A lot of capped action

The capped games are taking over more and more of the action these days, and if we use yesterday as an example 44% (3159 of 7167) of the hands were played in three different PLO Cap games. I think the most likely reason for this is that many players want to reduce variance while they still get the excitement of many all-in pots. The players who consistently get their chips in with the best of it will still be at a huge advantage, but the chances of blowing your bankroll are significantly reduced.

It is still possible to make a lot of money when playing in these games, as was made evident by LokoIsBack who went on a $146K run yesterday and with that was the winningest player of the day. Of the two other six figure winners, Vaga_Lion also spent most of his session in the Cap game, while poltergeist played the seven game. It seems that the pure hold’em specialists are a dying breed at these levels.

With most of the big names taking a day off, we did not see any of the huge pots that we have become accustomed to. Instead, you can check out these hands to get an impression of how the Cap games are being played:

LarsLuzak turns the nut flush to win a $51K pot

LokoIsBack rivers a small flush in a $50K pot.

LokoIsBack turns the nut straight and wins a $48K pot.

geoff7878 flops top two pairs and his hand holds up to win a $48K pot.

geoff7878 turns a straight and wins another $48K pot

I could go on, but you get the idea. What does all of these pots have in common? They players all got their chips in on the flop on each hand. This will be the case for 90% of the hands that reach the cap. Getting the money in before the flop is not all that unusual, but the betting is almost always over before the hand reaches the later streets. When the cap is 40 big blinds, so there is not much room to run triple barrel bets etc.

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