Congratulations to Steve Billirakis for winning the World Series of Poker Europe €5.3k Pot Limit Omaha Event, cashing €238,140.
Steve came into the final table second in chips, and although he was one of the favourites, the only American at the final table was still facing some steap competition from the likes of Eoghan O’Dea, Ramzi Jelassi and ofcourse chipleader Sam Trickett.
He started out the final table pretty slowly, but when five-handed he stepped it up. Eliminating Jerome Bradpiece shortly after a key hand were Billikaris’ A-A-10-7 held up against Bradpiece’s 6-6-2-2. When he took a 400k pot of Jelassi, he was the first player to cross the 1 million chipmark. Although Jelassi proved a tough opponent and was slowly gaining on Billikaris. A key hand settled the matter however: Billikaris insta-called Jelassi’s shove with Td-9d-8d-6s on a Ad-3c-2d flop, with Ah-As-9s-5c. Fading the diamond, he was heads-up with Michele Di Lauro, which ended quickly when Billikaris A-K-T-7 flopped two pair against Di Lauro’s Q-Q-7-6.
This episode isn’t quite a amusing as the first one, but here are the highlights:
5:00 Brandom Adams overplays an overpair (again). 21:00 “Wut about me?” 23:00 Ivey plays a wrap very agressivily. 32:00 Great valuebet by Hastings. 35:00 Ever confused about what blockers are in PLO? Analyze this hand.
PAD PLO Cashgame ep. 3
This episode is all about Phil Ivey. Let’s some it up:
04:00 Ivey shows us how to play a small flush in a 3-way pot. 13:00 Ivey shows us how to play a hand with blockers. 15:00 Ivey shows us how to play a wrap, hit a miracle river and we see Dwan make a great fold. 18:00 Ivey shows us how NOT to play air. 24:00 Ivey shows us not even him can call with A-high in PLO. 37:00 Ivey shows us how to win a huge 3-way pot.
Few weeks ago Poker After Dark featured a PLO cashgame for two weeks. In the next couple of posts I’ll be discussing these episodes with you. Big thank you to youtube user wsop2010fvp for uploading these.
If you don’t want any spoilers, just watch the movie and don’t scroll down any further.
PAD PLO Cashgame ep. 1
The line-up is pretty sick: Brandom Adams, Patrick Antonius, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Brain Hastings and Phil Galfond. Andy Bloch is the guest commentator for these special episodes, and although I was pretty sceptical about this at first he really does a great job.
Here are some of the key hands of the first episode: 03:00 A classic example of why history between players plays such a huge role in any form of poker: Dwan calls a big bet on the river with a marginal holding. 04:00 Antonius wants a round of double stradles, sicko. 07:00 Brandon Adams makes a nice laydown. 12:00 Phil Galfond teaches us the art of the valuebet-bluff. 17:00 We already have our first all-in. 24:00 Ivey says he “really wants to gamble” and induces a pretty loose call by Antonius. 30:00 As we all know, aces can get you in some though spots in PLO. 34:00 Some great pot-control by Ivey with the second nuts. 40:00 Dwan makes a great valuebet, with quite a weak holding.
All in all very amusing first episode. But, don’t you think Brandon Adams looks really uncomfortable between these guys?
In the following 11 min. video Poker VT Pro Brian ‘tsarrast’ Rast guides us through a session 4 tabling 6 max PLO (mixed stakes). He covers some pretty advanced stuff in this, so I’d probably not advice it to beginning Pot Limit Omaha players. The topics featured in this video:
- How to get your money in good (by showing a bad example of it, lol).
- What hands to 3-bet pre-flop in position.
- Why you can play almost any hand on the button.
- What draws to play heads-up and why to fold them in a multi-way pot.
(Make sure to view this in HD- and fullscreen-mode, if you want to have an easier time making out the hole cards.)
Casino online heads-up poker is becoming more and more popular these days. However, many players forget that HU play requires a different set of skills then full ring or shorthand poker. In this post we’ll sum up some basic tips and strategies that might prove useful when you too start playing Heads-Up Pot Limit Omaha.
Position is even more important then it is in a full ring game. In PLO position is ALWAYS very important, but the value of it goes way up when playing HU. Having the advantage of being last to act when playing HU gives you a lot of opportunities to take away pots when your opponent has shown weakness (although be cautious of him trapping you) and allows you to apply full pressure when you have a big draw.
The second thing you should be aware of when playing Heads-Up PLO is that hand ranking changes a bit: big pair hands go up in value and small-connection hands loose some equity. This is because you’re only playing versus one potential opponent, which makes it more likely that a big pair will be the best hand on the river.
And maybe most importantly, you have to able to cope with even more variance then in a full ring or shorthanded game. HU PLO is the most swingy game out there, so if you’re not tilt-prove this game might just not be for you.
This is the next post in my collection of the best PLO strategy videos from around the web.
This post will focus on the videos from a Pokerstars player named Theillegit.
Just like in the previous post, he might not be the best PLO player out there, but he does offer some great advice in this hour long sweat at a 1/2$ PLO table.
The rest of the movies can be find in the sidebar on Youtube itself. Enjoy!
In the next couple of posts I’m going to try and bring together the best Pot Limit Omaha strategy videos from all around the web together.
This post will focus on the videos that are currently featured at Pokertube.com by a user called DaBeear.
Although he might not be the best PLO player out there, I do feel his guides have their merits. His way of thinking about hands is something every PLO player can learn from. His conclusions might sometimes be a bit off or his thinking might sometimes be a bit to much result orientated, I do think everybody will find his videos both useful and enjoyable to watch.
A collection of his best Pot Limit Omaha strategy videos:
