PLO8 top two on the flop, what to do?
Posted by midori
Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Tournament - t20/t40 Blinds - 9 players
UTG: t5456 136.40 BBs
UTG+1: t4422 110.55 BBs
UTG+2: t4335 108.38 BBs
Hero (MP1): t5412 135.30 BBs
MP2: t9509 237.72 BBs
CO: t4455 111.38 BBs
BTN: t4825 120.62 BBs
SB: t5295 132.38 BBs
BB: t3682 92.05 BBs
Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is MP1 with 8s Ah Kd Ad
3 folds, Hero calls t40, 2 folds, BTN raises to t120, 1 fold, BB calls t80, Hero calls t80
Flop: (t380) 4d Kh 8h (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets t280, BB raises to t1220, Hero ??
This hand was played by my friend; I'm uploading it on her behalf. She asked me some questions and I couldn't really help her :(
Early on in the tournament. BB seemed fairly loose and aggro, his stats were like 60/50. BTN looked on a solid side.
With the Ah blocker, is this an easy fold 3-way? Or are there other options, too? I block no low cards, and (I thought) it's reasonably likely that I have the best hi hand.. although I can't be too sure, I'm fairly new to this game.
Any inputs are appreciated. :)
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Not sure, but I guess you don't really have any other options besides folding, for a couple of reasons:
- u can't really Cold Call and then, cuz it's for like 1/4 eff stack already and ur not closing the action ==> In most cases u'll not really be able to use ur Ah to apply pressure on future streets (and even if in some scenarios button folds, u r still w an SPR < 1 IP on the turn, and so ur Ah is still kinda irrelevant)
So I guess u can't really CC/C-off or CC/fold, so u can just jam or fold. And jamming seems very minus EV to me, cuz 1) u just have top2 and no low draw., so ur dead agains set w any kind of low draw + I suppose ur an underdog in case BB has any low draw + like a FD or just 765x for example. 2) u still have BTN to worry about, at least in some way.
- also it's a tournament, and even if getting it in here is like break-even or slightly + EV, I think you should avoid these spots in an MTT (especially given that PLO8 MTTs are much softer than NLH ones)
Still just my opinion though obv.
If opponent strategies doesn't have a huge flaw this is a standard muck.
muck muck muck
Agree - probably drawing to 1/2 the pot
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