I was just in shock. You barely see PLO8 as part of a mix, let alone a high stakes game in it's own right. Those who follow me on Twitter could see how excited I got and, even now, the prospect of high stakes PLO8 games in London is huge for our little game. Over the next few days the game seemed to continually run, sometimes changing to a PLO8/PLO ROE game and sometimes changing fully to PLO but, in general, for a stretch of time every night since I first saw the tweet, the game has run.
I know a little bit about how the high stakes cash games run at the Vic, mainly through the stories and blogs of some of the cash regs and via hearsay through the community so I'm taking an educated guess that a businessman or wealthier individual is in town and wants to play the game. I've read some sick stories of Russian businessmen coming over for a few weeks and looking to play high stakes Stud so it makes sense that something similar is going on here. If this is the case then these PLO8 games will drop as soon as the individual leaves town but I can't help but hold out hope that cash game regs in London fall in love with the game and continue to play it year round.
Obviously the best case scenario for me would be that some of the lower stakes players fancy a go at the game and a £1-£2 PLO8 game starts running. In that case I'll pack my bags and go live in the Vic! Unfortunately I can't see that happening and unless any ballers out there fancy staking this low stakes PLO8 player into the £10-£25 game, then it looks like I'm just going to be a rail bird. If any of the players in the game or people passing through are reading this then please feel free to post any details of the games in the comments, maybe who the players are and possibly even some interesting hands!
Well that's enough dreaming for me, back to the grind. Hopefully I'll have some nice little binks to tell you all about soon. Until then, good luck at the tables everybody and I'll speak to you all soon!
