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PLO 8 or Better

Line construction lab

Plan the next streets
Name the node
Line consistency
Practice: PLO8 line practice

When to stop pure exploit

Exploit until evidence
Stations vs thinking regs
Population vs this player
Practice: PLO8 exploit practice

Grade-9 stake posture

Plan review week
Write the PLO8 decision before you play
Caps still hold
Practice: PLO8 G9 stake practice

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PLO 8 or Better / Grade 9 / Grade-9 stake posture

Write the PLO8 decision before you play

'Write the PLO8 decision before you play' (PLO8, G9): quarters are the silent bleed — tag them harder than coolers.

Worked example

low counterfeited on turn — reprice high only; stop calling for a dead half.

Common leak

Buddy leak ('Write the PLO8 decision before you play'): pays three streets for a half that was never half.

Drill

Drill ('Write the PLO8 decision before you play'): teach scoop vs split-hope in 45 seconds with a concrete board.

Practice habit

sticky-note the trigger for 'Write the PLO8 decision before you play' before your next PLO8 session.

Drill

buddy repeats 'Write the PLO8 decision before you play' in one sentence with a concrete board — or you re-teach.

Remember

Avoid scoopless middles. Quarters > coolers in the notebook.

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