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Tom Emter continues his review on CoinPoker and shares his thoughts on the player pool from this site along with his general approach in these games with action for both 4- and 5-card PLO on screen.
Sept. 1, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Tom Emter continues to look at a session on CoinPoker and touches on the nuance of these games including the implication of the ante format.
Aug. 10, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Tom Emter dips his toes into the CoinPoker player pool first providing a breakdown of how the ante tables and the rake deals impact our overall strategy.
He then discusses the tendencies of the players along with the best approach in these games with the help of a session review.
July 31, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Emty continues looking at interesting hands from a recently played session at $100PLO with the goal to help you transition through the stakes and runs through the strategy elements of some of the key hands.
July 3, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Tom Emter moves on to the next stake in his series focusing on how to transition through the stakes in PLO. He kicks things off grabbing illustrative hands at PLO100 that he uses to discuss the difference in the player pool from $25 and $50PLO which he played in previous videos.
June 15, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Tom Emter continues grinding a live session at $50PLO paying particular attention to how to adapt to the opponents and how these stakes differ from $25 and $100.
May 24, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Tom Emter graduates to $50PLO and discusses some of the key differences between $25PLO and these stakes along with how to capitalize on them.
May 3, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Tom Emter explores specific exploits available at the micro stakes which can dramatically exceed win rates of GTO play particularly when folks are making such egregious errors. After covering the most important trends, he hops back into reviewing the $25 Rush sesssion.
April 13, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Emty takes a look at a low stakes session on GG where the focus is on stealing pots that he has no business winning.
March 22, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Emty uses a session at $25PLO on GG to focus on preflop and how small adjustments here can have downstream implications and big impacts to your bottom line.
March 1, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Fresh off his From The Ground Up PLO5 course launch, Tom Emter breaks down a 5 card PLO session on the GG streets and looks to put some theoretical concepts to good use.
Feb. 22, 2025 | 5 p.m.
The importance of attacking these spots and how autopilot in these situations can be giving up tons of value is discussed.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
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.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
In these six live sessions, we seek to establish the key differences between these stakes and how to best succeed at each. We also seek to put theory into practice and occasionally reference specific videos from the course that can better elaborate on key concepts that arise over the course of the sessions.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
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.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
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 exploititavely.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
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.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
How to react as the 3bettor/squeezer vs a AAxx heavy 4bet range is discussed.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
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.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
We put the 4th bet in preflop and must decide how to approach later streets.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
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.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
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.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Welcome to the 5C PLO Course. This video walks you through what to expect from this course and how to best utilize the concepts discussed to improve your PLO games.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
The importance of thinking in ranges and the concepts of range and polarity advantage are discussed.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
After having checked the Flop IP/OOP as the PFR: how do we continue on certain Turncards when facin weakness from our opponent?
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
An illustration of how swingy PLO 5C can be and why a conservative bankroll management strategy will help you climb through the stakes in a low risk manner.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Why leading in 3bet pots is important. Which boards and which hand combinations to choose from?
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Approaching the turn and river in 3Bet pots against the 3Bettor is discussed with hand examples being used to illustrate the lessons presented.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
Reacting to our opponents Cbets in an often over-Cbet scenario is the focus with hand examples and population exploits discussed in detail.
Feb. 12, 2025 | 5 p.m.
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.