PLOT STT - Cold decked or too tight?

[franknagaijr]

At an 11$ PLO8 STT on stars last night, I found myself cold-decked from the 30$ blinds onward. I was at a table where two players were raising any A2 or A3 combination, and another player was calling virtually any raise from the blinds, and calling many raises from late position, and then playing well enough post flop to build a stack. Seemed like anytime I had a limpable hand, there was a raise, or I was utg and too skeert to call or raise. I did get a lot of free looks in the BB, and bricked all of those.

This post isn't meant to be a whine, but I'm looking for a second opinion. Did I fold stuff that I shouldn't have? I'll also mention that by the time the blinds got to 75/150, I was ready to put it all in the middle with any Face/face/low/low combination hand, or any high pair that was capable of making a low, but I didn't even see any of those kinds of hands.

I'm gonna start at the 15/30 blinds, and walk through all the pre-flop folds. Please let me know if you disagree strongly with any of them. This is PLO8, one table.

9 players, blinds are 15/30, my stack is 1480
UTG +2 (utg limps) 2s Jc 5h Qh - Fold
UTG + 1 (utg limps) 7d Kh 6c 5d - Fold
UTG 7h 7d Qh Kh - Fold
BB 6c 7h Th 8c - A raise to 105, reraise to 360 - I fold
SB - 6c 2c 2d 6d - A raise to 120 (4bb) and many callers - I fold
button - Ac Jd 7d Kc - a limper, raise to 120, I fold (too tight???)

Blinds are now 25/50, 8 players remaining, my stack is 1435
CO - 7d As Qc 2c - I call a raise to 150, 3 handed flop is 89K of spades, and I muck the high turn after we all check the flop
CO-1 - Jc Ah 8s 5h - I fold after 1 limper. (Playable for a limp???)
UTG +1 - 7h Qd 4d 6c - Fold
UTG - Kd 4d Th 7h - Fold (but a suited king with a possible low is starting to look sexy)
BB - 6s 4d 8s 7c - A free look, a flopped straight, a profit of 50 chopping w/A2xx.
(Chip stack now 1335)
SB - Jd 8s 2h Ad - 3 limpers, I call, flop is A9K with a flush draw for somebody else, and I go away.
Button - 3s Qd 4s 2d - I limp after 2 others, and collect a tiny pot on a 2972 board.
(chipstack now 1560)

CO - 8c 3s Ts 9c - A raise to 150, I fold.
CO -1 - 3h 5s Ac 9h - 2 folds, then I fold. Would have played with a suited ace, or a better fourth card than the 9. Too tight???
UTG + 1 - Tc 7s 7d Qd - Fold
UTG - 3d 4s Ts Th - Fold (but this hand was looking sexy by the 100 level also)
BB - 5c 3s 4h Ah - Only SB calls, and I check. (Raise better?) Flop is TJ6, and I fold to a PSB.

Blinds are now up to 50/100, chipstack is 1510, 7 players remaining
SB - 4h 4c 2s 8h - raise to 200 - I fold
Button - 9s 2c Qh 8c - 2 callers and I fold
CO - Jd Qc 3c Td - A raise to 200 and I fold. (Is this hand playable for a limp? for a raise?)
CO -1 - Qc 2d 4s 2s - One limper and I fold
UTG +1 - Tc 5h Th 2c - One caller and I fold. (This would have been a sexy hand in late position)
UTG - 2h Qh Qd Kd - I fold. (Too tight???)
BB - 4c Kd 2c Tc - A free look four way, and the flop is AA5, and I fold to a PSB. Too tight?
SB - Jd Js 7c 9s - MP raises to 300, and I fold. (?)
Button - 5c 9c 6c Kd - 2 callers and I fold.
CO - 2s 8d 2c 4s - EP Raise to 300, and I fold.
CO -1 - 8s Td 2c 7s - Two folders and I fold.
UTG +1 - Kc Qs 3s Jc - UTG calls and I fold

Blinds are not up to 75/150, chipstack is 1310, 7 players remaining
UTG - 7c 8d Td 5d - I fold
BB - (player eliminated, so I avoid paying BB)
SB - Th 6h Kc Qh - 2 callers, I call, flop is J57 of diamonds and I'm gone.
Button - 7s Ad 9s 4c - one limper and a raise to 450 - I fold
CO - 5d 5s Tc Jd - 2 folds and I fold. (I would have raised JT56 at this point.)
(Six players remaining)
UTG +1 - Kd 3s Qc Tc - I fold. (Raise and pray??? If I raise, I can count on at least one caller here.)
UTG - Kd As 8h 9h - I fold (Raise and pray???)
BB - 5h Jh 2c Th - 4 callers a free look at 89T flop, an Ace turn, a 5 river and I fold to a bet.
SB - Qh Qd 6h 3h (Chipstack - 1010) - 2 callers and I call. (Should I have pushed?)


Chipstack is 860 - still 6 players
Button - 6s 7s 5c 2d - 1 caller and I fold. (push here?)
CO - 2c 2d 5d Jh - EP limps and I fold. (push here?)
UTG +1 - Tc Ts Qs 3d - utg limps and I fold. (I would have pushed TT37r at this point)

Blinds are now 100/200 - Chipstack 860 - 6 players
UTG - 7h 2h 3d Jc - I fold. (This one do regret not pushing.)
BB - Jc 5h 4h 5d - 4 limpers and the flop is Th 6c Js - I check and fold to a PSB. Can anybody justify pushing here?


Chipstack = 660

SB - 3s 2d Qs 3c - EP raises to 600. (I kind of regret not pushing.)
Button - As Kc Kh Jd - No limpers and I push, QQTJ makes the flush on the turn to knock me out.

If you made it this far, thanks for reading.

So, what opportunities did I not take advantage of here?

Thanks
FNJ