AAxx OOP deep in PLO100
Hi all,
I faced an interesting situation in a PLO100 zoom game on Pokerstars:
5 Handed, 225BB deep, I'm in EP holding AsAcQs3c:
I open to 3.5 BB
Next player on CO 3-bets to 12BB
BTN, SB and BB fold.
I 4-bet to 37.5 BB (190BB behind)
Villain calls (274BB behind)
Flop comes Kh4d3d.
What to do here?
In my opinion, the flop is neither very bad, nor very good. Yes, few hands to consider here as diamond draws, KKxx hands and Kxxx hands with diamonds. In a low SPR scenario, I think the play is very obvious and we put our money in here, but as we're deep, I'm not sure. What are your thoughts?
4 Replies
Miss the flop entirely .
Check and ..
Deep and OOP i like a check here. No relevant blockers. While You have a pair blocker, it’s not too relevant as 2 cards are below a 5 and arent represented much in a 4b pot.
KK isn’t super prevalent here as he should have almost none. Even AKK should fold the 4b so really he just has super premium KK like maybe KKQJ ds and that’s it. If he’s a whale or fish tho he may have way more.
Really he is weighted to a naked K wit draws. A K with a FD can go heavy here to put all your AA in a tough spot and you just have to play defense.
Check call small bet, check fold to pot which you should never face in theory but allows you off the hook if u see it in practice. Evaluate turns.
If a 3 or 4 come on the turn you can lead. The rest will be checks
Are you deep though? SPR 2,5 on a board where it's tough to be crushed, assuming a reasonable range for villain. Even monkeypot-getin can't lose that much EV. I agree with Echemondo that starting with a check is better.
I don’t mind a XR to commit a K with a draw but you are just flipping and succumbing to the variance and not making your opponent play incorrectly. Literally any K can just stack off that has anything with it. In fact just 2 pair outs with a BD draw may be enough if they have a diamond blocker.
The tougher but correct play would prolly be to just call down on clean run outs to allow bluffs.
The easier is to just XR jam.
I guess it depends on opponents. Some opponents I’ll snap fold against, some call, some just jam and accept the variance. It’s a 4b pot so the ranges are way more condensed but I wouldnt wanna flip vs a hand like KJT9 with diamonds in a spot like this.
That said, live spewtards may just have something even crazier like A548ss or just trash lol
This is online 100 though we should see a decent range
