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Originally Posted by Marecki
Could you explain more in depth why it's so common to double barrel paired turns? I remember I heard about this concept back in 2012 when I was trying to learn PLO in beginning of my poker adventure but I'm still not sure why is this a general rule.
When V's flat or check/call flop, usually flush draws and straight draws make up a lot of their range on most boards. Draws don't like the paired board because they could be dead to a boat already, or if they're not some of they're outs could e dirty if they're facing trips, and they don't know what outs those are. They're also not able to get a ton of value if the draw hits because they'll never have the nuts and can't face a river raise. If V has a hand like two pair OTF (obviously not including the card that paired on the turn) they also don't like the board pairing because they can be counterfeited against an overpair, while if V has an overpair they have to worry that you caught trips. When you bet flop and barrel turn you're range is uncapped and you can effectively rep trips or a boat so your story makes sense.
Obviously this doesn't always work. Sometimes V hits a boat or trips OTT and isn't folding. This is more likely on very dry boards (say Q72r), where it's hard for V to have a draw. Some Vs will continue with just draws even when the board pairs on the turn. If you see someone continue with a non-combo draw on the turn after the board pairs make a note about it and don't ever double barrel them without a made hand. That said, I've found double barreling to be very profitable in this situation, and it's nice to give yourself cards you almost automatically double barrel so you're not only barreling for value.