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:
Just as I predicted in the last post, the online poker madness was far from over! Patrik Antonius and Isildur1 (the new high-stakes sensation) just crushed the old record:
At just before 9:30 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday night, Antonius and Isildur1 were in the middle of a three-table, $500/1,000 pot-limit Omaha match on Full Tilt Poker. On the “Royal Guard” table, Antonius had built up his stack to nearly $1.26 million from his initial $200,000 buy-in, while Isildur1 was sitting on $678,000. These two high-stakes rivals had already tangled in an $815,000 pot earlier in the evening (then the second-largest online pot ever), and many railbirds believed it was only a matter of time before they saw seven figures at stake on a single hand.
The pot was five-bet before the flop, Isildur1 opening for $3,000, Antonius three-betting to $9,000, Isildur1 repotting to $27,000, and Antonius coming back over the top for $81,000. Isildur1 called and they saw a {5-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}flop.
Antonius bet $91,000 into the $162,000 pot. After a little thought, Isildur1 repotted to $435,000, leaving himself only $162,473 behind. Antonius reraised to $773,000 and Isildur1 called off the rest of his stack, creating a $1,356,946 pot.
Antonius turned up {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{K-Spades}{3-Spades}, having flopped a wheel, while Isildur1 revealed {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a higher straight draw.
Although Antonius was a 55 percent favorite on the flop, the {5-Hearts} on the turn made him a more than 3-1 favorite over Isildur1. The river was the {9-Clubs} and Antonius raked in more than $1.35 million.
The action in online casino rooms is getting crazier and crazier. In an attempt to still their hunger for action Durrrr (Tom Dwan) and Ziigmund (Ilari Sahamies) gave their own twist to PLO: instead of playing the normal game at the $500/1,000 tables they both agreed to raise and reraise every single pot, both committing $9,000 before the flop comes down. Ofcourse this results in some massive pots, including the largest online pot-limit omaha pot ever, worth $703,000!
This is what happened:
After Dwan made the compulsory opening raise to $3,000 and Sahamies put in his required reraise to $9,000, Dwan pushed the action with a four-bet to $27,000. Sahamies called and they saw a flop of {J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Both players checked and the {7-Diamonds} landed on the turn. Sahamies led out for $54,000, Dwan raised to $216,000, and Sahamies moved in for his entire $324,463 stack. Dwan called, having him covered, and showed {Q-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds} for a queen-high flush draw, a gutshot straight draw, and a pair of tens. Sahamies was a 3-to-1 favorite, however, with {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades} for a jack-high straight and two pair. The river improved Sahamies’ hand further, falling the {J-Clubs} to make him jacks full of sevens, good for the nearly $703,000 pot.
