Tournament PLO – Cory Mikesell
The first and (as far as I can tell) the only book on PLO Tournaments in the world. It includes over 100 pages of extensive analysis done with Monkersolver and PLO Genius as well as example hands, all taken from online tournaments at $1k buy ins or above.
| Section Title | Page Number |
| Introduction | 4 |
| Notes | 5 |
| List Of Terms and Short Hand | 6 |
| Chart Explanation | 7 |
| Limitations | 9 |
| Pre-Flop Fundamentals | |
| Most Important Rule Of Tournament Poker | 12 |
| Win The Blinds Frequency | 13 |
| RFI Size Pre? | 15 |
| Most Important Tournament Skills: Preflop | 16 |
| Post-Flop Strategy | |
| General Post-Flop Recommendations | 17 |
| Most Important Tournament Skills: Postflop | 53 |
| River Value Thresholds | 45 |
| Tournament Dynamics | |
| What Kind of Players Will You Face? | 19 |
| PKO vs Normal Tournaments | 23 |
| Satellites | 25 |
| Stack Size & Phase Play | |
| 50bb-20bb Mid Game Preflop Play | 28 |
| 40bb 6 Max With Antes: Aggregate Frequencies | 31 |
| 12-25bb Re-jam Stack Power | 57 |
| 5bb Stack Power | 55 |
| ICM & Advanced Concepts | |
| When Does ICM Start To Matter? | 54 |
| Preflop Range Composition In ICM Scenarios | 47 |
| Stack Constellations On The Bubble and ITM | 80 |
| Future Game Extrapolations | 79 |
| Exploitative Play | |
| When People Play Badly | 62 |
| When People Play Badly (and I Don’t Care) | 65 |
| 75/50/40 Rule Distortions | 66 |
| Postflop Effects of Strange Preflop Ranges | 71 |
| Playing As Chip Leader In Position | 74 |
| End Game & Resources | |
| Heads Up (HU) | 83 |
| Example Hands | 90 |
| IP Postflop Betting Structure | 35 |
| Multiway Stack Off Guide | 44 |
| Tournament Cheatsheet | 103 |
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