Stick your AA in your ass you fat fuck The hand started with a cut-off 3-bet with a strong pictured connected PLO hand. The Big blind cold-overcalled presumably with the type of PLO hand which he wanted to see a flop with, but not AAxx which almost everyone would 4-bet. The original raiser (who was… Read More »
You might find it hard to believe, but poker hasn’t always been my first love. In my younger days, I was a keen chess player. When I was sixteen my friend Dan and I stayed in Manchester for a week, whilst we played in the British junior championships. Our accommodation was terrible. The only… Read More »
The Poker Gods giveth, they taketh away. Things have been going brilliantly in the PokerStars Scoop low buyin ($109) Main Event up until now. The combination of being extremely aggressive AND making a lot of big hands has allowed me to build a large chip stack, now comfortably in the money and standing in the… Read More »
I return to my efforts in the SCOOP low buyin ($109) main event. In part one I had managed to build a big chip stack with a combination of brazen aggression and running well. Having a clear chip lead on my table, I continued to steal, squeeze and 3bet mercilessly, knowing that I had everyone… Read More »
Yes this is primarily a FLO8 blog, but we do dabble in NLH from time to time, especially when events like SCOOP come along. Even for the low $109 ME, you should have a hefty bankroll to be able to buy in direct, so I decided to try the satellites and at the 2nd attempt… Read More »
For the keen online player, Pokerstars‘ Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is a must play event. This year’s SCOOP 2014 takes place from May 4-18, featuring 45 events. Highlights include the $10,300 Main Event (qualificaton recommended!) but there are also an array of cheaper events and qualifiers. On Friday night I chanced my hand in… Read More »
Hello all. Today’s question comes from Ian ‘Wild Man’ Murphy from Arizona. Ian asks :”What are the best Omaha hi lo starting hands?‘ Nice question Ian. We covered starting hands in some depth as part of our recent series on winning strategies. Here are the hands which we identified as premium. Top of the range:… Read More »
In the previous two posts on we looked at premium and speculative FLO8 starting hands. Time now to explore how to play flawed and junk starting hands. This can form part of your winning strategy. Flawed hands The following hands may look pretty but are actually flawed and usually best avoided. In a full ring… Read More »
In the last post we looked at premium starting hands. This time we turn out attention to speculative starting hands. In the right circumstances these can make a lot of money and should form part of any winning strategy. On other occasions you may want to discard speculative hands pre flop. Let’s look at the… Read More »
The premium starting hands are a small select group of hands which you should play on all occasions and against all opponents. To a much greater extent than in Hold’em, you will need to re-evaluate how strong your hand is post flop, but each of the hands below will have a lot of equity pre… Read More »