Preflop adjustments for ante cash games with mandatory straddles in 4-card PLO.
Hello everyone! I'm new to the PLO forums so please excuse me if I get some of the formatting wrong.
I've been in the process of switching from NLH Cash to PLO cash and I've got a question on a specific format that I've been playing online.
The game I've been attempting to reg is a 1/2 game with mandatory straddles as well as a 0.5bb ante required from all players. The game seems to have a solid base of fish who are playing quite poorly and I've deduced that the game is beatable; however, I'm a bit confused on the type of preflop adjustments I should be making in a game that has mandatory antes and straddles. I feel like I'm playing quite well against the fish but I feel a little lost when trying to battle some of the better regs and pros within the game. As a result I feel that my winrate is much less than what it could be.
How should I be adjusting the amount of hands I'm playing? For reference I currently use a 27%VPIP with 16% PFR. Is this too tight for the amount of pot odds I'm getting with the antes and straddles? Additionally, how should I be varying my opening size for such a game? The open to pot with no other limpers is around 11.5bb and this seems very large when the max buy is 200bb.
Thanks a lot for any advice y'all. Excited to be more active in this forum!
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Nine-handed 1-2 PLO with a 10 straddle and a dollar ante per player, AND a $400 max buyin?
Gotta be a list a mile long for that game. Are the antes the rake?
Yes I think the ante's cover the rake however I'm not sure if they're taking all of it for every pot. This game is on ClubWPTGold and I'm not sure on what their specific rake structure is for the PLO; however, I think its reasonable.
Which games, 8 or 6 max?
6 max is solved for a limp/pot/fold strategy.
8 not yet unless u run ur own solves
First you have to decide if you want an open pot/fold only strategy or an open limp/pot/fold strategy