Episode 43: PLO with John “KasinoKrime” Beauprez

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It’s our first Pot Limit Omaha-centric episode, with guest John “KasinoKrime” Beauprez. John is a professional poker player who specialized in PLO and the author of the PLO QuickPro Manual. He won his first WSOP bracelet in the 2013 $1500 six-handed no-limit hold ’em event. John talks with us about both his poker career and his advice on how players new to PLO can get off on the right foot.

You can follow John on twitter @jbeauprez and read a free chapter from his book.

Timestamps

0:30 Hello and welcome
14:19 Mailbag: Are HUDs essential?
25:06 Interview: John Beauprez

8 thoughts on “Episode 43: PLO with John “KasinoKrime” Beauprez”

  1. enjoyed the last 2 eps

    liked the faraz talk about his life but also like strategy talk as well

    found the start of ep interesting where andrew said about what situations hes looking to get into in nlhe he knows but doesnt in plo. i dont think you asked that of kasino. can we have another plo ep where you do?

  3. also, if you do get John back (or he can answer here) he mentions “being willing to do the work” to sustain being a professional poker player, which of course leads me to wonder:

    “so what work are you doing?”

    there are so many places/people that talk about this, but few actually spell out exactly what is involved.

    which

  4. Okay,

    So I went back and listened again, and there were several spots where John explained some of the ways. (watching/note taking all of CR, DC, etc training vids he could find — or taking pro poker tools and checking ranges).

    Two of the questions he posed though intrigued me:

    1) “I am having trouble with a certain spot while playing” and then noting it, going back and improving it. John used the example of 3bet pots making him uncomfortable both in position and OOP.

    2) “I got some coaching on poker theory which led me to ‘aha moment’ after ‘aha moment’ for the next three months”

    If I was guessing, for three bet pots, I would assume that John looked at the hands, started with his range, his assumptions about opponents possible ranges, checked poker stove for initial EV, then ran street by street with CRev or ProPokerTools decision trees and tried to figure out flex points within the ranges.

    But for theory, I am lost. Without someone giving you the coaching/theories, how would one get there on their own?

    Is this close to what it might take to improve incrementally the way John is talking about?

    which

  5. ^^^ Chen/Akenman’s The Mathematics of Poker.

    I mean you can learn poker theory from most of the main training sites now. But if you’re determined, whatever game you play. You need to break down the maths of the game. That’s where all the theory’s found.

  6. As a random corroboration of Nate’s comment about multi-way pots, I recall reading Aaron Brown (author of the Poker Face of Wall Street) saying something very similar – like, they’re the spots he likes to spend his time analysing because the complexity makes them interesting in ways that heads-up pots aren’t. I tried to dig it out, but couldn’t find where I read it. Now that I think about it, he might be a good potential guest.

  7. What is the name of the song that intros the interview at the 25 minute mark? “You said, we better get out of this bed before we get in trouble” Thanks

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