Pre-flop you aren't pushing much equity by repotting against the SB with your hand
Flop you are always pushing a small amount to a large amount of equity by getting all of your money in with the pot as is
Variance you are pushing by playing in a game where the button straddles to 100, and you call a 300 open OOP with 18bb to start the hand and 6bb effective with the original raiser
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Originally Posted by halperin
maybe its the best play, still 30% vs aces. not saying its +ev but i somewhat try to avoid high variance preflop spots like this. i have always much preferred in plo to play spots like this or in that other hand i posted with aj9t, to take flops and play post. i will be able to play better post flop then them, as well as reduce the variance that comes with getting lots of money in pre. again might not be the most +ev thing to do but i would sacrafice some in exchange for lesser swings in plo. what are your thoughts on this?
Some people will argue to the death that you should always do what you perceive to be the most +ev thing but I am with you on sacrificing some POTENTIAL +ev spots that often can be -EV spots in exchange for fewer swings in PLO. If you think you have a big edge post flop, avoiding high variance pre-flop spots is probably the preferred option but not as always possible in some instances where you go 4-way to the flop in a 3bet pot with a hand that plays well 4-way that will lead to some high variance post-flop spots.
Last edited by ChicagoJoey; 04-20-2017 at 04:22 PM.