Putting real time into PLO

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DamnRinger's Blog

October 04 2011

Putting real time into PLO

So i grinded 100% PLO last month and that would be the first time I ever put any real time into the game. That being said, I'm completely hooked.

It's one of those things, where I just get passion for something as I try to solve certain aspects of the game. I've been playing alot of headsup vs. regs too... ideally some of the 'best' regs on merge. I use paratheses just cause I really think there's like 2 or 3 guys that deserve respect in the PLO arena on merge. That being said, I think i'm still a dog in alot of the hu matches I take. I just want to see what regs are doing and what ranges/adjustments they are making as the match goes on.

The really interesting stuff has been defining my own hand ranges in and out of position of calling, and 3/4 betting. I definitely still need some help on taht stuff, and who knows I might try to get a PLO expert on CR to make a video of my transition over to primarily PLO... and I hope to start making some PLO videos myself in the future and bring my same techniques for instruction to a different game. It's pretty insane going from a game where I'm pretty sure my pre-flop play was as close to optimal as it could get to a game where I have no idea if I'm playing optimally pre- or post- for that matter.

I've been playing the highest stakes real tables that run on merge which is basically a table of 3/6, 3 2/4 tables and 2 1/2 tables. I am looking forward to perhaps getting into a site where I can really play against good competition cause I feel like merge is a cakewalk... but maybe that's just PLO. Alot of mediocre regs playing too passiveas well regs 3betting way too much and getting raped oop. Just seems like regs have a really tough time finding the natural balance.

Maybe I'm just too new to the game to recognize these 'adjustments' they are making, but they all just seem like cookie cutter answers when it seems PLO is far more dynamic on all streets then NLHE and a cookie cutter strat should just get your raped. It also seems that alot of regs really have tilt issues which I think is a massive leak in the game where someone always has a strong hand. I guess the question I pose...

Is it really this easy for a winning mid-stakes NLHE player to transition into PLO? Cause it hasn't been that difficult of a move over... yet.

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