The Nasty PLO

Aladdin $1-2 Pot Limit Omaha, no cap
3 hours
+ $50

Aladdin $1-2 NL
4 hours
+ $80

When I got to Aladdin the NL game was full and packed with regulars. Eric was back in town, Patrick was in the game, Dealer John was sitting, and the Educated Donkey had a stack in front of him, too.

I started a Pot Limit Omaha game. Steve joined up and it began 5-handed. Within an hour, though, it was down to three-handed between me, the "Gambling Duke," and an aggressive guy who regularly plays $10-20 PLO in Michigan.

I felt off my game. One good thing about playing on the internet is you can easily practice different games, but I haven't been online and haven't played PLO in a while. Against most players in live PLO, it's pretty easy to read hands and figure out what everybody has, but it was hard to do against Michigan and the Gambling Duke cause they both bet a lot of draws, bluffs, and made hands. This game was hardcore. They were going to war like every hand and I was sniping at them from the corners. It was turning into a bloodbath and after three hours Steve quit the game out of frustration and I found myself a $50 winner.

After that I played NL for another four hours. Really card dead but got some chips by calling a $100 river bet with 57 on a 345TQ board. I just couldn't think of a good reason not to go with my read that the guy had a busted straight draw.