[newbie thoughts] Should i avoid multiway pots in any manner?
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 102
Hi all, i'm a newbie in PLO, so may be my question is trivial or discussed earlyier (i tried to search but find nothing)
As it seems to me - almost all hands - maybe except top non-A pockets - are better in one-to-one postflop. Better for bluff, better for bluff-catching, better for made hands and most times better for SD because of possible redraws, backdoor FDs and so on. Hands with top-cards - AK, AKQ, AKJ are much better in one-to-one then in multiway pot. Hands like 789J are also good in HU post-flop when u hit x8J for example. And its marginal FDs have much more equity in HU.
So the question is - am i right thinking that i should avoid multiway pot as much as i can? 3betting all hands i plan to play (except set-mining QQ/KK) IP (at least when no raise-call action before me), and often 3bet from blinds if i saw limp-limp-bet action before me and plan to play my AKT4ss for example?
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 29,325
You should not avoid multiway pots.
You should be in profitable spots. It takes different skills to play multiway.
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,996
HUPLO might be more suitable for you as a game if you feel this.