I might take a break from PLO, which I often do. I love the game but playing it too often causes mental problems for me I think, lol. I ran well in November and December and took a couple weeks off. Now had a couple of bad sessions this month.I hate to be Ebeneezer Scrooge's Ghost of Christmas Nit, but it seems to be a poor decision to play 1/2NL at a game you're good at, and then play 1-2-5PL of a game you're possibly capable at.
I only mention it because you said Yuck at your week's losses, all of which are from a 100bbb swing at this game.
But really the reason I want to stop playing it for a bit is that trying to study and learn new hold'em concepts while also playing a bit of PLO might be causing me some problems. I'm running into spots where I suffer from PLO nittiness, like checking straights and flushes too much when the board pairs and stuff like that. I've been finding myself in a lot of spots recently where I'm failing to value bet the river, like the TT hand posted earlier, and I think the PLO mindset might have something to do with it.
Honestly, I haven't been doing enough studying, and probably been playing too much and putting in too many long hours. I need to rest more and reset the poker brain, and spend some more time reading and analyzing stuff.
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