Posts Tagged ‘PLO’
The Biggest Mistakes Hold’em Players Make in PLO Tournaments (and How to Fix Them)
PLO tournaments have one of the biggest edges in poker. Prize pools are growing, fields are soft, and on the surface the game looks like Hold’em with two extra cards. That last assumption is exactly why the fields stay soft. Two-time bracelet winner Dylan Weisman recently sat down with Brad Owen, one of the most…
Read MoreSneak Peek Inside Crushing PLO Tournaments with Dylan Weisman
PLO tournaments are still one of the softest formats in poker. The fields are weak, the prize pools are huge, and until now, nobody has really built a serious course around how to actually beat them. That’s what makes Crushing PLO Tournaments different. Taught by Dylan Weisman, the course is built on custom solver work…
Read More5 Key Hands from Dylan Weisman’s $530 PLO Final Table Run
Dylan Weisman recently shared a highlight reel from his second-place finish in a $530 PLO MTT on ClubWPT Gold, and it’s packed with interesting decisions across all stages of the tournament. Rather than walk through all the hands from the video, let’s focus on a handful of the most instructive spots. Let’s break down five…
Read MoreICM vs Chip Leader: How Dylan Weisman Navigates a Tough PLO Final Table Spot
In this preview from his upcoming Crushing PLO Tournaments course on Upswing, Dylan Weisman walks through a hand from a $75,000 Triton PLO final table at WSOP Paradise. The following video comes from his “Plan Explained” section, and it’s a great example of how ICM pressure, stack dynamics, and preflop decisions all play a role…
Read MorePlay More Hands, Win More Pots: 5 Tips for PLO MTT Success
Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) tournaments are a completely different animal from No-Limit Hold’em. If you try to carry over your standard NLHE strategy (tight opens, limited limping, range c-betting), you’re going to get run over and bleed chips in ways you’re not even aware of. The structure of PLO MTTs (no rake, big blind ante, multiway…
Read MoreWhat NL Players Don’t Realize They Already Know About PLO
Taking the PLOnge (Part 2) It is very tempting to draw analogies between NLHE hands/situations and PLO hands/situations… …but sometimes such analogies can actually do more harm than good, and even the best ones have their limits. This is because there are many elements of PLO that simply cannot be mapped to NLHE analogues. That…
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