Khiiniau struggling with micro PLO

Last night I fighted my way to Top100 from 6300 players in ThanksOmaha freeroll with 15000 starting chips. In the beginning of 4th hour only few players had smaller stack so my situation was almost hopeless for next price step.

Is this hand OK for pushing pre-flop in this situation?

GG Poker - 20,000/40,000 Ante 5,000 NL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

Hero (BTN): 220,796 (5.5 bb)
SB: 6,081,006 (152 bb)
BB: 202,288 (5.1 bb)
UTG: 240,556 (6 bb)
MP: 1,161,786 (29 bb)
CO: 428,790 (10.7 bb)

6 players post ante of 5,000, SB posts 20,000, BB posts 40,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 90,000) Hero has 7♥: 8♦: T♦: 5♥:
2 folds, CO raises to 140,000, Hero?

GGpoke first stage 1 #Thanks2024 flipout. 73o rulez:f_cool: Entry to first stage 2 received.

GG Poker - 10/20 Ante 25,635 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

Hero (BTN): 16,634 (831.7 bb)
SB: 353 (17.7 bb)
BB: 14,940 (747 bb)
UTG: 5,804 (290.2 bb)
MP: 25,635 (1281.8 bb)
CO: 2,090 (104.5 bb)

, MP posts ante 25,635 and is all-in, CO posts ante 2,090 and is all-in, UTG posts ante 5,804 and is all-in, SB posts ante 353 and is all-in, Hero posts ante 16,634 and is all-in, BB posts ante 14,940 and is all-in

Pre Flop: (pot: 65,456) Hero has 3♦: 7♠:

Flop: (56,455, 6 players) J♥: 7♣: A♣:

Turn: (56,455, 6 players) 3♣:

River: (56,455, 6 players) Q♠:

Results: 56,455 pot
Final Board: J♥: 7♣: A♣: 3♣: Q♠:

SB shows A♦: T♠:: (One Pair, Aces)
Main Pot: [2,118]: (Pre 28%, Flop 59%, Turn 17%)

BB shows 5♠: 3♠:: (One Pair, Threes)
Main Pot: [2,118]: (Pre 10%, Flop 3%, Turn 0%)
Side Pot #1: [8,685]: (Pre 11%, Flop 3%, Turn 0%)
Side Pot #2: [14,856]: (Pre 12%, Flop 3%, Turn 0%)
Side Pot #3: [27,408]: (Pre 13%, Flop 3%, Turn 0%)

UTG shows 5♦: 4♣:: (High Card, Ace)
Main Pot: [2,118]: (Pre 10%, Flop 5%, Turn 14%)
Side Pot #1: [8,685]: (Pre 10%, Flop 5%, Turn 14%)
Side Pot #2: [14,856]: (Pre 12%, Flop 10%, Turn 36%)

MP shows 9♦: 9♠:: (One Pair, Nines)
Main Pot: [2,118]: (Pre 28%, Flop 10%, Turn 3%)
Side Pot #1: [8,685]: (Pre 47%, Flop 55%, Turn 14%)
Side Pot #2: [14,856]: (Pre 69%, Flop 71%, Turn 14%)
Side Pot #3: [27,408]: (Pre 77%, Flop 79%, Turn 19%)
Side Pot #4: [3,388]: (Pre 89%, Flop 82%, Turn 19%)

CO shows 6♦: K♣:: (High Card, Ace)
Main Pot: [2,118]: (Pre 17%, Flop 9%, Turn 22%)
Side Pot #1: [8,685]: (Pre 24%, Flop 21%, Turn 22%)

Hero shows 3♦: 7♠:: (Two Pair, Sevens and Threes)
Main Pot: [2,118]: (Pre 7%, Flop 14%, Turn 44%)
Side Pot #1: [8,685]: (Pre 8%, Flop 15%, Turn 50%)
Side Pot #2: [14,856]: (Pre 8%, Flop 15%, Turn 50%)
Side Pot #3: [27,408]: (Pre 9%, Flop 18%, Turn 81%)
Side Pot #4: [3,388]: (Pre 11%, Flop 18%, Turn 81%)

Hero wins 56,455

2nd stage 1 flipout. This time K5o rulez with 5-trips:f_cool: More chips to stage 2 received.

3rd in row collection of chips to stage 2. This time with 55, lost only to JJ but had 4x bigger stack.

Originally posted by Khiiniau
Last night I fighted my way to Top100 from 6300 players in ThanksOmaha freeroll with 15000 starting chips. In the beginning of 4th hour only few players had smaller stack so my situation was almost hopeless for next price step.

Is this hand OK for pushing pre-flop in this situation?

GG Poker - 20,000/40,000 Ante 5,000 NL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

Hero (BTN): 220,796 (5.5 bb)
SB: 6,081,006 (152 bb)
BB: 202,288 (5.1 bb)
UTG: 240,556 (6 bb)
MP: 1,161,786 (29 bb)
CO: 428,790 (10.7 bb)

6 players post ante of 5,000, SB posts 20,000, BB posts 40,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 90,000) Hero has 7♥: 8♦: T♦: 5♥:
2 folds, CO raises to 140,000, Hero?

My out of hat guess would be that this is fold as high card value increase shorter the stacks become. But yeah you could check what kind of equity you have preflop versus different ranges.

"Never slowplay flopped nuts in PLO"

GG Poker - $0.05 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

BTN: $5.05 (101 bb)
SB: $8.25 (165 bb)
BB: $5.00 (100 bb)
UTG: $11.88 (237.6 bb)
MP: $9.99 (199.8 bb)
Hero (CO): $5.00 (100 bb)

SB posts $0.02, BB posts $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A♣: A♠: J♦: J♣:
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.17, 2 folds, BB calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.36, 2 players) 3♣: 3♠: J♥:
BB bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.76, 2 players) Q♠:
BB bets $0.76, Hero raises to $3.04, BB raises to $4.63 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.59 and is all-in

River: ($10.02, 2 players) 5♥:

Results: $10.02 pot ($0.15 rake)
Final Board: 3♣: 3♠: J♥: Q♠: 5♥:

BB shows 8♦: Q♣: Q♦: 5♣:: (Full House, Queens full of Threes)
(Pre 33%, Flop 9%, Turn 93%)

Hero shows A♣: A♠: J♦: J♣:: (Full House, Jacks full of Threes)
(Pre 67%, Flop 91%, Turn 8%)

BB cashed out $8.97
BB wins $9.80

Probably last hands in this year played. In December I have played mainly PLO5 RnC. Small - from that but including RB and winnings from ThanksOmaha freerolls and LB small +.

It's nice to end year with good day despite some badbeats like in my previous post. Played today 1470 hands, +$24,38 = 33,17BB/100

In 2025 I will probably continue to play PLO5 RnC.

Have you ever thought about playing somewhere else than GG? That R&C is quite hard to beat well without going for top spots in leaderboard? Or at least that 50% rakeback that GG offered for a year last Fall.

If I remember right, you are not multitabling with zillion tables, so why not give Unibet a try? They have PLO4 which has tables running most of the normal times. And it's a different world compared to GG R&C. most likely even PokerStars is a lot softer at PLO5.

Originally posted by Kyyberi
Have you ever thought about playing somewhere else than GG? That R&C is quite hard to beat well without going for top spots in leaderboard? Or at least that 50% rakeback that GG offered for a year last Fall.

If I remember right, you are not multitabling with zillion tables, so why not give Unibet a try? They have PLO4 which has tables running most of the normal times. And it's a different world compared to GG R&C. most likely even PokerStars is a lot softer at PLO5.

I'm 2 tabling RnC with Olybet. I can play in Unibet only when I'm in Finland because they don't accept playing away from EU zone where I'm 80% of year. I have now 35% RB from GG until April 2025. While in Finland I have tried Unibet but its so terrible that I have been tilting all time

In Pokerstars I have BR only for PLO2. I have been playing there only for getting Power Path tckets and PS points but curently there is a problem to receive information for PS-points from Pokerstars. In December 2024 I have small profit from PLO2 Zoom from Pokerstars.

First 3 daily missons to GGpoker to 12 Days of Resolution flipout done. Fulfilling missions with PLO5 RnC gives 7155 chips from each mission.

GGpoker 4 daily missons done. For PLO have been only 2 types so far: Win at SD with straight against 2 pairs or better and flop a straight.

I had bad feeling on turn that river will be K or Q and made cashout. They didn't com but It still was good decision:f_biggrin:

GG Poker - $0.05 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

BTN: $0.22 (4.4 bb)
SB: $4.63 (92.6 bb)
Hero (BB): $5.62 (112.4 bb)
UTG: $18.22 (364.4 bb)
MP: $5.28 (105.6 bb)
CO: $4.81 (96.2 bb)

SB posts $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 8♥: A♦: 8♦: A♠:
fold, MP raises to $0.17, 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.53, MP raises to $1.61, Hero raises to $4.85, MP raises to $5.28 and is all-in, Hero calls $0.43

Flop: ($10.58, 2 players) 3♦: 3♣: Q♦:

Turn: ($10.58, 2 players) K♦:

River: ($10.58, 2 players) 3♥:

Results: $10.58 pot
Final Board: 3♦: 3♣: Q♦: K♦: 3♥:

MP shows A♥: Q♣: A♣: K♠:: (Full House, Threes full of Aces)
(Pre 47%, Flop 34%, Turn 13%)

Hero shows 8♥: A♦: 8♦: A♠:: (Full House, Threes full of Aces)
(Pre 53%, Flop 66%, Turn 88%)

Hero cashed out $8.96
Hero wins $5.19
MP wins $5.18

All 8 daily mission done in GGpoker, 4 to go for 500k$ flipout.

7100 hands played in this year and I have had already: Royal, flushstraight and 6*quads, all with pocket pair and 3 of them with JJ. Only once with J-quads got villain stacked and it was a ministack:f_cry:

Originally posted by Kyyberi
Have you ever thought about playing somewhere else than GG? That R&C is quite hard to beat well without going for top spots in leaderboard? Or at least that 50% rakeback that GG offered for a year last Fall.

If I remember right, you are not multitabling with zillion tables, so why not give Unibet a try? They have PLO4 which has tables running most of the normal times. And it's a different world compared to GG R&C. most likely even PokerStars is a lot softer at PLO5.

Man I miss Unibet, it really is a different world. When I moved to GG my 20-25% 3bet frequency got a reality check :yaoming:. Grinding for R&C leaderboards is such as miserable experience, did it a couple of times before noping out.

Originally posted by Khiiniau
I had bad feeling on turn that river will be K or Q and made cashout. They didn't com but It still was good decision:f_biggrin:

Don't cash out, embrace the variance, embrace the tilt and embrace the punts after said tilt

In January I have played mainly PLO2 and PLO2 Zoom in Pokerstars, less than 20 hours. Small profit.

Best hands in normal PLO2 are when you hit with crap againts mega whale.

PokerStars - $0.02 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 5 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

SB: $0.63 (31.5 bb)
Hero (BB): $2.00 (100 bb)
UTG: $2.19 (109.5 bb)
CO: $2.92 (146 bb)
BTN: $3.38 (169 bb)

SB posts $0.01, Hero posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has 4♥: 2♣: 9♣: A♥:
fold, CO raises to $0.04, BTN calls $0.04, SB calls $0.03, Hero calls $0.02

Flop: ($0.16, 4 players) A♦: A♠: 4♦:
SB checks, Hero bets $0.15, CO calls $0.15, 2 folds

Turn: ($0.46, 2 players) 9♦:
Hero bets $0.44, CO raises to $1.76, Hero raises to $1.81 and is all-in, CO calls $0.05

River: ($4.08, 2 players) 7♦:

Results: $4.08 pot ($0.13 rake)
Final Board: A♦: A♠: 4♦: 9♦: 7♦:

Hero shows 4♥: 2♣: 9♣: A♥:: (Full House, Aces full of Nines)
(Pre 48%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)

CO shows 8♦: T♦: K♥: 9♥:: (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 52%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)

Hero wins $3.95

I had over 2 months total break from poker. Today played few short sessions, total 80min and lost only 2,5bins;)