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I could get behind a call but not an overcall I think. We win sometimes but not often enough. I'd play the rest the same I think.

I would certainly protect on the turn with a 6 in hand. Unlikely to get raised and can put pressure on A3 and get some value from fd.

River probably fold but I don't hate calling. Mostly one of them has A3 obv.

I feel like everytime I bet for protection/equity denial in PLO it does not seem very effective because the equities run so much closer than in NLH and because we cannot OB we end up just building a pot in which we are often behind or very slightly ahead (especially multiway).

Having said that, I could get behind betting because we can out draw those hands which are ahead of us.

How do you feel about this?

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Bet the turn because you can protect or get value from draws, which constitute most of theie ranges, given you have a blocker to the nuts. And because you have good equity when behind, but you bet because you expect to be best here even when called, certainly against their ranges in a limped pot.

I feel that's not a very accurate description of the situation. The hand (=this exact hand) is not often very slightly ahead, it's often ahead by so much that it's good to get more money into the pot. That also means that you are able to deny equity.

Of course it's good that you can out draw better hands.

Would rather bet turn for 20 than overcall river for 20.

Not even sure the 6 matters as a blocker, V's can have like AKJ3 and hit turn ... but I don't see how V's have 63 and check flop. So you get called by better sometimes, but basically never get raised.

When you call: HJ bluff + CO call with QQ is the chefs kiss result
Seems less likely that CO calls with QJ, but maybe?

Can anyone fold A3 if you raise? Maybe an insane play for this size.

The 6 absolutely matters, and a lot. Having a) a blocker to the outs and b) more outs to draw with the nuts and beat the 2nd nuts makes a set much more attractive, and that effect goes up in limped pots, where 64 and A4 constitute a bigger part of their range ie we're blocking more than usual.

Not sure what you mean. Certainly people can check nut gutters 6-way? Of course they can have many A3:s also. It's more important to block nuts than non-nuts so that you get raised less often.

I meant it's much easier for someone to have a random A3 that wants to check the flop, with AKQ3 or ATT3 or whatever, than it is to have a random 63 that doesn't have 643/6553 or something that wants to bet the flop.