If you’ve already read our piece on the PLO Trainer update and thought, “Cool… but I’d love to see this in action,” you’re in luck.
PLO Mastermind founder Fernando “JNandez” Habegger just released a new YouTube stream where he walks through the latest PLO Trainer changes, shows how the new sims look inside the tool, and gives a live demo of training 3-bet pots and exploitative preflop spots.
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What Is the PLO Trainer – and Why Is This Update So Good?
The PLO Trainer is PLO Mastermind’s built-in GTO training environment for Pot Limit Omaha. You choose a spot (format, stacks, position, board), the Trainer throws random hands at you, and you try to match solver-approved strategy with instant feedback.
Inside it, you get:
- A 4-card PLO Trainer for classic cash games and tournaments
- A 5 Card PLO Trainer for the higher-variance, higher-edge sickos
- Pre-built solutions for 6-max, heads-up, MTTs and live-style lineups
What this new video adds is something slightly different:
- A tour inside the PLO Trainer, so you can see where everything lives
- A first look at the new node-locked “exploitative” preflop sims
- Live training in 3-bet pots (with EV numbers, mistakes, and patterns visible on screen)
- Commentary from the guy, Fernado Habegger himself, who designed a lot of the study system in the first place
If you’re using the PLO Trainer already – or thinking about it – this is a nice bridge between “list of new sims” and “okay, how does a crusher actually study with this?”
Watch the Full Video Breakdown by JNandez
Here’s the video where JNandez walks through the new PLO Trainer update, explains node locking, and runs a live training session.
In the stream, he:
- Explains node locking in simple terms (forcing the solver to treat villains like real humans who overfold, overcall or only 4-bet aces)
- Shows the new exploitative preflop sims in the 4-card Trainer
- Demonstrates how ranges shift when:
- The button overcalls too much vs CO
- The big blind overfolds vs BTN open
- The small blind only 4-bets AA in blind-vs-blind spots
- Jumps into 3-bet pots and uses the training mode with a time bank, EV difference labels and matrix view to review decisions
- Talks about upcoming features like tracking and a training results dashboard, so your sessions in PLO Trainer don’t just disappear into the void.
Again, this isn’t a theory lecture – it’s closer to a screen share of how a PLO reg actually uses the software:
About PLO Mastermind
PLO Mastermind is JNandez’s training platform dedicated to all things Omaha Poker:
- Structured courses on 4-card PLO, 5 Card PLO, and 6 Card PLO
- A growing library of solver-backed videos covering everything from small stakes to high stakes
- The integrated PLO Trainer, which lets you drill preflop and postflop spots without touching raw solver interfaces
The idea is pretty simple: instead of you spending months building trees, buying hardware and learning niche solver scripts, you get curated PLO solutions ready to train – plus the explanations to make sense of them.
The latest PLO Trainer update and this new video are part of that same direction: more realistic sims (mixed stacks, exploitative node locks, HU CoinPoker trees) and clearer guidance on how to use them without needing a PhD in solver configs.
About JNandez
Fernando “JNandez” Habegger is one of the most visible modern PLO coaches:
- Long-time mid/high-stakes PLO regular
- Author of Mastering Small Stakes Pot-Limit Omaha
- Founder and head coach of PLO Mastermind
- Early adopter of PLO solvers and one of the main people responsible for packaging solver outputs into practical frameworks for everyday players
If you’ve watched any of his content before, you’ll recognize the style in this PLO Trainer video:
- Lots of focus on EV difference, not just “right vs wrong”
- Emphasis on range coverage and not overfolding in tough spots
- Constant zooming into the matrix to spot patterns (how sets, top two, and specific blocker combos behave)
- A mix of 4-card and 5-card PLO examples, with a nod to modern formats like CoinPoker HU and deeper 200bb environments
This particular stream is lighter on “new concepts” and heavier on “here’s where the new sims are and how I’d actually use them.” Perfect if you want to see a high-level player click through the exact Trainer update we covered in our news article.
Wrap-Up
To sum it up:
- The PLO Trainer just got a lot closer to real games with exploitative preflop sims, mixed stacks and deeper HU content.
- JNandez’s new video is a straightforward walkthrough of those additions and a live example of how to train inside the tool.
- If you’re taking Pot Limit Omaha seriously – whether it’s 4-card cash, 5 Card PLO apps, or CoinPoker HU – this is an easy watch that connects the dots between the raw update and practical study.
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