Pud's Poker Progress / Matthew Pitt / 02 May 2011 /

Before you start leaving comments saying how I have misspelled Pot Limit Omaha I'll let you know that it was completely intentional. With it being the month of May and me wanting to learn how to play Omaha I thought why not Christen it Omayha month for me on Betfair Poker? I know it is cheesy but whatever.

Lifetime I have probably only played around 6,000 hands of Omahahahaha and although I am up a little bit of cash during this time I also think a large chunk of that is down to good old Lady Luck shining down on me from wherever it is she shines from. The game is exciting, can be extremely profitable but we all know what a variance monster it can be too, something that has always put me off from playing the game on a more regular basis.

Long-term readers will know about my constant battle with the mental game of poker and until recently I have not been able to do anything about it but thanks to the book by the same name, written by Jared Tendler and Barry carter I feel I am now ready to take on the challenges that playing Pot Limit Omaha will throw at me. A review of the book is coming up this week so I will not give too much away until then but I honestly feel like I can take PLO by the horns and not give a monkeys about the variance in the game. It should be a good challenge anyway.

I am not setting any monetary or volume based goals for the month of May, instead I am going to set myself the following targets. Firstly, I am going to attempt to play the best I possibly can each time I sit down at the virtual felt. All too often I play poker just because I can, sometimes on auto-pilot, but this month I will endeavour to give 100% every time I pick my seat.

Secondly, I am aiming to spend at least half of my playing time studying the game either through the hands I have played or through various forums and books. Although I know the basics of PLO I am also a novice at the game and there is so much I do not know. For example, I know the vast majority of odds and probabilities for No Limit Hold'em but I am completely lost from time to time when playing PLO. This knowledge comes with time but you can also speed matters along by studying the game.

Thirdly, I am aiming to blog at least twice a week with my progress, or potentially lack of it, so that players who are wanting to delve into this amazingly crazy game can see how PLO treats newcomers! I'll be playing mainly five-handed PLO with blinds of $0.10 on Betfair Poker under the alias Y0rk5h1r3Pud so if you see me on there say hi and try not to take my hard-earned monies!

Until next time thanks for reading and best of luck at the tables!

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