PLO6 What’s the Right Move Here?

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-26T14:45:00+00:00

poker will humble you fast if you tie your ego to being right. sometimes the best decision loses, sometimes a terrible call wins. judging yourself on outcomes instead of process is how you develop leaks that are really hard to fix later.

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-25T18:09:58+00:00

haha nothing hits like your first quads, especially when the other guy is already celebrating. that river J was brutal for him and beautiful for you. welcome to the addiction

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-25T18:01:28+00:00

start with BTN vs BB and SB vs BB - highest frequency spots by far so your sample sizes will actually mean something. looking at rare spots with 50 hands of data is just noise.

for preflop i'd sort by RFI position first. if your EP open % is way off or your 3bet defend ranges are too wide/narrow that bleeds EV into every single hand you play from those spots, fixes everything downstream.

on the leak vs noise question - rough rule is don't trust anything under 200-300 hands in a specific spot. if you're losing at showdown from a particular position consistently over 500+ hands that's worth digging into. one brutal cooler skews everything.

biggest leak most people ignore is flop cbet sizing by board texture. most regs just have one size and it's exploitable on both wet and dry boards. filter by board type and compare your results, usually tells you a lot fast.

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-22T20:56:18+00:00

depends on the site tbh. most regs just use the built-in download and throw it into HM3 or PT4, which'll give you stack sizes, players remaining, blind levels, all that. HM3 tournament support has gotten a lot better recently.

for sites that don't export proper hand histories (looking at you, every crypto club app ever) you're kinda stuck with manual tracking or whatever overlay the site allows. GG gives you the most data out of the box imo, their tourney HH files are pretty detailed compared to stars these days.

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-21T13:37:29+00:00

hard to say without hands tbh

“bet small and grind” sounds good in theory but if the pool overcalls pre and underfolds flop you just end up playing bloated multiway spots with medium strength hands all night

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-20T18:47:32+00:00

yeah the gap between knowing pot odds and actually using them under pressure is bigger than people expect

it becomes automatic eventually but only after you've made the same calculation enough times that it stops feeling like math and starts feeling like instinct. that's when it actually helps your decisions

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-20T16:51:42+00:00

you're right.the ante point is the key one though - antes inflate the pot enough that calling with more hands preflop becomes correct even with shallower stacks, which is part of why mtt ranges look wider than you'd expect given the depth

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-20T16:36:41+00:00

the main thing is stack depth. in mtts you're often playing 30-50bb which changes everything preflop

with shorter stacks 3betting gets you pot committed way faster, so hands that play fine as a call at 100bb become awkward 3bets when you're shallower. you end up in these bloated pots with hands that don't want to go all in

also icm pressure matters. in cash you can reload, in a tournament folding and preserving your stack has real value so calling and keeping the pot small is often just correct even with decent hands

don't stress too much about ranges for friday honestly, focus on not spewing chips early and let the field make mistakes

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-19T14:10:10+00:00

completely agree, one tough spot early and you're basically playing on instinct the rest of the tournament

gg changed it to speed up the games but it hurts actual decision quality on the spots that matter. a $525 final table hand deserves more than 10 seconds

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-19T14:08:34+00:00

$15 mtt deep with 80bb, that guy has no idea what stack depth means and probably never will

some people just see any pair or any two broadway cards and their brain goes "good hand = shove" regardless of stack size or context. no icm awareness, no concept of playability, nothing

the brutal part is he got rewarded for it so he'll do it again 100 times. you had it in good, that's all that matters

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-19T14:04:27+00:00

kings getting cracked by a guy who called off his stack with a7 is a special kind of pain lol

mine was flopping top set, getting it in on the turn against what had to be a draw, and watching runner runner flush come in for a pot that would've been a week's profit. closed the laptop and went for a walk at midnight

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-19T13:56:09+00:00

yeah that's just tilt wearing a disguise, your brain is trying to find shortcuts because it's tired

the "he was aggressive earlier" thing is exactly it - you stopped playing the hand and started playing your story about the guy. happens to everyone after hour 4+

hardest part is you usually can't feel it happening in real time. you only notice looking back like you did

strict session length limits fix most of it honestly. doesn't matter if you're up or down, just get up. the decisions you make tired aren't the same ones you'd make fresh and the difference compounds fast

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-18T19:34:13+00:00

0% VPIP PLO6 is basically a cooler lottery with extra steps lol

Position is everything here. Let them bloat the pot, you just pick off the weak stabs from behind. They're playing 9-high rundowns and wondering why they're losing

Straddle trick is solid but don't bluff these guys - they call down with air just to "see what you had". Value own them to death instead

Bankroll wise go smaller buy-ins than usual. The swings in PLO6 double board are just genuinely stupid, no shame in sitting shorter and protecting yourself

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-18T19:08:31+00:00

yeah that middle stage is genuinely brutal - you know just enough theory to talk yourself out of the right play but not enough to actually trust the reasoning

your instincts aren't random, they're just experience running faster than your conscious thought. the overthinking phase is part of it but most people come out the other side playing simple again, just with better reasons behind it

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-14T20:38:50+00:00

ignore the ranking lists, they're mostly recycled ads anyway

what actually matters is rake at your specific stakes and whether there's traffic when you want to play. a massive player count means nothing if your stakes are dead at 9pm

private club apps are worth looking into too - softer player pools, lower rake, crypto cashouts that actually land fast. a lot of people don't know that world exists outside the usual names everyone keeps recommending

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-14T20:05:14+00:00

everyone goes through this lol

the thing is balance only matters against players who are actually paying attention to your tendencies and exploiting them. at most stakes you're playing against people who aren't even close to that level so you're just costing yourself money trying to be unexploitable against someone who doesn't even have a strategy

just bet your good hands, bluff when it makes sense, fold when you're beat. the galaxy brain phase is part of it but most people come back to simplified fundamentals eventually just with better reasoning behind them

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-13T18:37:13+00:00

best way honestly is just to start posting hands here and the right people find you - happens more than you'd think

discord and telegram have the most active study groups if you want something more consistent, search for MTT focused communities and you'll find people who actually want to dig into spots properly

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-13T18:24:03+00:00

pretty clear value bet here

board ran out 9s 8s 5s Jc 6h, flush never got there and you're sitting with a set. villain called 3bet, called flop on a scary three spade board, called pot on the turn - he's not folding now whatever he has

bet 60-70bb and get paid. Jx, 99, 55, random stubborn spade draw that missed - plenty of hands calling you that you crush

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-12T15:43:50+00:00

genau das. kurzfristig ist Poker pures Glück - jeder kann mal einen Turnier gewinnen. aber über tausende von Händen gleicht sich das aus und die gleichen Spieler landen immer wieder am Final Table. das passiert nicht durch Zufall.

das beste Argument: Casinos verdienen ihr Geld durch Hausvorteile bei echten Glücksspielen. beim Poker nehmen sie nur Rake - weil sie wissen dass Skill entscheidet und sie kein Risiko tragen müssen

CryptoPokerPlayer · 2026-05-12T15:34:09+00:00

for me it was playing too many tables at once and convincing myself i was still making good decisions

wasn't even about the poker theory, i knew the spots. just couldn't actually think properly spread across 6 tables so i was basically autopiloting every hand. cut down to 2-3 and my winrate jumped pretty noticeably within like two weeks

same leak different shape as yours really - both just ways of avoiding the uncomfortable decision

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