Live 1/2 300 BB deep: jam for value or check to induce?
I've been at the table ~3 hours, first time playing PLO here. Playing pretty tight/ABC, running hot, making more than my share of big bets and raises but calling very few. Lots of 200+ BB stacks at the table.
V is a good TAG reg in his late 20's. He is down a couple BIs, but definitely a huge winner in this game, just by virtue of not playing every single starting hand and not stacking off with bottom 2 pair.
9-Handed
V has $580 UTG+2
I have A♣A♠9♦5♦ with $650 in the SB
UTG limps
V limps
4 other limps
I complete
BB checks
Flop ($14): A♦ 3♦ 6♥ 😮
Checks to V who bets $13
1 LP caller ($325)
I raise to $60
Only V calls
Turn ($134) 8♥
I bet $130
V calls
River ($390) 7♠
I?
I'm torn between jamming on the 45/ weird sets portion of his range, and checking to induce from the busted diamonds portion. I don't see him calling flop with many 9T hands at all (KT9Xdd only? I even block the 9d) so I feel like my hand is effectively the nuts here... Could be wrong.
I had been re-checking my cards fairly frequently during prior hands, but did not do that at any point in this hand.
Sorry if this is standard. I've played virtually no PLO since black friday.
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I potted river (putting V all-in) and he called with 45XXdd
Sorry I can’t remember his exact hand, it’s been a long decade haha
Thanks to all who weighed in
They waited 11 years for the reveal.
River shove seems obvious we have plenty of other bluff catchers.
Lol excellent timing
As described it seems very unlikely he has you beat, and every reason to try to push you off your hand. Very hard for you to have better than 45 too. I wouldn't be shocked to see him try to push you off a chop with 45. Never folding to a raise.
You gotta be balanced in your cards-checking strat. So easy to do, no excuse not to. Avoids mistakes, avoids giving info away.
You gotta be balanced in your cards-checking strat. So easy to do, no excuse not to. Avoids mistakes, avoids giving info away.
By balance I assume you mean always check your cards whether you know them or not.
I used to play memorizing my cards when playing post-flop and place them face down with a few chips on my cards but it's easy to forget a card especially if it wasn't the meat of my hand. I also had problems where the dealer passed my action (I'm not a super regular where I play) and I would have to yell "time" (Gardena little old lady style *) to get a chance to act.
These days even after I check my cards I hold them on the table with both hands where one end of the four card spread is slightly bent up with my thumb under that end and the other hand cupping the part of the cards bent up for security (and half the cards were exposed so people know I have a hand). When it's my turn to act I look at them again but almost always act quickly. Since both hands are on the cards the dealer doesn't often mistake a pause for a check (we do have some players who check by wiggling a finger about a nanometer). This has really helped my execution as I don't have to fret about the action passing me. When I want to bet I reach back with one hand to gather my bet then move it forward. When I want to check I emphatically move forward with one hand and tap the table in an obvious manner.
I rarely verbalize bets since bet and check and even pot can sound similar in a noisy card room.
* I go way back to the lowball/draw games in Gardena, California playing a lot at the El Dorado Club (now where The Hustler is located) and The Normandie (now the Lucky Lady less than a mile away). People would routinely use the word "time" to freeze the action. Rumour had it that the usage of time to get people to be patient was used by little old ladies (and I suppose men) in the Gardena area supermarkets when one had to dig through a wallet to find payment. 😀
If anyone else has been watching the Triton series I've been very impressed by Mario Mosbeck, his composure and stance seem very intimidating. Seems to play well too
