From The Ground Up
PLO Edition
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLO GUIDE
Run It Once Pro Thomas Emter is your guide through the extensive 54 video course covering all of the ins and outs of Pot Limit Omaha.
Beginning with the basics including bankroll management, understanding rake and variance, and how to study the game, Thomas establishes the foundation required for success at the tables.
- Solid preflop fundamentals
- Playing 3-bet pots from all positions
- GTO basics with exploitative adjustments
- Soft skills like software/tools, avoiding rake traps, and understanding variance
- Cold-calling, squeezing, and 4-betting
- Deep stack adjustments
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Introduction, Game Fundamentals, and Study Excellence
Course intro, bankroll management, Variance, GTO/Exploitative Play
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17:16
Course Introduction
Welcome to From the Ground Up: PLO. This video walks you through what to expect from this course and how to best utilize the concepts discussed to improve your PLO games.
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28:49
Tools, Tactics & Study Approach
Mandatory study tools to excel at the game and outperform the competition. How and when to use study software such as Vision GTO Trainer. The benefits of private coaching.
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30:43
Bankroll Management & Variance in PLO
An illustration of how swingy PLO can be and why a conservative bankroll management strategy will help you climb through the stakes in a low risk manner.
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14:48
Rake Traps - Choosing the Right Poker Site
Rake is the biggest enemy of your winrate. This video touches on how important it is to play in a good rake environment and how high rake impacts our overall strategy.
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30:51
Transitioning to PLO from NLHE
Major mistakes NL players make when transitioning to PLO and a focus on where edges in PLO can be gained including preflop hand selection, equity realization, SPR, and equity smoothness.
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19:24
GTO Versus Exploitative Approach
How shall we construct our decision-making process when it comes to playing as close to a GTO strategy as possible versus adapting to how our opponents play? How can we maximize our EV? Why we should always play and think exploitative.
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39:27
The Importance of Self-Awareness & Deep Work
A focus on why we should be extremely mindful and alert when playing and why absorption of information of our opponents is of extreme importance.
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22:25
Player Types, Color Coding & Table Selection
Defining the different types of opponents we will face and subsequent impacts on our overall strategy.
Preflop Mastery
Raise First In Ranges, Limpers, 3-Betting, Squeezing, 4-Bets
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41:55
Opening Ranges in Early Position
A deep dive into hand selection and focusing on hand selection/adjustments in loose player pools, which hands represent the highest EV, and why we should use GTO only as a baseline.
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48:03
Opening Ranges in Late Position and the SB
A continuation of the preivious video focusing on opening in late position and the small blind.
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49:10
Cold Calling In Position
A discussing on the importance of not cold calling excessively, instead having a solid cold call range coupled with an aggressive 3Bet strategy.
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30:34
Cold Calling Out of Position (Blind Defence)
A deep dive into hand selection and focusing on adjustments in loose player pools with a focus on why we should not cold call from the SB in high rake environments.
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39:39
Cold Calling Multiway
A close look at the myth that we should be calling wider in multiway pots due to the improved pot odds we are presented with.
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56:06
In Position 3Bet Strategy
A discussion of the major components that qualify a hand for 3Betting and the major flaws of hands people tend to mistakenly 3Bet.
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48:47
Out of Position 3Bet Strategy
How positional disadvantage impacts our 3Betting range.
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33:00
Squeezing In and Out of Position
How to adjust our 3Betting range when there is a cold caller involved. Includes a focus on how to adjust versus players who won't fold preflop and how to react versus AAxx heavy 4Bettors.
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47:18
Facing 3Bets In Position
Early Position vs Small Blind; We dive into the problem of why people underfold vs 3bets and why folding to some 3bets brings us max EV in these games all while creating awareness of our opponents 3bet range.
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50:34
Facing 3Bets Out of Position
We explore how our opponents build their ranges and how that dictates our actions while touching on the concepts of equity smoothness, equity realization, postitional disadvantage.
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38:42
4Bet Strategy
While AAxx is obvious, we explore how to loosen our 4Bet range beyond aces and when it's appropriate to do so.
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47:21
Facing 4Bets
How to react as the 3bettor/squeezer vs a AAxx heavy 4bet range is discussed.
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26:17
Deepstack Play (200bb effective)
We look at how to adjust our ranges for opening/coldcalling/3betting/4betting when playing deep and the impact to our raise-first-in ranges.
Postflop / Flop
Single Raised Pots, Leading, Multiway Situations
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36:18
Betsize Selection on Flop textures
We look at different flop textures and explaining which sizings to choose and why.
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34:46
Range vs Range
The importance of thinking in ranges and the concepts of range and polarity advantage are discussed.
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53:48
Single Raised Pot Out Of Position (as PFR) – Cbet Strategy
We are out of position as the preflop raiser and discuss how to build a proper Cbet range while balancing the many factors that we have to consider including our opponent, population tendencies, and our own image.
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45:22
Single Raised Pot In Position (as PFR) – Cbet Strategy
Our overall Cbet strategy is on display and we weigh the wide calling ranges of our opponents, the importance of positional advantage, and how to exploit the notion that the population is not leading enough.
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41:51
Single Raised Pot In Position (vs PFR) – Facing CBet
We get to the flop as the in position player and are facing a Cbet from our opponent and must decide on our course of action. Careful consideration is given to future street playability and real hand examples are looked at in this installment.
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43:45
Single Raised Pot Out Of Position (vs PFR) - Facing CBet
We look at how to react when facing a Cbet when in position in a heads-up pot and use hand examples to illustrate the theoretical concepts discussed initially.
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36:06
Multiway Single Raised Pot Out Of Position
We find ourselves out of position in a multiway pot and discuss how to build our range and proceed with caution in these trickey scenarios.
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45:25
Multiway Single Raised Pots In Position
We play as the button against the cutoff and big blind in this scenario and examine how going three way to the flop impacts our cbet frequency compared to a heads-up pot and which boards are best suited for a cbet.
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52:14
3Bet Pots In Position as 3Bettor
So we 3Bet preflop and our opponent called and we need to figure out how to proceed. We make use of a simulation that assumes our opponent does not fold any hand to a 3Bet which is common for low/mid stakes players.
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36:15
3Bet Pots Out Of Position as 3Bettor
Arguably one of the most difficult spots in PLO is playing as the 3Bettor while out of position is looked at in this installment with a discussion of which boards favor us and which our opponent as well as the merits of a two-size approach when betting.
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43:40
3Bet Pots In Position vs 3Bettor
Reacting to our opponents Cbets in an often over-Cbet scenario is the focus with hand examples and population exploits discussed in detail.
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48:12
3Bet Pots Out Of Position vs 3Bettor
Reacting vs CBets, when stabbing makes sense, and exploiting the fact that the population is over Cbetting in the scenarios is examined with the concept of equity shifts being revisited.
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25:21
3Bet Pots Deepstacked
One of the most difficult situations in the game is explored with adjustments comparing 200bb to 100bb scenarios and the Impact on cbet-frequencies, sizings, and the importance of SPR.
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52:30
Multiway Squeezed Pots In Position
We play from the perspective of the button or cutoff in these multiway squeezed pots with a particular focus on population tendencies and opponent ranges.
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46:35
Multiway Squeezed Pots Out Of Position
We look at playing squeezed pots when out of position and how playing against wider ranges impacts our cbet frequency.
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33:52
4Bet Pots as 4bettor
We put the 4th bet in preflop and must decide how to approach later streets.
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45:48
4Bet Pots vs 4bettor
Should we lead? Should we stack off? Is check-folding an option? We look at different board textures to see which course of action makese sense.
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41:24
4Bet Multiway Pots? - It Happens a Ton at These Stakes
In what is an overly common scenario at lowstakes, we look at multiway pots with lots of money going in preflop and discuss when to stack off.
Postflop / Turn & River
Delayed C-betting, Turn and River Transitions
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50:16
Single Raised Pot In Position Turn & River Transition as Cbettor
Building a barreling range while remaining aware of who is favored by certain turns and rivers is examined.
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49:17
Single Raised Pot Out Of Position Turn & River Transition as Cbettor
When we're faceing multiple barrels and examining the ranges that our opponent types have in this scenario are the focus of this installment with hand examples backing up our lessons.
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37:58
Single Raised Pot In Position Turn & River Transition vs Cbettor
The importance of understanding the type of opponent we're playing is discussed and the ranges they arrive at various situations is examined before looking at hand examples.
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48:15
Single Raised Pot Out of Position Turn & River Transition vs Cbettor
We look at when to calldown and lead with an emphasis on thinking in ranges and paying attention to opponents tendencies and who the turn/river card favors. A few hand examples are presented to further illustrate the points from the lesson.
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43:44
Single Raised Pot - Checking to the River
The importance of attacking these spots and how autopilot in these situations can be giving up tons of value is discussed.
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48:34
Multiway Single Raised Pot Turn and River Transition
We examine how to proceed in a multiway pot after check/call scenarios and checking through scenarios.
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51:01
Turn and River Transitions in 3bet pots as 3bettor
Turn and river play is examined from the perspective of the 3Bettor both when checking through on the flop and post cbetting with hand examples to reinforce the lessons.
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40:06
Turn and River Transitions in 3Bet pots vs 3bettor
Approaching the turn and river in 3Bet pots against the 3Bettor is discussed with hand examples being used to illustrate the lessons presented.
Theory into Practice: Recap and Conclusions
$10, $50, and $100 PLO, Furthering your PLO Education
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42:55
$10PLO: Population Tendencies, Rake, and Exploits
$10PLO is discussed as a typical starting point for many PLO players and we focus on key concepts like being cognisant of the impact of rake.
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35:14
$10PLO: Applying Our Lessons to Real Hands
We continue our session at low stakes keeping the focus on the importance of rake awareness and exploiting the weakest opponents.
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38:57
$50PLO: Population Tendencies, Rake, and Exploits
We kick the stakes up to $50PLO and discuss the difference between $10 and $50 before diving into the action
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43:54
$50PLO: Applying Our Lessons to Real Hands
The session continues as we rip through hands in an effort to illustrate the play at these stakes.n
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38:07
$100PLO: Population Tendencies, Rake, and Exploits
We double the stakes up to $100PLO and first touch on the difference between the previous stakes and these games before playing a session.
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37:47
$100PLO: Applying Our Lessons to Real Hands
More hands are played and we continue to reference previous course installments for hands that illustrate key points from the course.
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27:01
Recap, Conclusions, and Further Education
In the final installment, we recap our findings from the course and discuss the overall conclusions, the importance of self-study, relying on the RIO community for further advancement, and add a few books to your queue.