop
- Gamble to hard
- Try FPS
- Play none nutted draws to often
fair?
Why thank you, might as well do it proper if your going to do it!
Yep that sums it up quite good. What I find odd about many that transition to PLO is how they view handstrength, a hand like 3455ds is still just a pair of fives and pretty much nut low suits with almost only mexcian straight potential, baring ultra low SPR's you are almost guaranteed to be dominated if anything more than one bet goes into the pot. Me I didnt play much hldm before I got into PLO but given that any 4card unpaired hand flops a something at least 60% of the time the only thing 3455ds is going to do is pick up a small uncontested pot or loose a big contested pot. Its a hand you play for balance and not value if that makes sense. Like calling a 3b with it even IP is stupid, its like calling 23o in hldm on the btn to an utg open.
A 4 card hand has 6 combos a 3card hand with a dangler has 3 combos = 50% less value (sure it can flop trips etc so not really 50% but close enough) and if you start weighing in suits the value between seemingly smilar hands can become very different when you face a lot of heat. Such as shipping a 13 wrap in 3b pot vs shipping a 13 wrap plus a pair, when you have the pair vs the same 13 wrap you freeroll him so good its crazy.
Also since it is pot limit you cant just ship your set of fives on the flop either but have to fight through no mans land to the river when they start to call. And at the micros calling is something they love more than anything!
Playing none nutted draws in six max is unavoidable, the key is recognising situations where it matters more and when it matters less and play accordingly.
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