Line check with excellent draw

Line check with excellent draw

$0.50/$1 online 6 max. 5 handed at the moment.

H UTG +1 $100ish. AdJc8d6c pots ($3.50)
V immediately on my left ($100ish also) calls.
Everyone else folds.

Flop (~$8)
Td8s6d

H pot (I think this is standard), V repots. Pretty sure I’m supposed to just repot here which is nearly AI but honestly not sure. I have every nut draw obviously but since I do that probably means V has a set and I’m in surprisingly poor shape against a set especially if he has any draw blockers to go with it.

Any help here is appreciated.

Note the site I play on will let you cash out your AI equity if you like. Also will let you run it twice or three times if your opponent agrees.

10 June 2024 at 04:42 PM
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First you are currently behind top 2, any set, or the straight. At best you have 13 outs and at worst 9 with him having outs to an unbeatable full house to any sensible hand that calls you.. SPR is 12 . I'd bet closer to 1/2 pot as that should fold out the hands that are currently behind but keeps SPR high. Why shovel in money when V is likely the favorite in the pot?


by Polarbear1955 k

First you are currently behind top 2, any set, or the straight. At best you have 13 outs and at worst 9 with him having outs to an unbeatable full house to any sensible hand that calls you.. SPR is 12 . I'd bet closer to 1/2 pot as that should fold out the hands that are currently behind but keeps SPR high. Why shovel in money when V is likely the favorite in the pot?

I’m a ****ing idiot.

Flop is 10d7s5d. Obviously changes everything…. Sorry about that


PLO Trainer has the solution with PLO500 rake settings.

There, they Cbet 3/4 pot.

When your bet is raised, it's a mix between calling and repotting. Solver favors repotting with more combos draws with the nut flush draw + open ended straight draw.


I'm not a big 'pot' guy, although this is a pretty good spot to pop the clutch for sure. You're drawing to 3 different nut hands so not very many PLO Players would object to escalating the betting .. especially if you are into RIT, which I am not. If you want to see 4 more cards then you need to try and GII, otherwise just flat the raise and hope to apply max pressure if you improve on the Turn and the equity against a set is now flipped. (Or you can think about getting away from a Board pairing card)

Are you rolled for big swings? What does $100 mean to you? Have fun .. GL


I personally wouldn't recommend potting here at this SPR. Problem with potting is you're never going to be able to balance your bluffs and you just end up giving villain, who already is in a favorable spot, much easier decisions with their range.

Your cbet is sub 20% here

I'd check to check raise. Problem with cbetting here is we're still lost on a number of turns, we're still oop at a relatively high spr on future streets and aren't pushing a polarity edge. We have a slight overall eq advantage but not enough to get ool imo.

I'd reserve stronger, more robust dominating candidates for leads here (A98dd type) where we have bette playability and options on turns when called.

Cbetting 75% is ok here but not a huge EV diff between 50% and 75%. Reason I like 50% here is in position doesn't defend enough from a population standpoint and we get to keep villain's range a bit wider, which works nicely with candidates like yours.


as played, facing re-POT on the flop...

If you jam:
Could get called by other combo draws (wrap+FD or pair+FD or pair+wrap etc), we are flipping with most of these hands
Against set we are not far behind especially if they don't block outs
Might fold out V's weakest raising hands
We have no pair so we are almost never dominating V (70%+ equity). So if they fold any hand we are happy
Always realize 100% of equity

If you call:
We are OOP but its SPR 1 with robust equity so not a big disadvantage
Could pot some turn cards (off suit A, J, 8, 6, 3) where V might fold some better made hands
Can value jam turns where we make nuts. Now V has tough decisions all around whether they hold set+draw or any weaker made hand
Of course we could choose to check/call on any of the above nodes instead but they seem like natural all-ins to me...
Tougher decision for us on specifically spade K/Q/2 turns but think we are still calling
Might have to fold some board pairing turns (9 cards) which is very sad :(

Another way to think about it :
By jamming flop you simplify the game a lot: you profit immensely whenever V folds, and if he calls, we have ~40-60% equity against V and we are getting that equity no matter what
By calling and seeing a turn, you are now opening up scenarios where the turn brings a board pair, or a flush, straight, more outs, etc. Will you navigate those spots significantly better than your opponent? If so there is added merit to calling

I think I'd end up jamming

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