WCOOP-23, $215 PLO Knockout tournament attracted a total of 1,368 entries and the total prize pool $277k exceeded the guarantee slightly.

The Swedish player “Trymean77” took down the WCOOP bracelet and almost $32k after a 3-way deal. How Swede it is Second place finisher, the Russian “MaxSinctin” received slightly over $28k for his efforts and third place went to the Austrian “kuhns89” for $26k.

The next PLO event, WCOOP-27 $215 6-max Progressive Knockout event starts on September 14th at 11am ET, so very shortly. The late registration is open for 4 hours.

Good luck!

The PLO high stakes and nosebleeds action has been exciting for the past month. WCOOP plays a role with better action in general, but the re-emergence of Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has sparked some serious nosebleeds games going that hadn’t much earlier this year.

The games in September have been running mostly between Ike Haxton, Isildur1 and JayP-AA. The two gentlemen mentioned last battled in the biggest pot of the month so far with Isildu1 attempting to pull off a big bluff on the river. Click on the image to replay the hand at highstakesdb.com

Biggest winner so far this month in the PLO games has been Jens “jeans89” Kyllönen:

…while “RaiseOnce”, who is rumored to be Phil Ivey, has been losing a bunch:

Joe Ingram has released another patch of Eat. Sleep. PLO. merchandise that proved to be very popular the first time around. This time he has also added “GTO is a way of life” gear to sweeten the deal. “BGG” gear is yet to be released.

You can order T-shirts, hoodies and tank tops at http://teespring.com/chicagojoey5 and check out the video below where Joey announces the sale:

To get all Joey’s updates regarding merchandise, podcast and live streams, follow him on Twitter @Joeingram1

PLO high stakes player Laszlo “omaha4rollz” Bujtas went on to dominate the NLHE Progressive Super-Knockout, Thursday Thrill SE, $1.5M guaranteed WCOOP-60 event. He gets the bracelet and a sweet $291k including the bounties.  The romamian “dariepoker” finished 2nd for $178k.The total number of entries in this event was 1216 and the prize pool reached over $2.4M.

Congrats Laszlo!

Laszlo has a reputation as a loose-aggressive PLO player and he’s solid all-around game paid off big time. Nutblocker interviewed LAszlo earlier this year on Poker Player Snapshot: Laszlo “omaha4rollz” Bujtas – “I’m overaggro and spazzy” 

WCOOP-60 results here:

The Swedish PLO high stakes player “IAmSoSo” had a truly epic run during this year WCOOP-57 PLO Championship. Not only did he won the main event ($2,100 6-max) of the day but also the “2nd chance” event with $1,050 buy-in. The main event gathered 374 participants while the 2nd chance had 140 entries. The swede cashed in $129k from the main event and $36k from the 2nd chance.

Truly remarkable, Nutblocker congratulated the true PLO champion of WCOOP 2015!

IAmSoSo beat another Scandi “RealCrapDad” in the heads up for the championship bracelet. “RealCrapDad” was awarded $136k for his efforts after the two struck a deal with “RealCrapDad” in the chip lead. The Finnish high stakes player “EEE27” finished third for $84k.

All results here:

Mikael “ChaoRen160” Thuritz has been a poker pro for a long time, over 10 years. He’s tough as nails playing NLHE, now he has taken on the challenge of learning PLO and apparently is doing it playing in the nosebleeds games! He also binked the $10k WCOOP HU tournament for $196k, bracelet and the bragging rights. Check out this interesting interview conducted by Swedish sports journalist Rikard Åberg

Topics covered include:

• His PokerStars screen name background
• Macau live games 2011-2015
• Online play: PLO and Zoom, learning PLO
• Thought process behind his play
• WCOOP Bracelet
• Distractions while playing
• Sports betting
• Having a girlfriend as a poker player
• Handling up- and downswings
• Studying vs playing poker

WCOOP is over and leaves are turning into a million different colors, that can only mean one thing: it’s time to grind

Good luck in September to all Nutblocker readers!

Check out our Rakeback offers at Nutblocker Rakeback, tons of value to be had!

Here’s what we had to offer in August:

Silver VIP

Silver VIP: Tom Chambers – Advanced PLO Theory Module 5A – Expected value

Poker Player Snapshot

Poker Player Snapshot: Bálint “Nlzkm9” Sebestyén – “Either you are a winner or not.”

Poker Player Snapshot: Pablo “NeverFoldYou” Panetta – I love everything about poker

Blogs

Jabonator blog: Jazzing it up

This_passing blog: Improving your HUD for PLO – 3 Simple Tips

Podcasts

PLO nosebleed player Mikael “ChaoRen160” Thuritz interviewed by Rikard Åberg

John “KasinoKrime” Beauprez interviews JNandez

News

August High Stakes PLO action wrap-up

Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz streams WCOOP for charity on Twitch

Twitch poker revolution

PLO nosebleeds action still going strong @PokerStars

Eat. Sleep. PLO. and GTO merchandise on sale by Joey Ingram

WCOOP

Two WCOOP PLO events in the bag, six more to go

Swedish “Trymean77” takes down PLO WCOOP-23 for $32k

Henri “I_Mr_U_Bean” Koivisto ships WCOOP PLO bracelet

PLO player Laszlo “omaha4rollz” Bujtas ships NLHE WCOOP Bracelet and $291k

Swedish “IAmSoSo” takes down WCOOP PLO Championship in an epic run

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The latest Two Plus Two Pokercast episode #382 digs into the hot topic of PokerStars entering the US market again as they got approved in the state of New Jersey.

“This week on the Pokercast: A lot has happened over the last week and we’re here to get you caught up. Terrence is driving the ship this week as Adam has some matters to attend to, but he joins us to start off the show. To kick it all off the guys talk about Edward Snowden joining twitter and Terrence’s debut to Twitch, Induct a member to the IPWOF and then get into the news. This week: PokerStars is cleared to operate in New Jersey, the 24/7 poker channel launches and Daniel Negreanu tweets and blogs his views on racism which stems a discussion of our own. We take a break and Adam leaves Terrence and Ross to wrap up WCOOP and the Main Event plus other news of Stars cracking down on software while Party Poker bans HUDS completely. Binion’s re negs on some tournament guarantees and some Montreal poker dealers hit the lottery. After the news, Matthew Hilger from PokerStars joins us to talk about the new VIP Steps format, the Red Spade Open $1M guarantee and the 1 cent buy in $100k tournament. Terrence and Ross review the tweets in “140 or less”, read your forum posts and the mail you’ve sent us, and review Ross’ session in the Rossco Report. Favourite things is back and the passwords and formats to the Pokercast Invitational are in the show, too!”

Pokercast 382 – PokerStars in the USA on Two Plus Two and Itunes.

The high stakes PLO action has not been showing signs of slowing down, the action was great all month with railbirds having something to sweat almost every night. Here’s a the September wrap up, bonus WRUUUUM material at the end of the article.

The biggest pot of the month went to JayP-AA against Isildur1, click the image to replay the hand

JayP-AA scoops $346k pot

The biggest winner of the month according to highstakesdb.com was the Finn Jens “Jeans89” Kyllönen, while “lautie” and Ike Haxton each added over $100k to their bankrolls.

Some big names took a beating in September as “RaiseOnce”, rumored to be Phil IVey lost almost $900k in the PLO games. Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky also had a disappointing month with over $370k in losses. Isildur1 lost over $125k.

The Finnish PLO crusher WRUUUUM posted in graph on the Finnish poker forum Pokerisivut, with winnings of over $1m. He doesn’t reveal the time frame on the forum post but shares the graph of almost 300k hands and something interesting hands, enjoy:

Joe Ingram keeps delivering the goods to the PLO listeners. The ultimate PLO crusher Ben “Ben86” Tollerene makes his 2nd appearance on Joey’s podcast, fresh after his WCOOP $51k Super High Roller victory for $616k.

The gentlemen sit down for another fascinating talk and the topics include:

• recent High Stakes PLO games
• Playing Isildur1 and his brilliance
• Poker edges
• Shortstacking
• The WCOOP bracelet
• coaching
• Twitch
• Traveling
• Listener’s questions
• PLO swings
• PLO rankings
• a whole lot more on this 3 hour marathon.

Check it out here:

Check out his first appearance here:

Matt “VodkaHaze” Ranger has been a solid contributor on Nutblocker for a good while now. He’s been digging into Game Theory Optimal (GTO) play on his blog posts, Nutblocker articles and Cardrunners.com videos. He has also written fascinating blog posts on topics revolving around Economics, such as Theory of Wealth and Understanding Bitcoin.

Matt has contributed GTO material to Nutblocker Silver VIP

• The HUPLO Mindset 
• An introduction to Game Theory topics for Poker 

These articles are only available for Nutblocker Silver VIP members. If you are interested in gaining access to Nutblocker Silver VIP, read more about it here.

You can check out his latest video CLASSROOM: HU PLO, PART 1 on Cardrunners.com where he breaks down a PLO HU hand using a decision tree and shows how a solution can reached using theoretical topics and mathematics.

If you are interested in getting coaching from Matt, please read his blog post on the topic Matt “VodkaHaze” Ranger: My Coaching Services

Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter @Vodkablurr

Andrew “This_Passing” Grove is a PLO pro who’s grinding small and midstakes on PokerStars. He’s been blogging for Nutblocker for a good while now and can be found posting strategy advice on the Nutblocker Forums. He just recently posted a blog post Improving your HUD for PLO – 3 Simple Tips where he goes through the basics of HUD usage, color coding and pop-ups. Very solid learning material for beginners and totally free of cost!

You can find all Andrew’s blog posts here, he’s mainly been blogging about poker related issues, but the posts include off the table topics as well.

Andrew has also been a long time contributor to Cardrunners.com as a PLO video producer. His latest video CLASSROOM: BLOCKERS & CARD REMOVAL IN PLO discusses some of the more important theoretical topics in the current PLO games. His earlire 2-part PLO50 series featured live action at the tables instead of theoretical concepts, check them out here: part 1, part 2.

Andrew also offers coaching at very reasonable rates, you can contact him via email at thispassing1988@gmail.com for coaching enquiries.

Nutblocker is excited to add more Tom “LearnedFromTV” Chambers material on our popular Silver VIP program! Tom is well-known in the PLO world as a coach and as a producer of advanced PLO learning material. He has produced videos for cardrunners.com and is the author of the “Advanced PLO Theory” book, available at plotheory.com.

Now available for Nutblocker Silver VIP members is the “Tom Chambers: Advanced PLO Theory Module 11B – Turn Texture”, a part of his Advanced PLO theory book. This is one of 28 modules derived from Tom Chambers’ Advanced PLO Theory. To learn more about the free book preview, purchasing modules or purchasing the entire book, visit plotheory.com.

Find the article on Silver VIP forums at PLO – Advanced PLO Theory Module 11B – Turn Texture by Tom “LearnedFromTV” Chambers (accessible only for Silver VIP members).

This module addresses the importance of the turn SPR, bet sizing, and range balance in determining strategies. It also introduces the comcept of the flop-turn texture shift, describes the main shifts, and begins to cover their strategic importance.

Silver VIP is a collection of over 90 exclusive strategy articles that are available for Nutblocker members for a fee. To become a Silver VIP, read more on the dedicated Forum thread ~~ Nutblocker Silver VIP ~~ information and discussion.

All registered Nutblocker Forum members are eligible to view all the articles on Nutblocker Bronze VIP forums.

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Jared Tendler is a mental game coach for poker players and competitive athletes as well. He’s the author of the “Mental Game of Poker” Book 1 and Book 2, widely popular books for poker players on motivation, tilt control and reaching the zone for optimal performance. Check out his website http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/ for more information and excellent content.

Jared hosts a podcast called The Mental Game. He has interviewed some of the poker world’s heavy hitters, such as Daniel Negreanu and Phil Galfond. This time, WSOP Main Event 2014 winner, Martin Jacobson sits down with Jared for a 30-minute talk. Martin started the Final TAble as the short stack, was down to 7 big blinds at the lowest point and made it all the way back to wrap the bracelet around his wrist.

This episode includes:

• How he prepared during the November Nine break
• Why he believes staying positive and his confidence was the key to his victory
• How he created an edge in none traditional ways, including exercise, meditation and yoga
• How having so many near misses prior to the Main Event (2 WPT, 4 EPT and 3 WSOP final tables) impacted his performance at the final
• How he stays motivated after winning the biggest tournament in poker

Find the episode here.

One of the most popular guests on the Joe Ingram podcast, Dani “Ansky” Stern, is back. Dani plays high stakes PLO on PokerStars under the screenname “Supernova9” and talks among other things about the recent high stakes and nosebleed games running on PokerStars.

Check out the new Poker Life Podcast

You can also see two other times he’s been on the podcast

Jared Tendler made a comeback to podcasting after a one year hiatus when he interviewed the WSOP Main Event 2014 winner, Martin Jacobson.

This week a familiar voice sits down to talk with Jared. David Tuchman is best known for his commentary of the WSOP events online. He’s also a successful poker player on his own right and a huge sports fan, just check out his creditentials on his website http://tuckonsports.com/. You can also follow him on Twitter at @TuckonSports.

The episode of Mental Game with Jared Tendler  features discussion on these topics:

• Why talking about poker is a critical way to learn
• Learning by teaching
• The 10,000 hour rule
• Hard work vs. talent in poker and other sports
• Why the WSOP Main Event has more pressure than any other event in sports
• …and more.

You can listen to the episode here.

Jared is preparing for a Q&A podcast, you can submit questions via his website http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/ contact section.

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom is once again on a big upswing. According to Highstakesdb.com, he has logged in 149 table session and 15,358 hands in October for a heatlhy profit of $1,427,923. Other players have not been as successful with the Finn Jens “Jeans89” Kyllönen being the second biggest winner of the month with $155,750.

The action often runs in the evening European time, so make sure your PokerStars client is open if you wanna catch a glimpse of nosebleeds action!

You can see the Top 5 winners here:

On the losing column there are plenty of familiar faces. This only goes to show that PLO is a swingy game and any given month anything can happen. Ike Haxton, Phil “RaiseOnce” Ivey, Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies and Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond are all some of the best poker players in the world, yet this month it’s their turn to star the losses charts.

The biggest pot of the month so far went to Phil “RaiseOnce” Ivey as he beats Ben “Ben86” Tollerene in an almost $300,000 pot, you can replay the hand below.

Haralabos Voulgaris is best known as a sports bettor focusing on NBA basketball. He is not an unknown face at the poker tables though. He occasionally plays high stakes live poker games and high roller tournaments. His vast knowledge in sports betting  and no-nonsense style of talk make him a very popular podcast guest. Through live poker he is well-connected in the poker world and he is known to stake players for big tournaments where he sees value. He also has some of the most entertaining stories that you will hear in the poker world, so him sitting down to talk with Joey Ingram was a true delight.

You can follow Haralabos on Twitter @haralabob.

Here are some of the topics discussed in the episode:

• Haralabob background
• Stalkers/weirdos
• NBA rogue referees fixing the results of the games
• Haralabob friends in poker
• Flipping houses
• Daily Fantasy Sports
• Sports betting in general
• Private poker games
• Mastering tilt
• Staking players in live events
• US gambling industry
• Listener’s questions

The poker pro’s having been gasping their breath waiting for PokerStars to announce their upcoming VIP Club changes for 2016. This announcement is one of the many announcements likely to negatively effect professional poker players who grind high VIP statuses on PokerStars, namely Supernova and Supernova Elite. Most of the changes have taken place since Amaya took over PokerStars from the Scheinberg family. PokerStars promised an update mid-October, but that has been postponed until further notice. PokerStars Matthew comments on the TwoPlusTwo poker forums thread ** Supernova Elite Pursuit Thread 2015 – with related chat **:

We had previously aimed to confirm and communicate significant VIP changes for 2016 in October. We are not going to achieve that target as we are continuing to finalise details and communications. We understand that a lot of players are eager to see this information and we understand the impact that some of these changes will have on players. We do want to communicate to players as soon as possible, but at the same time we need to have all the details finalised. We are doing our best to communicate these changes as soon as we are able to do so.

Matthew

The player response to the delay was negative, as expected. Grinders need to start making their plans months before the new year, since some of the VIP programs that poker rooms offer are year-long commitments.

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