Healthy night of PLO

Pretty absurd night last night. Got to the casino a bit later than I expected-around 7:30. Immediately got seated at the must move 2/5 table while I waited for the 5/10 seat or 1/2/5 PLO. First hand I play I more than double up thanks to some pretty bad play.

Bottom Two-Shiiiip

We are playing 6 handed and there is a ton of limping and limp calling going on. This hand I am in c/o...a really bad limping fish limps and I make it $20 with 67. BTN calls and limper calls.

(POT ~65) Flop 67J Limper checks I go 45, BTN calls and limper reluctantly calls. I range the BTN on a J KJ, QJ, JT, etc. and limper has a lot of gutshots, fl draws along with 1 pair hands.

(POT ~200) Turn 2 Limper ch, I go 200 as I feel their calling ranges are super inelastic here...TP is never folding and fish is never folding a draw IMO. BTN shoves for 50 more and limper calls all in for about the same. I call obv

(POT ~950) River 4 BTN tables QQ like a hero and limper mutters and mucks.

Anyway I continue to LAG it up and then they finally call the 1/2/5 PLO and the game is an absolute chitshow.

First hand dealt I call an EP 10 raise with 4678 and 5 take flop.

Flop 56T Raiser leads I pot and get get it in vs. AATx...lol

ProPokerTools Omaha Hi Simulation

585,480 trials (Exhaustive)

board: 56T

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
AATx	31.96%	186,551	1,152
4h8h6s7s	68.04%	397,777	1,152

Turn 4 and I scoop.

Then I started playing super LAG. I am probably playing like 35/30 in a FR PLO game if not more aggro.

One of the things I think I have gotten a lot better about over the last year is understanding my image and adjusting to other players who play against that image poorly. One particular woman had no clue and kept trying to "trap" me in a hand. Of course, that doesn't really work in PLO. here is a hand where she got cute pre and I end up scooping a pretty big hand.

Top 2; gutter and J hi flush draw is plenty for me!

So I am raising a ton and elect to raise J987 OTB to 25 over 2 limps. She then more or less min-rasies it back to 55 from BB. 1 limper calls (pretty good young player) and I call.

Her range is pretty much only big pairs AA or KK. She is not raising any rundowns or similar ds broadway type hands.

(Pot ~170) Flop J92 She leads 120; dude raises to 400; I stuff for 600 effective; she calls off her last 350ish; he calls off

Turn and river are bricks and I scoop against:

ProPokerTools Omaha Hi Simulation

221,778 trials (Exhaustive)

board: J92

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
Jc9h8c7d	50.01%	110,786	270
AAKc5c	18.22%	39,795	1,204
AcTcTX	31.77%	69,723	1,474

So while it was pretty standard for me and the other dude, her preflop sizing is terrible and her call off is really, really bad. Having said that I doubt I am ever folding in this hand so maybe her PF play doesn't really matter in this specific hand.

But then my LAG image gets me another stack off. This time in another really bad post flop play by villain trying to "punish" my aggressiveness.

Do I ever Miss

I raise AT96 to 25 over 2 limpers and go 4 ways to flop 1 of which is a clueless Asian.

(Pot ~100) Flop 663 Checks to me and I go 80..folds to Asian on my right who then raises to 225 with 250 behind. Given my image I just stuff it so I can just never level myself into a fold...lol. He then gets mad and considers folding...wtf. Finally shows KKxx and says let's gamble while calling off. yes please lets! Never showed his side cards but claimed he had a gutshot too so I guess KK75??

Runsout 9, 4 and I scoop a ~1100 pot with only 100 in pre-flop...lol.

All added up to a +3k night where I really never had my stack threatened in a big pot.   Really think image at the table is such a huge part of the live game that a lot of player's don't get.

Was a good night and will probably be back on TH night.

PLO Hands and a 2/5 What Would You Do?

Here are a couple of PLO hands from my time in Vegas at WSOP. One is an interesting (or perhaps not so interesting bluff) and one is just a dumb bad beat. 

PLO River Bluff

This is a 1/2/5 hand from Rio. There is no BTN straddle on this hand so I over limp AT58 from the c/o. 5 to flop.

(Pot ~25) Flop T92 Sb leads for 25. He is a decent LAG. Prob bets in some spots he shouldn't but prob hand reads better than others at this level. UTG is terrible PLO player, he calls. 1 more call, I call. 4 to turn.

(Pot ~125) Turn 9 Checks to me. I'm not sure about betting here as 4 ways someone should have a 9 IMO.

(Pot ~125) River 5 An absolute brick. SB leads 80 and UTG calls rather quickly. I feel like there are a ton of missed draws here and at least one 9. I don't think a raise reps a lot other than a terrible played TT (since we are $1k+ deep I am always betting turn with TT) or maybe like 9875 which I would definitely raise given action. But given the SB read I feel like he will fold most non-FH hands, UTG is a bit of a wild card but my guess is that he has a weakish 9, J9-K9 IMO. If he has A9 he might hero call. But I raise to $325. SB folds, UTG keeps saying he has no idea what to do, then releases. 

Good hand, thought it through and though I don't like trying to bluff a fish I didn't think he could call with much of his range and was fortunately right.

Fish gets Lucky

This is a funny one at 2/5 PLO at Venetian. Villain here is a massive Euro fish with no idea what is going on.

Few limps up front and I go 40 with 9TJQ from c/o. My image is super crazy as I had earlier re-pot isolated a shortstack with 9763ds with nearly a full pot of dead money in a scooped with 2 pair. Anyway, sb calls, UTG calls, limper calls and all else fold.

(Pot ~175) Flop 578 check to me..I check it back can prob bet but with no  blockers and decently deep stacks (I have $2k+, SB has $1.5k). i decide to peel for free in 4 way pot.

(Pot ~175) Turn is bingo T SB ch, UTG Full Pots for 175, limper folds, I repot to $700, SB folds, UTG snap calls with $140 more behind. 

(Pot ~1575) River 8 He stuffs $140...I reluctantly call...he shows...T875 with no   Awesome! Then begins teaching me that I should have folded river since board paired. I choose not to inquire as to what he thought I had on turn as it seems pointless.

Oh well. Get most of his stack in as big favorite but w/e. Not exactly sure of his suits but know he didn't have clubs.

ProPokerTools Omaha Hi Simulation

40 trials (Exhaustive)

board: 587T

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
9cThJcQd	82.50%	33	0
5s7h8hTd	17.50%	7	0

What would you do here?

One more 2/5 NLHE Hand and we flop Bottom Set!

Chick goes 15 up front, 3 call and I call BB with 22...she has about 1200, I have callers covered with about 2k. 9T2r. SB is tight older dude and leads for 20 into 75...I raise to 75...chick calls. Super bad lag goes 225 with only 250 behind. SB folds.

Ranges

Chick-Should have an overpair here. I don't think she is folding to bad lag. She is not one to let go of OP easily.

Bad Lag-I have him beat here like always. He can have a lot of 1 pair hands, draws (which she might be blocking), perhaps T9, and believe it or not this guy has some complete airballs here IMO. He is likely only folding airballs which should be the smallest part of his range.

Choices

1) Raise to ~500 which may fold out chick.
2) Flat and hope that she spazzes out or at least calls his raise.

If we call are we just leading all turns or c/r turn?