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Originally Posted by LiveActionPro
The whole hand comes down to a flop with two good players behind as neither 2 are folding pre. I just don't understand how you like this position.
Not sure we actually like this situation, but then again, deep stacked OOP to two decent players means that even with premium aces, we don't *like* the situation that much unless the flop helped us in some way. Deep stacked PLO is very much about the flop and position, that is the nature of the beast.
Having said that, folding is very much an non-option here, neither is raising as we are bloating up the pot, but not enough to be committed, and we seldom flop well enough to play against two decent players with position on us. So a call seems the best option. We have enough implied odds to set mine, with the benefit of a well-disguised top set should we be lucky enough to flop it, plus we could put our ace blockers to good use on suitable boards. Of course, if the pot gets raiesd again preflop, we can then put in another reraise to get committed... even trash aces do well if we can get committed preflop.
I have been thinking hard, and I cannot understand why folding is ever an option. Could those who advocate folding this hand preflop please expand their argument a little to put me out of my misery?