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PLO Preflop Mastery

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I’ve reorganized your copied material into a clear learning sequence, from preflop fundamentals to hand categories, common situations, exploitative adjustments, deep-stack play, and short-stack play. I’ve also standardized the titles and grouped the PLO Trainer exercises under the relevant lessons.

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Numbered lessons42 lessons

Total known video time15h 20m

Study plan4 weeks

Preflop Fundamentals

Start here — understand the concepts before memorizing ranges.

2h 45m

No.	Lesson		Duration
1	Introduction to Preflop Strategy	—	29 min
2	Combinatorics and Hand Categories	—	19 min
3	Equity Realization	—	12 min
4	Finding Preflop Takeaways Using the Matrix	—	19 min
5	How Rake Affects Preflop Decisions	—	19 min
6	The Most Important Street in Poker	—	18 min
7	Fixing Common Preflop Leaks	—	27 min
8	The Biggest Preflop Mistakes at Different Stack Depths	—	22 min

Total video time2 hours 45 minutes

Preflop Hand Categories

Learn how to play different types of starting hands before studying individual positions and scenarios.

4h 31m

2.1 Premium Pairs and Broadway Hands

No.	Lesson		Duration
9	AAxx Preflop Strategy	—	29 min
10	KKxx Preflop Strategy	—	25 min
11	Double-Suited Broadway Pairs	—	40 min
12	Single-Suited Broadway Pairs	—	33 min

Practice exercises

2.2 Rainbow and Unpaired Hands

No.	Lesson		Duration
13	How to Play Rainbow Hands Preflop	—	19 min
14	Ace-High Double-Suited Unpaired Hands	—	34 min
15	Unpaired Double-Suited Rundowns (Non-Ace-High)	—	25 min

Practice exercises

Rainbow hands: EP, CO and BTN RFI at 100bb. Ace-high double-suited unpaired hands: EP RFI, SB vs BTN RFI, BTN vs CO RFI and CO vs BTN 3-bet. Non-ace-high double-suited rundowns: EP RFI, BTN RFI, BTN vs CO, BB vs BTN and CO vs BTN 3-bet.

2.3 Small and Medium Pairs

No.	Lesson		Duration
16	How to Play Small and Medium Pairs Preflop	—	27 min

Practice exercises

CO RFI with small and medium pairs. BTN RFI with small and medium pairs. BTN vs EP RFI. CO vs BTN 3-bet.

Hand-category section total4 hours 31 minutes

Standard Preflop Situations

This section teaches you how to respond to common preflop actions. Work through these in order.

4h 09m

No.	Lesson		Duration
17	Raise First In (RFI)	—	27 min
18	3-Betting	—	43 min
19	How to Play Against a 3-Bet	—	28 min
20	Defending the Big Blind vs One Opponent	—	23 min
21	Defending the Big Blind vs Two Opponents	—	13 min
22	Cold Calling	—	19 min
23	Squeezing	—	29 min
24	How to Play Against a Squeeze	—	25 min
25	Cold-Calling 3-Bets	—	15 min
26	Cold 4-Betting	—	12 min
27	3-Betting in Blind Battles: BB vs SB	—	15 min

Total video time4 hours 9 minutes

Practice by situation

For each lesson, use the corresponding PLO Trainer exercises:

RFI: Low-stakes PokerStars, low-stakes GGPoker and mid-stakes PokerStars. 3-betting: IP vs one raiser on PokerStars and GGPoker, at low and mid stakes. Facing a 3-bet: Low-stakes PokerStars, low-stakes GGPoker and mid-stakes PokerStars. BB defense: Defend against one opponent first, then two opponents. Cold calling and squeezing: Practice IP calls, squeeze spots and responses to squeezes from EP and CO. Cold-calling 3-bets: BTN vs EP open and CO 3-bet; BB vs BTN open and SB 3-bet. Cold 4-betting: BTN vs EP open and MP 3-bet; SB vs CO open and BTN 3-bet. Blind battles: BB vs SB steal, including the custom 25% and 45% SB-steal simulations.

Exploitative Preflop Adjustments

Once you understand the standard strategy, learn when and how to deviate based on opponents and game conditions.

1h 29m

No.	Lesson		Duration
28	Preflop Heuristics for Different Game Formats	—	22 min
29	Preflop Adjustments with Mixed Stack Sizes	—	12 min
30	How to Adjust When the BTN 3-Bets Too Tightly	—	13 min
31	How to Continue Against a Tight 4-Betting Range	—	13 min
32	Playing Against Mixed Stack Sizes Preflop	—	29 min

Total video time1 hour 29 minutes

Focus on how rake, opponent tendencies, stack sizes and the format of the game affect your opening, calling, 3-betting and 4-betting ranges.

Deep-Stack PLO — 200bb

Study this after becoming comfortable with standard 100bb preflop strategy. Deep stacks change the value of speculative hands, position and postflop playability.

1h 02m

No.	Lesson		Duration
33	200bb Raise First In	—	12 min
34	200bb 3-Betting and Cold Calling	—	11 min
35	200bb 3-Betting Out of Position	—	15 min
36	Facing a 3-Bet at 200bb	—	10 min
37	200bb Squeezing	—	14 min

Total video time1 hour 2 minutes

Practice sequence

Opening ranges: EP and BTN RFI at low and mid stakes. IP 3-betting and cold calling: BTN vs CO and BB vs BTN. OOP 3-betting: SB vs EP and SB vs BTN. Facing 3-bets: EP vs MP, CO vs BTN and BTN vs SB. Squeezing: BB vs CO RFI and BTN cold-call. Complete both low-stakes and mid-stakes PokerStars exercises where provided.

Short-Stack PLO — 50bb

Study short-stack strategy after deep-stack strategy. At 50bb, stack-to-pot ratios, equity realization and commitment decisions differ substantially from deeper games.

1h 24m known

No.	Lesson		Duration
38	How to Crush Short-Stack PLO: RFI	—	28 min
39	How to Crush Short-Stack PLO: Cold Calling	—	22 min
40	How to Crush Short-Stack PLO: 3-Betting and 4-Betting	—	25 min
41	Four Tips for 4-Betting at 50bb	—	9 min
42	Six Tips to Master Short-Stack PLO	Not specified	Not specified

Known video time: 1 hour 24 minutes, excluding the final lesson whose duration was not provided.

Practice sequence

RFI: EP, CO, BTN and SB at 50bb. Cold calling: BTN vs EP RFI and BTN vs CO RFI. 3-betting and 4-betting: BTN vs EP/CO RFI, then EP/CO vs BTN 3-bet. 4-bet review: Finish the two short-stack theory lessons and apply their principles to the trainer exercises.

Recommended Study Schedule

Rather than watching everything in one sitting, use a structured four-week plan.

How to Study Each Lesson Effectively

Use this simple process throughout the course.

Watch the theory video. Write down three to five important takeaways. Open the matching PLO Trainer exercise. Try the spots before checking the recommended solutions. Review mistakes. Record why the action was incorrect, rather than memorizing only the right answer. Repeat difficult spots. Revisit them the following day and again at the end of the week. Compare stack depths and stakes. Note where the strategy changes and identify the reason.

Overall Course Duration

Video time by section.

15h 20m known

Section	Video time
Preflop fundamentals	2h 45m
Hand categories	4h 31m
Standard preflop situations	4h 09m
Exploitative adjustments	1h 29m
Deep-stack PLO	1h 02m
Short-stack PLO	1h 24m known
Total known duration	15h 20m

PLO

PLO Preflop Mastery

Preflop Fundamentals

Preflop Hand Categories

2.1 Premium Pairs and Broadway Hands

Practice exercises

2.2 Rainbow and Unpaired Hands

Practice exercises

2.3 Small and Medium Pairs

Practice exercises

Standard Preflop Situations

Practice by situation

Exploitative Preflop Adjustments

Deep-Stack PLO — 200bb

Practice sequence

Short-Stack PLO — 50bb

Practice sequence

Recommended Study Schedule

Fundamentals and hand categories

Standard preflop situations

Exploitative play and deep stacks

Short-stack play and revision

How to Study Each Lesson Effectively

Overall Course Duration