I think I have spotted a big leak of mine that is very easy to fix. I have been playing horribly against calling stations. For some reason, I think I can bluff them out of a hand, and I also continuation bet against them way too much. I did that a couple of times today with missed big cards and that's when it dawned on me. So hopefully this will improve my profitability from now on. Some hands are below:
I sucked out for once
This was my biggest hand of the session and there was some metagame involved here. This had three bet me the previous hand and then again on this one. I decided to call because I wanted to send the message that I won't be giving up when he 3 bets me . My hand was also a good one to win a big pot with against a three betting range if I hit the flop right. The flop was beautiful for my hand, and it was especially good against his range. I assigned him a range of TT+,AQs+,AKo, so there were a few hands I was already ahead of, and the rest I had at least 8 outs against. He ended up flopping top set, which is basically the worst hand in his range for me to see, but I hit my 8 outer and stacked him. I knew it was close equity wise, but after using poker stove, I found out it was almost exactly 50/50 without any weak/air hands in there (like 56s, or low pocket pairs).
Standard line
I had been raising quite a bit at this table, especially when there were limpers, so I knew this was bound to happen. I took my standard line and flat called intending to shove over a continuation bet on just about any flop (wouldn't do it on a KQJ, QJT, etc...). The flop came 98x which isn't bad but it still hits 88 and 99 hard, but there are still too many other hands I am ahead of in his range not to shove here. I actually love this line because your hand really looks like an AK/AQ semi-bluff and I often get snap called any over pair. Didn't get the full payoff here but still a decent pot.
More Metagame
This guy was playing aggressively and had 3 bet my button raise once before, so I felt his range was pretty wide. Like the first hand, I also wanted to establish that he wasn't going to get away with three betting me light. If he were to have shoved here, I would have been in an interesting spot. I would be getting just over 2:1 and according to Poker Stove, I am just slightly worse than a 2:1 dog against this assumed range: JJ+,AKs,AKo. I would probably still call just to set up a loose, crazy image that would hopefully get me payed off later.
I played about 40 minutes of .5/1 on two tables at UB. Pot limit Omaha is a very interesting game, and I still have a long way to go, but I really believe I could make some decent money on there just playing the lower limits. The players are pretty bad and love to gamble, so the swings would be large, but it's definitely +EV. I plan on playing more PLO in the future, so hopefully I can start writing about that intelligently...
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