My Journey As A Professional Poker Player (19 Viewers)

[JMC9389]

We see a flop with

Board

Newer middle aged guy who bought in max and limped MP bets 15, we call with position, everyone else folds

Turn

He bets 50, we call

River

He bets 100. We sigh call, he turns over and wins

Oof, brutal river card. I might have been able to find a fold after that, but after that turn is tough.

With the nuances of PLO its even tougher to get away from it. Villain did a great job at extracting some value there. If this was NLHE, if I'm villain, I get crafty depending on the opponent and over bet the pot to look like I'm trying to steal it. The right opponent would pay that off thinking I was full of it.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Oof, brutal river card. I might have been able to find a fold after that, but after that turn is tough.

With the nuances of PLO its even tougher to get away from it. Villain did a great job at extracting some value there. If this was NLHE, if I'm villain, I get crafty depending on the opponent and over bet the pot to look like I'm trying to steal it. The right opponent would pay that off thinking I was full of it.

He's ahead on turn too, river didn't really change anything

Just got caught up in a big hand with nfd, nut straight draw plus two pair

My opponent flopped the nut straight

River slowed him down but I paid a big turn bet to draw and whiffed.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Made a couple full houses and nut straights to claw back up

 

[Anthony Martino]

Clawing back

 

[Anthony Martino]

LAG raises to 25 in EP, one caller, we pot holding

LAG only caller, has 190 behind, less than the size of the pot

Flop

We pot, he snaps with

We pair the on turn for a sweat, but the doesn't save us

 

[khp]

@Anthony Martino how close are optimal NLHE VPIPs to PLO ones?

 

[Anthony Martino]

@Anthony Martino how close are optimal NLHE VPIPs to PLO ones?

No idea lol, uh, er...it depends?

 

[khp]

At a full ring PLO game, roughly what is a winning TAG and a winning LAGs VPIP, roughly? What about in a 6 handed game?

No idea lol, uh, er...it depends?

 

[Anthony Martino]

At a full ring PLO game, roughly what is a winning TAG and a winning LAGs VPIP, roughly? What about in a 6 handed game?

I play live, not online, so don't really track those stats.

I had a super nit call me a loose player, but I view myself as pretty nitty

 

[Coyote]

At a full ring PLO game, roughly what is a winning TAG and a winning LAGs VPIP, roughly? What about in a 6 handed game?

This is taught in the advanced course only, not available on this forum

 

[Anthony Martino]

This is taught in the advanced course only, not available on this forum

Yes, uh, purchase my Masterclass for these and other made up numbers!

 

[khp]

I play live, not online, so don't really track those stats.

I had a super nit call me a loose player, but I view myself as pretty nitty

You must have some sense of how many hands you’re playing!

 

[Anthony Martino]

You must have some sense of how many hands you’re playing!

It varies on how many playable hands I get, how aggressive the game is preflop, etc

Some days I can fold for hours, other days I'm seeing lots of flops

 

[Anthony Martino]

Plus, time passes differently in the casino lol

 

[Coyote]

Some days I can fold for hours

When I attempt to do that as a host, in order to play optimally, I get comments, partly humorous and partly serious, like "play some poker you asshole, we might pay for your lousy sausages and coke and scotch".
Different factors coming in, in various situations.

 

[Anthony Martino]

When I attempt to do that as a host, in order to play optimally, I get comments, partly humorous and partly serious, like "play some poker you asshole, we might pay for your lousy sausages and coke and scotch".
Different factors coming in, in various situations.

It's a lot different in a home game. In the casino more noise and activity

Here is the equity of the LAG who called off almost half his stack pre against me. Change his paired 8's to a and at least he's 40%

Didn't go my way this time, but he's been stacked multiple times today so hoping I get the opportunity to get him next

 

[Anthony Martino]

Making full houses like nobodies business!

 

[Anthony Martino]

Called a preflop raise with

Five ways to a flop of

Original raiser bets pot, we let bottom set go

 

[Anthony Martino]

Flop top set on , call flop and turn bets, goes

We checkraise river, she shows and folds

 

[JMC9389]

Flop top set on , call flop and turn bets, goes

We checkraise river, she shows and folds

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Guessing she didn't have another heart

 

[Anthony Martino]

Guessing she didn't have another heart

She acted like she did, complaining she didn't need to hit another King.

But I've caught her speeding before and checkraised her earlier, so who knows?

 

[Anthony Martino]

Couple more hands then cashing out

 

[Anthony Martino]

In for $1,000 out for $1,586

A decent day, pretty swingy earlier but finished strong

 

[Anthony Martino]

Arrived and the 2/2 is running, got on the list. The 5/5 just called, got a seat short-stacking it.

Mr 8753 is in the mix with a max buy of 2500. Guy on his left with 1500 and myself and the others all on 500 minbuys

 

[Anthony Martino]

Guy just sat on my left with 2500

 

[Poker Zombie]

Good luck - it sounds like you are going to be getting it all-in pre in the next few minutes.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Good luck - it sounds like you are going to be getting it all-in pre in the next few minutes.

Button straddles to 20, we call in SB with

BB makes it 90, CO calls, button calls, we rip 470 all-in

BB repots and we go twice. He has QJT9 and makes 2 pair on 1st board, but I hold 2nd board to chop

 

[Blacksox1]

 

[pltrgyst]

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You're twelve days late...

 

[Anthony Martino]

You're twelve days late...

It's never too late to celebrate........AMERICA!