So I flopped the nut low with no draws to the high. Am I supposed to just call down here? Or fold because getting quartered loses me money?

Cake - $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha (9 players)
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SB: $12.23
BB: $10.01
UTG: $3
UTG+1: $1.23
MP: $13.29
MP+1: $10.02
MP+2: $1.06
CO: $2.68
BTN Hero: $12.15

Pre-flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN and dealt 2c ,9 h, Ah ,K h
UTG calls $0.10, 3 folds, MP+2 raises to $0.30, CO calls $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.20

Flop: ($1.35) 6s 3s 8d (4 players)
UTG checks, MP+2 bets $0.76 (All-in), CO calls $0.76, Hero calls $0.76, UTG calls $0.76

Turn: ($4.39) 6s 3s 8d Jd (4 players)
UTG checks, CO bets $1.62 (All-in), Hero calls $1.62, UTG calls $1.62

River: ($9.25) 6s 3s 8d Jd 5d (4 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $9.25, UTG folds, returned $0

Nice hand, IMO.

Thanks. I obv have no idea what I'm doing in PLO8 which is why I'm posting in the newb thread lol. So I take it this is pretty standard.

I'm relatively new myself, but I'd call it advanced standard if that even makes sense. I think some of the decisions are close (especially folding vs. calling the flop, but I think how you played it is the best option.

Yeah that makes sense. I definitely thought about folding the flop but wasn't sure so I just decided to call.

FWIW I won the low and two other players split the high, one with a flush and the other with a pair of 5s. Somehow I screwed up posting the results.

That's okay. Posting results just biases responses. Don't bother ever posting them, IMO.

There are two players all-in and no money in the second side pot.
ThaHero, were you hoping UTG called and your AK-high was good against him for the side pot?
It's not a very good board for AK-high to be good on...

Nah I just wanted some extra money in for the low I guess? The river bet was probably pretty stupid. Guess I just didn't want to check again and have to call another bet.

This is hopefully obvious: pot-size is not a very good size for a blocking bet in a pot-limit game. Before you take any action at the table, especially an aggressive action, always consider what you're trying to accomplish.

Long-winded, irrelevant point:

problem is, there's only one player who can call this last bet.
you can't value bet your bare nut low against one player.

neither can you find much meaningful fold equity when two players are all in already and the board is terrible for AK high.

with AK high, you're looking for a paired board with no flush/straight possiblities.

Neither. (That is, I wouldn't "just call down here nor would I "fold").

Fine.

At this point you should be trying to figure out what cards your opponents are holding. Since UTG checks, we think he probably doesn't have a very good fit with this flop. Anyone could always be playing coy or trying to be tricky, but just take people at their word. Figure when someone bets the flop, he probably likes it and when he checks the flop, he probably doesn't like it.

UTG checks the flop so we figure he doesn't like it.

Then MP+2 bets $0.76 (All-in), so we figure he does like it. But why should he like it? That's what we ultimately want to know. What cards does he hold that he likes this flop?

And CO calls the bet, so we figure he likes the flop too, but not enough to raise.

Fine. We like the flop too, but not enough to raise.

It looks like UTG is drawing for something. Looks like neither CO nor UTG has a good enough hand yet to bet, but they both hope to improve enough to bet.

It's hard to see how the J could have helped anyone who might have been on a draw. Thus CO's bet of $1.62 doesn't make logical sense unless he has JJ**. But although JJ** is not impossible, it seems far fetched (unlikely). Putting him on A2** seems illogical. Would someone logically play A2** this way? (I don't think so). Not only does CO's bet not make sense, but Hero has the nut low at this point.

Do you want UTG to call too? If so, the call is correct. UTG is getting great odds to call. On the other hand, if you don't want UTG to call too, then you should make a pot sized raise here. A pot sized raise would make it more expensive to call and thus more difficult to call.

Good play.

Buzz

how is that?
it's not a value bet (you very rarely make money when called), and because two players are all in and the 2nd side pot is empty, there's no dead money to be had (no meaningful fold equity).

I like UTG gone.

Buzz

Why? Do you like our chance of AK winning high with him gone?

only way I see how the river bet can be good is if UTG folds nut low, allowing us to have larger portions of the main+side pot.

trouble is, if we could somehow see two of UTG's cards - an A and a 2, we'd probably check, because we'd expect villian to call and usually 3/4 us...

therefore, potting river, hoping UTG folds nut low is inconsistent with my previous sentence and is probably a little too optimistic and makes little sense in general...