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Three-betting my way to the poorhouse!

PLO

Posted by MaxPen on April 5, 2006

No, I didn't join the Palestine Liberation Organization, I have started to play Pot Limit Ohama.  Actually, I am playing PLO8 and I am loving it.
Honestly, I don't know anything about the game and I probably shouldn't even be playing, but everyone else seems to know even less then I do, which is always a good thing.  I'm not quite sure what to raise with before the flop, so I hardly ever raise.  I don't think you raise with much before the flop anyway.

I have bought in for the full amount at the $25 PL games on Party 3 times now, and each time I have doubled my buy in before leaving the table.  No doubt this is due to some great cards and beginers luck, but oh well.  I think I might start to split my time between Hold'em and PLO8.  Or, I might play two six max tables and two PLO8 tables at the same time.  I will report back how it goes.

Well, it is that time of the month again, the time where I wonder why I bonus chase.   I know that Titans will come overe and tell me how wrong I am, but I think bonus chasing is no longer for me.  He would be right in pointing out that $2/$4 6-max is not high enough to forgoe bonus chasing and I could make more being a whore, but I just hate it lately.  I think I am going to start concentrating my play on Full Tilt and Party Poker.  I get 27% rakeback on FT and they offer some nice stuff with their player points.  They are having a monthly promotion that lets you play in a WSOP freeroll that gives out 20 seats to the main event if you accumulate 10,000 player points in the month.  Obviously, no rakeback on Party, but the fish more then make up for it I think.  Plus, if I play enough and get into their VIP program, you can get some good offers and make some decent cash.

When I bonus whore, I find myself on stupid sites with no traffic and horrible software and I just end up disgusted with it.  So I will just stick to software I like and sites withi some traffic and take the hit on the bonus chasing.  I will also keep Stars around for some tournament play.  For the record, I say this about once a month and always head back to bonus chasing, so who the hell knows what I will end up doing. 

2 Responses to “PLO”

  1. titans01 said

    Your wrong. I just had to say that. lol If your having fun with what your doing then keep doing it. Bonus whoring can be a chore sometimes and I myself haven’t done as much of it that last month. You won’t lose a ton with rakeback at the 2/4 level and I can see you moving up to the higher limits in the next few months anyways. I played some limit O8 several months ago and really liked the game but haven’t tried any PLO8 yet. I look forward to reading more of your play at this game. Good luck.

  2. MaxPen said

    haha I know I’m wrong. I just think for my sanity and improving my play, it is the best option for me right now.

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