$1/$2/$5 5-Card PLO. Turn decision.

Game: $1/$2/$5 5-Card PLO
Stacks: ~ $450 effective between hero and villain.
Table: Passive with very little preflop aggression. 7 handed.

Hero (EP): Ks Kh Js 6h 5c

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Preflop

Hero opens MP to $20. Table is passive; raise is intended to fold out late positions and play vs blinds/straddle.
Button calls, SB calls, Straddle calls.

Pot: ~$80 (4 players)

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Flop – 9s 7s 6c

SB checks, Straddle checks.
Hero bets $75.

Hero has:
• Overpair (KK)
• Bottom pair (6)
• K-high flush draw (second nuts)
• Some straight connectivity

Button folds, SB calls, Straddle folds.

Pot: ~$230 (Heads-up)

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Turn – 3s

Flush completes.

SB now leads $100.

Hero has K-high flush, no As.

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Villain: Has played second and third best flushes several times as if we’re heads up at the table. He got me earlier with a Jh flush to my 10h flush. He’s also been very active and playing a lot of pots. IE: he’s not just playing the nuts. Villain doesn’t have much behind at this point. Only another 250 behind his $100 bet.

Decision:

What’s Hero’s best play on the turn?
• Flat call and play rivers?
• Raise for value / protection?
• Fold (given passive player leading into completed flush)? (Personally, I’m never folding here, but it’s an option on the decision tree).

Key questions I’m wrestling with:
• How wide is SB leading here on a passive table?
• Is raising without the As just isolating myself vs the nut flush?
• If calling, how often are we folding to big river barrels?

Curious how others approach this spot in 5-card, especially vs passive SB leads.