thehacker0

Although it's not your main point of discussion in this hand, I would honestly lean towards folding preflop. I know every says 'always call 3bets preflop' but you are out of position with a very weak hand. Suited to the ace it would be closer to a call, but I think it's a trivial fold

I would not be betting this turn that often, but if you do then its a clear bet/fold. You aren't gonna want to be going for 3 streets of value with overpairs in PLO. check turn and call/fold depending on bet size, probably folding more often than not. As played snap fold

This looks kinda spewy to me. He can easily have 2pair, sets. And if he has a draw you are probably flipping at best. I would probably fold the flop - I don't see many villains raising flop/jamming turn with worse hands. Obv he can have a draw, but your equity will not be great against those either. Stacking off with AA unimproved in 3bet pots is def gonna be costly

I think that flatting the 3bet could be a viable option with these pretty trashy aces.

Would checking the flop and folding to heavy action (calling maybe a small bet and a fold from the other player) be an option? I am new to PLO so couldn't tell you the best play, but against AAxx you only have 28% equity. And my guess is that we are up against at least one player with AA or QQ/JJ here

By raising the flop, you fold out the hands you beat, and get 3bet by hands which crush you. I dislike your play on every street.

raise preflop
call flop
as played i'm probably folding to flop 3bet. It looks very strong. I don't see anyone but an INSANE lagtard 3betting JJ here. Its 5x more than AA/KK here, but you are still crushed without insane reads on villain

agree with folding flop multiway with one left to act. If we do have the best hand, it will be extremely difficult to play the turn and river

Yea sometimes notetaking on bovada feels like a pointless effort if you do a lot of table selecting. I do think there is a tradeoff of sorts between constantly table selecting and playing longer sessions at each table. I often will stay at tables which might not be the best available because of reads I have gathered so far that session. Obviously a hud is hugely important in that decision, since without one all you have to go on its notes and the lobby stats.

GL man

I lean towards calling, but am not super pumped about it. Generally I find that weird overbet shoves pf and on the flop are weak/spewey

I play 25nl on bovada, and definitely do a lot of table selecting as well. My theory is that oftentimes the fishier players (which create the 40%+) will bust out or move around pretty frequently. So a table might still have high stats even though the action players have left - or something along those lines. I also keep a close eye on stacks sizes, as a lot of high flop % tables include too many smaller stacks

Either way, I think table selection is one of the most important factors affecting your winrate. Being a table selecting fiend does not preclude you from working on your game, taking notes, etc - focus on both and you will be in great shape

I lean more towards c/f the flop here. It's multiway, and as played the Q on the turn isn't really much of a scare/barrel card.

Why aren't you trying to gii on the flop here? Otherwise why 4bet? In 4bet pots with AA/KK I am almost always betting flop and hoping to get all in asap unless the flop is absolutely horrendous

Always 3betting in spots like these, especially against shorter stacks. In my experience, most shorter (30-60bb) stacks are poor/recreational players. They will often spazz out preflop and gii dominated by your hand. I make it more like 12-12.5 here as we are oop