I'll give them credit for being a lot more low limit PLO vids than Card Runners but I'm really not overly thrilled with them yet. They do seemed aimed at players who've never read a book or played PLO before which is good. But the latest video I tried to watch was from Poker Monkey (Rhys). It was horrible. His 1st video wasn't bad but it was on Poker Room (On Game Network) and was 3-4 handed most of the video. He did an ok job in that one I thought but I didn't really want to watch a 3 handed video so I stopped. The next one he did a review in Omaha Tracker which I thought would be a good idea because he just hi light the hands he played. But he played so bad in that video I just stopped it. He was obv tilting and admitted he might have been tilting in the video. Not saying it doesn't happen to all of us but if you're making a training video why show how badly you were playing? Just saying well I was tilted and shouldn't have played that way doesn't make up for it. There was a hand where he called down a weak pair on a paired board, he 4 bet all in on the turn with a Kd on on a 3 diamond board with Ad. Bluffing the naked nut flush isn't that uncommon but in a low limit game 4 betting it all in against a guy who is a station probably isn't good. Next hand he's min donk leading into the guy who min raises, and Poker Monkey is min 3 betting it back. Really really stupid play and he's saying how he was just toying with the guy or something. IDK I was very unhappy with the quality of play in that video.
I'm going to try to watch a couple more of his videos but if they are anything like the last one I'll just skip his future videos. I still have a couple other instructors to watch and I have a lot of Ribbo's videos to watch as well. I just wanted to check out the other instructors today.
I didn't get to watch any videos last night. It was one of my friend's birthdays and another of our friends was in from out of town so we all got together and smoked some cigars and had some drinks. About 10pm we decided we were hungry and one of our friends is a chef in a resteraunt so we go to grocery store and make some awesome steak and pork tenderloin kabobs. Course by the time we got back and got everything prepared it was midnight before we had the food on the grill lol Luckily we didn't wake up his wife but he had to be at work 4 hours after we left his house. GG sleep lol
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Watching a MissBanana video now. I know he's doing videos for CR too and I've watched one or two of them there but I really enjoyed his Stox video. He plays a very LAG style in 6 max but does a good job explaining his thinking process and why he's making the plays he's making. I really wish he had more videos here.
Also downloading some HU LHE videos from Bryce. Just because a year or so ago when I was doing some HU NL SNGs and was thinking of going back to LHE I really was curious about his HU style as I've never played HU LHE. So I got the week trial and it will be a good break from PLO vids.
I'm getting real restless and may put in a small session on Stars tonight. Download Omaha Manager and get a real good feel for my stats and using a HUD there as well.
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Just watched my 1st Onassis video and its so frustrating to watch. He talks so sloooowwww and he acts on the table even slower. I don't think English is his 1st language but I could be wrong. He has a very heavy accent sounds European. But I can handle that if he would speed up his play and his talking. Its like watching a video a in slow motion. Its pretty painful. Watching another Ribbo video where he reviews a students game where the student plays pretty bad. Its ok I guess, kind of humorous but not very educational. I mean its still just 101 Omaha play.
I have no problem with drilling in preflop decisions. Hell The video I've gotten the most use out of was a Brian Towsend video at hgh stakes where he still preaches hand selection and all but he goes more in depth in post flop lines and decisions. And almost every lower limit video just keeps a very basic approach, drill in starting hands and putting in action on the obv boards.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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