Rhodeman77
Straight Flush
This is a hand from my game this past Friday night. We had a few of the players that like more mixed games especially after the last mixed game I had. We even started the night out with 2 rounds of it 4 handed until we filled up.
This hand takes place much later in the night when we’re down to 6 handed and switched the game up to 2 rounds of SOHE and 1 round of PLO.
Notes on relevant players:
Hero ($800 ish stack) is UTG and straddles for $5. I like to do this because most people have been limping unless they have AA or maybe KK to put in Hold’em. So if I wake up with a strong hand I can raise a lot more preflop than if they all limp for $2.
Hero is viewed as an action player, but more conservative than the other action players. Big bets usually mean big hands, but could also mean monster draws too, rarely a pure bluff.
UTG+1 is Brandon. ($1,000 stack) He and Hero have been playing poker together for 15+ years. We would often play heads up PLO after everyone else has left until 6am. We know each other’s game about as well as 2 people can. We ended up playing heads up PLO this night from 3-5am even.
Brandon is super loose preflop and tends to be pretty aggro too. Solid hand and range reading skills, not afraid to get his money in if he think thinks he can get a fold or if the pot is so big he can’t get away from it! He will often play hands blind preflop from outside while smoking.
Button: Dustin. ($1,000 stack) casino PLO player. Loves the action. He has only been playing poker for about 3 years now, the last 2 almost PLO exclusively. His game has come a long way in that time. Very aggressive pre and post flop. Loves putting pressure on when he holds key card blockers to the nuts. Hold’em game is pretty weak from lack of playing it.
So on to the action!
Preflop there is 1 fold and everyone else limps to Hero on the straddle who has
in PLO and an absolute monster of 
in Hold’em and checks his option.
Flop is
Pot has $25 in it, action checks to Hero. What do we do, check or bet?
This hand takes place much later in the night when we’re down to 6 handed and switched the game up to 2 rounds of SOHE and 1 round of PLO.
Notes on relevant players:
Hero ($800 ish stack) is UTG and straddles for $5. I like to do this because most people have been limping unless they have AA or maybe KK to put in Hold’em. So if I wake up with a strong hand I can raise a lot more preflop than if they all limp for $2.
Hero is viewed as an action player, but more conservative than the other action players. Big bets usually mean big hands, but could also mean monster draws too, rarely a pure bluff.
UTG+1 is Brandon. ($1,000 stack) He and Hero have been playing poker together for 15+ years. We would often play heads up PLO after everyone else has left until 6am. We know each other’s game about as well as 2 people can. We ended up playing heads up PLO this night from 3-5am even.
Brandon is super loose preflop and tends to be pretty aggro too. Solid hand and range reading skills, not afraid to get his money in if he think thinks he can get a fold or if the pot is so big he can’t get away from it! He will often play hands blind preflop from outside while smoking.
Button: Dustin. ($1,000 stack) casino PLO player. Loves the action. He has only been playing poker for about 3 years now, the last 2 almost PLO exclusively. His game has come a long way in that time. Very aggressive pre and post flop. Loves putting pressure on when he holds key card blockers to the nuts. Hold’em game is pretty weak from lack of playing it.
So on to the action!
Preflop there is 1 fold and everyone else limps to Hero on the straddle who has
in PLO and an absolute monster of in Hold’em and checks his option.Flop is
Pot has $25 in it, action checks to Hero. What do we do, check or bet?
. Granted the 
or 
gives you a modest flush redraw but you're still proceeding with caution.
