PLO10 -> PLO25
This post is for myself to track my progress easier and have some external accountability aswell.
I'm playing PLO10 on GG. Bankroll is sitting at $600.
My goal is to go form $600 to $1250 as quickly as possible (so I'll have 50BI for plo25)
I might update results in here daily. Or atleast weekly.
Once I reach my goal of $1250, I'll start shot taking plo25 and maybe make a new thread for that... We'll see
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BR at $597.37
I'm hopping into my first sessions rn
I'ts almost 7pm so todays hand amount will be understandably lower than my goal of 6500/day
Tomorrow is the first full day of study & play
Someone dm me calling me names if I start lacking on volume and skipping days
Had to withdraw $100 for something. So the challenge will be $500 to $1250.
Which in all fairness makes more sense. Going from 50BI of plo10 to 50BI of plo25.
only played 800 hands to end the day off. Break even.
Tomorrow is the first full day. Excited for it.
good luck! just 4 card PLO or 5 and 6 too? greetz
Thank you!
I've actually been following your thread recently. You managed to build quite a nice bankroll very quickly :3 respect
At the moment I'm only playing 4 card. I've played a little bit of 5 card and never touched 6 card. I'm not opposed to the idea.
Currently, 4 card plo seems like the perfect balance. I started with NLH but that's far too boring. 5 card and 6 card feel a little too high variance for me.
Am I missing out?
also @K2AA72
Do you think it's more +ev to focus on playing less volume but higher quality hands?
I'm debating between playing high volume (8-9 tables) or putting more time into studying and playing less volume (2-4 tables)
Thank you!I've actually been following your thread recently. You managed to build quite a nice bankroll very quickly :3 respectAt the moment I'm only playing 4 card. I've played a little bit of 5 card and never touched 6 card. I'm not opposed to the idea.Currently, 4 card plo seems like the perfect balance. I started with NLH but that's far too boring. 5 card and 6 card feel a
I think 6 card is more different from 5 card than 5 card is from 4 card. I'd even go so far as to say 4 card is more similar to holdem than to 6 card. This also works out in terms of combo's... 1 combo for NLHE, 6 for PLO4, 10 for PLO5, 15 for PLO6. I always notice when a 5 card player comes to the 6 cards 😉
The variance also depends on how you play you know, all poker variants have variance in their own way. Sure the all in variance is higher in 6 card, but you can mitigate that by playing more small ball on earlier streets.. There's hardly pushing any equity preflop, so there's not a lot of reason to bloat the pot pre with 3bets... You can 3 bet to set up a pot to steal, but pushing preflop equity isn't the reason. Sometimes lack of playability for aces can be a reason to 4 and 5 bet them pre, but that's where a lot of the variance is. I'm not an expert on variance though.
also @K2AA72
Do you think it's more +ev to focus on playing less volume but higher quality hands?
I'm debating between playing high volume (8-9 tables) or putting more time into studying and playing less volume (2-4 tables)
I play fairly low volume, but that is partly because I don't have enough energy to play huge volume. There isn't that much traffic in 6 card either... I just play 6 tables for about an hour usually. So I would focus on table selection and getting in quality play, rather than maximizing volume... But that depends on your preferences
I think 6 card is more different from 5 card than 5 card is from 4 card. I'd even go so far as to say 4 card is more similar to holdem than to 6 card. This also works out in terms of combo's... 1 combo for NLHE, 6 for PLO4, 10 for PLO5, 15 for PLO6. I always notice when a 5 card player comes to the 6 cards 😉 The variance also depends on how you play you know, all poker varian
Makes a lot of sense. I doubt I'll ever get into 6 card plo in a serious way but I've enjoyed playing 5 card.
Looking at the lobbies, a lot of the playerbase has moved to 5 and 6 card so it might be +ev to specialise there.
Nowadays you're also able to study 5 card very well and you'll never run into the problem that nlhe is facing where the top players literally know what to do in any given spot and the win% at high stakes comes from the tiniest adjustments and whatnot.
I've considered, and am considering specializing in plo5 exclusively. I'll do some thinking on it.
Now about the multitabling/volume.
I enjoy playing 8-9 tables just as much as I enjoy playing 4 tables. 4 tables will probably always be my minimum. I don't feel a huge difference between 8 and 4 tables in my game during playing, but in the winrate, the difference is massive. In all honesty, in the long run, it's probably smarter to focus more on study and lower volume. 10 hour multitabling sessions are about playing a simplified strategy and chasing leaderboards. Not very effective if you want to make it to high stakes (which I do, and will).
I've had a bunch of losing sessions lately playing more tables. When I switched to 4 tables, I went up 4 buy ins in plo25 in a couple hour session. I'm probably more suited toward lower volume. And I can play for 8 hours every day no problem at all so even with 4 tables I can get a decent amount of hands in per month.
I'm dead serious about making this my full time income eventually and I'll work hard to get there. I wont go into deeper detail for now.
I'd love to chat with you privately if that's alright with you. Lmk.
pretty low volume today since I went to my dads house for the evening (I'll always put family and friends over poker since I barely leave my bedroom anyway)
ran super card dead for the whole session and got hit with some 2 outers. BR sitting at $465
I'll make sure to post my results here with full transparency, win or lose.
I'm sure daily updates will get extremely repetitive, so I'll probably stick to posting weekly updates and anything I find worth updating about.
Makes a lot of sense. I doubt I'll ever get into 6 card plo in a serious way but I've enjoyed playing 5 card.Looking at the lobbies, a lot of the playerbase has moved to 5 and 6 card so it might be +ev to specialise there.Nowadays you're also able to study 5 card very well and you'll never run into the problem that nlhe is facing where the top players literally know what to do
With that being said, I think effective multitabling could be a skill that I can aquire and might be more suitable for me. I'm still in the process of figuring it out.
You can always look at Mr Builderman as an example. He makes it look very appealing :3
running 4BI below all-in EV today. Someone teach me how to win flips.
todays session...
Feeling incredibly discouraged
The final straw was getting it all in with the nut full house and villain rivers straight flush. I hate complaining about running bad but it's pretty hard not to. What to do?
Might have to drop the table count. This 8 tabling isn't cutting it. I see a massive difference in my winrate when I reduce my table count to 4. The correlation between 8 tables and massive losing sessions is very clearly visible in my previous results.
I guess less volume, but positive results is better than a ton of volume with negative results. I might just not be made for the RB chasing style of play..
I'll grind my ass off to get myself out of this rut. I'll be back in a little bit with better results.
made some adjustments. This thread is dead to me. New thread has been posted.
