2-5 PLO Top 2 vs a good player
The villain is a good player. They coach/instruct in PLO. They are on the aggro side. They probably have me marked as a call station (usually in 3 bet pots). We are 5 handed. Don't have a ton of crazy history, but have played a decent amount.
Villain 100BB
Hero 120BB
Preflop: Hero has Kh Qd Ts 6s in the BB
2 folds, Villain raises to 3.4BB, sb folds, hero calls
Flop: Ks 9h 6d (7.2BB)
Hero checks, Villain bets 5.4BB, Hero calls
Turn: Th (18BB)
Hero checks, Villain bet 13.5BB, hero calls
River: 5d (45BB)
Hero checks, Villain bets 45BB, hero folds
Are you doing anything different here? Is the river a mandatory call vs a good player with the Q blocker?
I was thinking, he could also have a lower straight as well. Do you play this hand any differently?
6 Replies
Just fold pre imo. Queen is very relevant so I call river.
Gto says it’s a call. Do you fold because the player is good or because it’s a marginal call?
I don’t think playing hu pots oop without initiative against great players is profitable.
I like the way you played it. Would probably play it the same. Maybe 1/5 i flick in a call otr. He can have 78 here though too.
The one thing that is bugging me is that It's kind of tough for me to have much better than KT here because with the straight card coming on the turn, he bets and I don't raise here, he could be barreling something like AAJX, KJxx, etc.
I guess the main exploit would be just to call the turn with QJ a large % of the time?
Wp, I think I call river at least half of the time though.
I think flop x/r is probably better than call.
Against an aggro, I agree river is a lean call (or mixed call like others suggest), but it does seem close, especially if villain thinks you are super sticky.
