OP: Make Penneywize Not Suck At Omaha

A few notes since it's been a little while since I updated this OP:

- I've been running fairly bad over a small sample and am behind by about 8-9 BIs. Standard shit obviously, welcome to PLO I guess.

- I am beginning to think the rake is making things tougher on me; it appears to be about 25-30% more than that of 2NL.

- Most of my time thus far has been spent studying. I've begun the 2 X 6 PLO video series on DC by Vanessa Selbst and Whitelime, taking a ridiculous amount of notes and going through the video sessions rather ponderously. I think that between this and the PLO from Scratch article series I should be set in terms of my early PLO development.

- Once I feel more comfortable with the game, I will deposit another 150$ and play 5 PLO due to rake concerns. I think this is pretty much the ideal stake to start out at. While it is unlikely I fail at this stake, in the case that I go down substantially I will probably just redeposit. 2 PLO just doesn't appear to be a good place to start out, and the 5 PLO game is reportedly incredibly soft anyway. Before I do this however I want to spend at least another 5-10k hands 4-tabling at 2PLO and keep up my learning and session reviews.

That's all for the moment, I will be putting in another 2 PLO session tonight. I think I'll begin posting my trouble hands here as well, and address new concepts as I did above as they come up.

Booked a pretty nice session, didn't really run good but got my opponents all in in spots where I had the nuts w/ redraws. Well, I guess cold decking people counts as running good. Anyhow, at this point I'm down 4.5 BI and still 8 BI under all-in EV. I think I'll just shut up about all-in EV already and keep focusing on my game.

I may still put in another session later tonight. One thing I want to concentrate on is cbetting flops and barreling turns against players who are either generally tight or have a demonstrated ability to fold non nut hands postflop. Of course, I'll have to bear in mind that this works more often against deep-stacked opponents.

Quick update" I've booked a few rather short winning sessions in a row, which is nice for the confidence, however I'm beginning to think more and more that rake is just ridiculous at this level.

Regardless, I'm a bit behind target in terms of my hours of play and total hands this month, but I've been putting in a lot of effort into study. I suppose this is still probably the best way to go about things. I am beginning to recognize more profitable situations and acting accordingly, and I'm picking up on more of my many newb leaks.

In no particular order, I am:

- Playing far too loosely from the small blind
- Not table selecting as effectively as I should (this will probably matter much more at ssplo, obv, but it doesn't hurt to get into the habit)
- Not cbetting and barreling turn enough. What's worse, I'm not really benefitting from my opponent's rather straightforward play resulting from my lack of cbetting. If I don't cbet flop in position, I should generally bet turn a large percentage of the time when checked to.
- Playing too many marginal hands from out of position - this probably results from justifying too many calls pre on the basis of implied odds. Implied odds, preflop, just don't work the same as they do in hold'em.
- Paying off too light on the river
- Passing up too much value on the river with 2nd-4th nut type hands -- obv this is very situational and opponent-dependent, but several of these have come up in recent sessions; spots where I got to showdown and could have easily milked another 1/2 pot bet from my opponent

More to come as I complete 2x6 and continue with the PLO article series.