Off to hawaii - 4 days - 4921 hands PLO

Yo! Final day is over and unfortunatly it didnt go splendid. All in all during these day I played 4921 hands PLO and won 121$ at a WR of 11,5 ptBB/100. It felt a little shitty with the last day -200ish but you cannot really wish for any higher WR than that. Last day also featured more interesting hands.

This day I was trying to take copious notes on the regs, mainly regarding betsizing. I should probably dwell more into the notecaddy-notes but the amount of info can sometimes overwhelm you and you think like "Ill get into that later". 

Im trying to not complicate thought processes way too much vs bad players but obv try to think somewhat balanced vs regs. So in this case, I was trying to figure out what my turnline would be depending on the card. With the given card the fold is easy but perhaps I should change stuff. So after a 4bet I tend to bet 1/3ish or perhaps sometimes 1/2pot. I probably CB too frequently btw. So here I go for a slighly small CB and he calls. On turn I kinda give off a lot of weakness but then again, this turn is not great in regards to his callings range I feel (good for him). 

When he calls, I would discount like 75% of all Q9x-combos and Q6xx combos. I could be very wrong but I feel that he would shove any 96xx. That leaves flushdraws and semi-wrap + pair combos. With that I think its a fold vs any 9-K on turn. Check/folding is superior to any type of bet IMO. But how about the action on the other cards? Checkcalling would perhaps induce bluffs/semibluffs and sometimes it goes check check and I can evaluate if i want to valuebet on the river. Do people agree?

Hero (MP): $394.63 (197.3 bb)

CO: $664.35 (332.2 bb)

BTN: $400 (200 bb)

SB: $1,205 (602.5 bb)

BB: $144.76 (72.4 bb)



Preflop: Hero is MP with A A J 7

Hero raises to $6, CO raises to $17.25, BTN calls $17.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $72, CO folds, BTN calls $54.75



Flop: ($164.25) 6 9 Q (2 players)

Hero bets $61, BTN calls $61



Turn: ($286.25) J (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $267 and is all-in, Hero folds



Results: $286.25 pot ($7.15 rake)

Final Board: 6 9 Q J 

Hero mucked A A J 7 and lost (-$133 net)

BTN mucked and won $279.10 ($146.10 net)

Here is a biiiig hand I lost and I obv felt kinda retarded. I do think though that I couldnt have done very much about it given how he had played. So he was 70/50/4.7 and going to SD a lot. The sizing for me waaas screaming blockerace but what is peoples experience regarding this? My hunches can be way off. If this would have been any less aggresive or loose, this would have been a fold for me.

Boss, $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 4 Players

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BB: $513.47 (256.7 bb)

CO: $400 (200 bb)

BTN: $276.77 (138.4 bb)

Hero (SB): $836.76 (418.4 bb)



Preflop: Hero is SB with 7 Q 8 9

CO raises to $7, BTN raises to $12, Hero calls $11, BB calls $10, CO calls $5



Flop: ($48) 7 K 5 (4 players)

Hero checks, BB bets $48, 2 folds, Hero calls $48



Turn: ($144) T (2 players)

Hero checks, BB bets $144, Hero calls $144



River: ($432) 8 (2 players)

Hero checks, BB bets $309.47 and is all-in, Hero calls $309.47



Results: $1,050.94 pot ($15 rake)

Final Board: 7 K 5 T 8 

BB showed 4 J A 4 and won $1,035.94 ($522.47 net)

Hero mucked 7 Q 8 9 and lost (-$513.47 net)

24th march update

24rd march 2014: The quarter is over and all the sleep deprivation, anxiety and stress as well as my recent flu have almost left my body. Yesterday was the last presentation and I pulled up 4 tables when it was all over. I quickly noted that my focus wasnt there and decided to rest, watch some tvshows and come back tomorrow.

With the limited action available to me here, I am gonna go against my wishes and play both FLSH and PLO at the same time. FLSH I can autopilot pretty well while my B-game in PLO is a bit worse. I played a lot during christmas back home in Sweden and had the best month in like 3 years but I took out 85% of those winnings and since then, I have lost about 3k$ in like 10k hands. That means that I am inclined to play lower and so I have been playing at 0.5/1 SEK (equiv 8c/16c) with perhaps some 1/2 SEK mixed in. Good enough for me, I played xx hands, hit a few hands and played vs some fish that paid me off handsomely. Up 200ish$ after 95 min play!

Im gonna try to mark more hands and also use slice for EV-calculations. Perhaps I should be even more serious and create flashcards? In PLO I often call a bit too much, especially vs shortstacks, especially on paired boards with some sort of shitty draw + overpair or whatever. I should be able to calculate situations like that a lot better, the other day I made a call that I calculated was like 15 BB EV. It was something along the lines of me 4betting vs a utg raise, a min3bet with AA, flop came like 733 and UTG shoved. I kinda reasoned that a 3x would be kinda unlikely with a utg-raise/call but then that was just a stupid argument since the guy was like a 60/40 and thus have a lot more 3s then most players. Anyways, I dont remember the stack/betsizes but I just wanted to illustrate a situation were I loose money.

Anyways, gonna be active with posting hands etc these following days, I go to Hawaii on the 26th and I will play 8ish hours per day until that and perhaps some over there too.

So I have had 3 proper grinding-days now during spring break and tomorrow I guess will be the last one.

21 mar | +403 USD | 1500ish hands

22 mar | -300 USD | 1000ish hands

23 mar | +140 USD | 1746 hands

WR= 35,3 bb/100 IE 17,65ptBB/100

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Here is a hand I played kinda shitty. The thought was that very few combos of 34x would call a 3bet pre, then even less would call the flop and then even less existed because of my blockers. I also thought it would be kinda unsual for any AQ to play that way and that he wouldnt put me on 34 either. I guess though that a lot of regs would play any set that way which didnt cross my mind.

 Boss, $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 4 PlayersPoker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. 
BTN: $501.19 (250.6 bb)Hero (SB): $377.13 (188.6 bb)BB: $896.03 (448 bb)CO: $447.62 (223.8 bb)
Preflop: Hero is SB with K 5 A 4CO raises to $4, BTN calls $4, Hero raises to $18, BB folds, CO calls $14, BTN calls $14
Flop: ($56) 5 A Q (3 players)Hero bets $28, CO calls $28, BTN calls $28
Turn: ($140) 2 (3 players)Hero bets $70, CO folds, BTN raises to $350, Hero calls $261.13 and is all-in
River: ($802.26) 6 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Results: $802.26 pot ($15 rake)Final Board: 5 A Q 2 6 BTN showed A 4 3 5 and won $787.26 ($410.13 net)Hero mucked K 5 A 4%2��ϣp;and lost (-$377.13 net)CO mucked and lost (-$46 net)


_____________Today I was kinda proud of winning an okay amount given I lost KKxx vs J8sxx straightflush KQT99 for 150$ and then the same scenario with nutflush (no paired board) vs a gutshot straightflush. I am pretty sure though I actually did a revenge on this hand
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BB: $407.21 (203.6 bb)MP: $216.19 (108.1 bb)CO: $384.50 (192.3 bb)Hero (BTN): $466.33 (233.2 bb)SB: $377.33 (188.7 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with 7 8 6 9MP raises to $7, CO calls $7, Hero raises to $31, 3 folds, CO calls $24

Flop: ($72) 6 4 T (2 players)CO checks, Hero bets $36, CO calls $36

Turn: ($144) 7 (2 players)CO checks, Hero bets $81, CO calls $81

River: ($306) 3 (2 players)CO checks, Hero bets $306, CO calls $236.50 and is all-in

Results: $779 pot ($15 rake)Final Board: 6 4 T 7 3 CO mucked and lost (-$384.50 net)Hero showed 7 8 6 9 and won $764 ($379.50 net)It is also possible I megabricked this hand tooBoss, $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 5 PlayersPoker Tools Powered ByHoldem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. 

CO: $345.19 (172.6 bb)BTN: $588.36 (294.2 bb)SB: $468.66 (234.3 bb)BB: $98 (49 bb)Hero (MP): $1,063.56 (531.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 8 K 8 KHero raises to $7, CO folds, BTN calls $7, SB raises to $30, BB folds, Hero raises to $81.75, BTN folds, SB calls $51.75

Flop: ($172.50) 3 9 2 (2 players)SB checks, Hero bets $100, SB calls $100

Turn: ($372.50) 7 (2 players)SB checks, Hero bets $372.50, SB calls $286.91 and is all-in

River: ($946.32) 8 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $946.32 pot ($15 rake)Final Board: 3 9 2 7 8 SB mucked and lost (-$468.66 net)Hero showed 8 K 8 K and won $931.32 ($462.66 net)
Anyways, sorry to post strategically uninteresting hands but I tried to stay awake and mark out something interesting but didnt find anything really.Tomorrow I hope to surpass 2k hands. Im trying to figure out a good schedule for me in regards to grinding omaha and staying focused. In FLSH I had it kinda nailed down but its in my backbone and I rarely play shitty and if I do, normally the mistakes doesnt cost me too much. In PLO or any big bet game of course a big pot played bad could cost like 10k of good play as makeup. I kinda want to play 8-9 solid hours 5 days per week but if I take too many breaks then obviously that will turn out taking like 15 hours and nothing else could be done that day, perhaps thats fine? I dunno, I think 4 hours 10:30-15 and then 22-02:30 would be kinda optimal.What I am trying to work on now is to think about my timing especially in regards to regs since I feel some have abused me. I sometimes found myself autochecking rivers waaay too fast and often give off that I have given up on the pot. I hope to get some nice hands tomorrow. Either way, I plan on putting in 5h every week during this quarter so hope to find something different to write about. So, one grinding day left!