getting there ugly

got it in bad again but not that bad a few outs
but didnt see much hope after the turn


PokerStars Game #38878824347: Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2010/01/28 23:19:36 WET [2010/01/28 18:19:36 ET]
Table 'Lonnrot VII' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Ironside ($73.90 in chips)
Seat 2: excelsior23 ($61.05 in chips)
Seat 3: akinomankata ($99.90 in chips)
Seat 4: sey_when ($57.50 in chips)
Seat 5: vendo ($95.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Hato316 ($98.65 in chips)
Seat 7: freak173 ($17.50 in chips)
Seat 9: chknPOTpie ($232.65 in chips)
akinomankata: posts small blind $0.50
sey_when: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ironside [Ah Js As Td]
vendo: calls $1
Hato316: folds
freak173: calls $1
chknPOTpie: folds
Ironside: raises $3 to $4
excelsior23: folds
akinomankata: folds
sey_when: folds
vendo: calls $3
freak173: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [2s Ks 8c]
vendo: checks
freak173: bets $1
Ironside: raises $14.85 to $15.85
vendo: raises $45.55 to $61.40
freak173: calls $12.50 and is all-in
Ironside: raises $8.50 to $69.90 and is all-in
vendo: calls $8.50
*** TURN *** [2s Ks 8c] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [2s Ks 8c Kc] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vendo: shows [4h 2c 2h Ad] (HI: a full house, Kings full of Deuces)
Ironside: shows [Ah Js As Td] (HI: a full house, Kings full of Aces)
Ironside collected $112.45 from side pot
freak173: shows [Ac Jc 5d 3s] (HI: three of a kind, Kings)
Ironside collected $51.35 from main pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $166.80 Main pot $51.35. Side pot $112.45. | Rake $3
Board [2s Ks 8c Kc Kh]
Seat 1: Ironside showed [Ah Js As Td] and won ($163.80) with HI: a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 2: excelsior23 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: akinomankata (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: sey_when (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: vendo showed [4h 2c 2h Ad] and lost with HI: a full house, Kings full of Deuces
Seat 6: Hato316 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: freak173 showed [Ac Jc 5d 3s] and lost with HI: three of a kind, Kings
Seat 9: chknPOTpie folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Swings

WOW PLO8 is much swingier than i remember, last 2 days i have been 3 and 3.5 buys ins down at one stage. Finished yesterday 2 buys ins up and today 1 buy in up and cleared 2 or the 3 deposit bonuses.

Still under the weather tonight so didnt start till 9pm and finised about 12 20 getting 500vpps. Struggled to get tables opened there was only 1 open when i started with 5 on waiting list. As soon as 3 or 4 players sat in the tables soon filled up. I feel at this rate i can make the 7500 vpps a month with intrest while keeping the game as a hobby and not a job.

If possbile i am going to use the Fpps i gather for this to buy into the DTD leg of the UKIPT.

Oh yeah question for all you Pros, do you stick to the 20 buy in rule in a split game or do you need 30+.

also noticed that there isnt much room for advancement in PLO8 have only seen 1 FR 1/2 game on stars in the past few days. So it looks like there isnt much call for PLO8 at bigger levels unless i get rolled for the bigger games and the sharks come running.

limit or pot limit?

Dispite suffering from manflu i played a little 50/1 PLO8 today to see if i can earn enough Vpps without increasing my hours to keep supernova for a few months. I tried 25/50c but the tables were so tight that only about 1/3rd of pots saw a flop to pay any rake and then only when it was monster vrs monster was there any pots worth any note.
Moved upto 50/1 and suddenly everyone loosened up, this was better pots were worth winning and playing 3 tables (all that was open) i racked up the 100vpps and hour i would need if i wanted to keep supernova.
Having played mainly limit cash for the past 8 months the switch back to PLO8 seems strange, took on and lost a few too many flips i think. first 6 in pots over 100$ i lost but was only 200$ by the time i got it in with oppo drawing to runner runner for a 198$ pot and got back to 100$ down.
The snow is going to help me this month as i have no plans to go anywhere till the thaw even the pub is getting the cold shoulder. So over the next 2 weeks i need to put in around 5 hours a day to achieve my goal.
With the stella rewards and the reload bonus it also gives small targets on the way, already claimed first stella bonus and just an hour away from getting the first of the 3 reload bonuses (split them into 3 $200 deposits seemed more senisible incase i need to go on bedrest or get called into hospital any time soon).

3 months bedrest is over

3 months of bedrest is over hopefully, although i might have to go back.
had planned on spending 2010 in keeping supernova on stars which had proved
rewarding with the freerolls. but not sure i will be able to put in the hours under the new system of collecting vpps meaning i would need to play 200 hours instead of 100 hours a month, i might go back to playing plo8 cash instead of limit and see if this will reduce the time needed as i dont want to be turning this into a full time job.