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Proceeding with our PLO odds exploration, let’s use the ProPokerTools “count” feature (in the beta) again to find out how often our standard preflop range hits a suited flop, two-tone and monotone.

It has been about three weeks that the new ProPokerTools syntax is out, and it enables users to define much more precise ranges, thanks to the intersection and grouping operators. The textfields have also been fixed, now allowing ranges of much greater length.

Another nice new feature is the count form (available in the beta site), [...]

In poker and many other games, a significant difference between the newcomer and the more experienced player is the ability to devise a plan and anticipate how the situation could evolve. Of course, one does not know (hopefully) what cards will fall or what one’s opponents will do, but it is not too complicated to [...]

Using the preflop range we defined in this article, let’s examine how often an opponent will hit something valuable on the prototypical K72 rainbow flop. Please check the previous similar articles for extra information about the charts and what the columns mean.

Non-paired starting hands have a 2% chance of hitting top pair/two-pair, and about 0.2% [...]

I have reviewed many ebooks since seanpoker.net is up, and there is a controversial topic I deliberately avoided to some extent so far: their price. Naturally I would say it if I felt a book was anywhere near worth its price (up to now it did not happen), but that still leaves a wide margin [...]

We previously examined some PLO starting hands, but it would also be interesting to put a weight on them using combinatorics. This would enable us to make more educated guesses against our opponents’ ranges, and later on we will be able to study how likely it is for them to hit various flops.

The following charts [...]

“Why would I read poker books”, one might ask. “Most great players haven’t read a single poker book in their life. Practice is what matters; just play and you’ll improve your game if you think about what you’re doing”.

While these points may be true, at least to some extent, they essentially stem from this simple [...]

The autopilot mode is defined as a set of rules that apply to frequent, similar situations. When there is nothing special to take into consideration, it does the job with minimal attention, saving your time and efforts for more demanding tasks.

In poker, a lot of situations can be grouped into categories that arise more or [...]

We know that a gapless rundown is the type of hand that hit flops very well, but it is harder to come with precise numbers given the lack of tools such as Flopzilla for Omaha. I tried to enumerate these flops in a spreadsheet and calculate the odds of each flop, and here are the [...]

It is common wisdom that being predictable is a bad thing. If your opponents can easily figure out the strength of your hand from your actions, then it is all too easy for them to make a good decision with their hand, whether it’s folding their weak hand, valuebetting their likely winner or even bluffing [...]