Thanks a ton, you’ve made my (otherwise pretty boring) day guys!! PLO (well, PLO8 to be precise but anyway.. 4-card game) is my fav game.

Welcome, Niko!

Welcome Mr. Halowax,

hope the Plo Tourney Vid follow a few more, it is one of my fav cash games, despite its high variance.

The tourneys are in ss are  supersoft a welcome change in the  mass of NLHE tournaments.

Does your nick base on the fav TV Series Lost. If yes nice choice.

Greets

Ultra

Niko's been a good friend of mine for years and it's really great to have him as part of the TPE family as well.

Welcome, Niko, and awesome video!

Welcome to the TPE Nation Halowax…. Just finished watching your first vid, really enjoyed it!!!! Looking forward to the rest of the series vids!!!

Hello Niko.

Loving all the Orange here! congrats!

Chip said:

I was praying he'd be one of your additions!

Sick, sick poker mind.

I've had the pleasure of meeting him, he's a genuine, very likeable person as well.

 

 

 

WoundLicker said:

Hello Niko.

 

Loving all the Orange here! congrats!

Awww, thank you guys.  Such great memories of my mtt noob days at the squeeze.  You made me blush chip!

xxsosickxx said:

I have a general ? for Niko. I play live cash at a place close to home, and on occasion we get a 1-2 or 2-5 round by round game going. From my experience most of the players are pretty bad at PLO. Is there any general advice you'd give someone playing in a cash game like this? Maybe just some general “dos” and “donts”. Thanks, and welcome, really seems like you put A LOT of time into this 1st vid series running. Just this series alone should pay for months of membership on TPE!!

 

EDIT: maybe I shoulda put this in live/cash section, feel free to move it guys, srry.

What kind of bad are we tlaking about?  If it is anything like the game I used to play in, most players play something like 72/1 with a <1 AF… so super loose passive.   Usually we would have 7-8 players to a flop in a limped pot and whoever made the nuts would end up scooping a decent sized pot against players who put in way too much money with weak made hands and dominated draws.  It's funny, the players in our game would get really annoyed that I actually raised pre flop, as they almost never would, unless they have Aces ofc!

In games like this, you should be open limping in ep and likely mp as well with hands that can make the nuts.  You can pop it up in LP to push pf equity edges in position as well as isolate weaker players with hands that can get you in trouble in seven handed pots but have smooth flop equity distribution (part 3 of the series will discuss this), but building a pot from up front wouldn't be very sage of you.  It's extremely important to be aware of the nuts, and how people play it in plo (which I will be addressing in the next part of the series), but especially so in these loose passive games with so many players to a flop.  A nut peddling strategy will be very, very profitable.  As you get more comfortable, and more familiar with your villains, opening up your value range is essential to maximizing your profitability, but if you aren't super confident, then just playing the nuts (or relative nuts) and nut draws aggresively and always potting it should work just fine.  If there are one or two competent players then you can try working in some bluffs against them (especialyl if they are also playing nut peddling strategies!), but it is likely going to be not so wise to bluff the stations.

Smart seat selection will have a dramatic effect on your hourly, so if you guys do not draw for seats, do whatever you can to get position on the biggest marks.  The host of the game we used to play was so terrible at plo, and ended up losing over 70k one year playing two nights a week (One 5/10 and one 5/5).  We would draw for seats, and if you were on his left, you had to take some brutal beats to have a losing session.

THANKS Halowax!!!!! really appreciate it. You sir, are the nuts!!  

Welcome to the family halowax!!! look forward to chatting with you.