So, ever since I graduated, I've been trying to get a Pot Limit Omaha game going at the Hustler. Most people are familiar with No limit hold'em, PLO differs in that the most you can bet is whatever is in the pot at the given time and you are dealt four cards instead of two. It is a very very different game that seems similar enough to Hold'em that many people who play Hold'em will give it a spin.
On Monday, I finally got them to run a small stakes PLO game. It had 2-2 blinds with a 100-400 buyin. The game went really smoothly because the blinds are the game. It makes a pot sized raise preflop $8, and generally only needs a $2 chip to make it work. However, the guys who run the casino didn't like that for some reason and gave me a hard time for it. Whatever, right? Well they changed it to a 2-3 blind 100-500 buyin. This is bad for two reasons. First it allows someone to shortstack the game by buying in for around 30 big blinds, and then also makes calculating the pot way harder. Now a pot sized raise is $11 which means you need two $5 chips and a $1 chip. That's way worse. But I get no respect, so whatever, they don't listen to me. Can't do much else.
At the end of April, I won a WSOP ME seat on Pokerstars. I entered a $650 Sunday satellite and won one of the 57 seats. I don't know if I'll play yet, because if I choose not to play, I'll have $12,000 in cash. That's a lot of money and it might be better if I just don't play. If I can win another $10k before it starts, I might take my shot and try to play. I'd really, really like to play the WSOP ME, so I'm a bit torn.
The brown chip game at the Hustler ran last night (5/10 NLHE), and we made it a mix with 5-5 PLO. I won around $1500, which is a solid win. I won most of it on a big semi bluff that got there on the river.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
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