Some questions from PLO beginner
Hello guys, i play live 1/3 holdem but they love to add one hand of PLO per cycle which means if we play 9 handed there is one PLO hand per 8 hand of holdem, usually most action goes when it's time for PLO, also seems like no one knows how to play PLO properly including myself
Few times i tried to trap players with AAxx hand 500-700$ deep at 1/3, when i say trap i mean something like this: preflop i raise 10, call, call, call and someone raises POT with KKxx hand something like 50$ and another player calls and i reraise pot which is 210$ or something, in my mind i trapped KKxx hand and yeah he's calling, another player folds, now no matter what flop brings im going all in there with my AAxx, i believe this is super +EV move but not sure anymore because exactly 3 times i've lost total of -1.5k$ doing such traps
Maybe i should play more calm preflop even with AAxx? just see more flops and when i hit a set or when i have ready hand then start to build a pot?
Also do you know what are the odds villain to make two pair or better exactly on flop when i hold AAxx hand? if it's like 22-25% it might be not worth trap and jam any flop like 200BB+ deep because when they hit two pair or better they take my whole remaining stack even if they invest like 200$ pre, there is still 400-500$ left when we play that deep
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A lot to unpack here. Best I could tell you is it’s almost always correct to put as much money in pre with aces as possible in PLO outside of the very niche scenarios such as uber deep and IP or a 4 way all in pre prior to your action and you hold ragged AA.
Post flop it depends a lot on position, SPR and range construction.
I actually had a flop the other day I may post eventually but it was a 3b pot, at a less than 1 SPR to flop and I have AAK4 and flop comes T98monotone. I have the nut flush blocker and OP jams into me. This is prolly one of the few flops I could ever fold in a spot like this. Majority you don’t tho at sub 1 SPR.
Point is it’s quite nuanced and you can’t be results oriented, only process oriented. Preflop you played well from the sounds of it. Post flop we won’t know unless you give board specifics along with position and SPRs
Once you got in 200 with 300 back with aces you’ve played the hand great and can stack off in the dark and print.
