Loose-passive players rarely bluff. I've also found that these sorts of players are usually not imaginative enough to represent a backdoor draw as a bluff. If he is truly loose-passive, he might be more likely to have a flush draw that made a hand like a set of sevens on the river that he is overvaluing than he is to have a bluff.

P.S. The fundamental theorem of poker is not always applicable to multi-way pots, of which there are many in PLO.

For example?

After getting over half your stack in preflop with AAxx, you shove the flop against two deep-stacked opponents. Do you want the guy with two pair to raise and potentially knock out the guy behind him with an OESD and non-nut flush draw, which he would do if he knew that was all he faced, or do you want him to cautiously call and see what his opponent does?

According to the FToP, you lose when opponent acts the way he would if he could see your cards, but sometimes in a multiway pot, your opponent can act in a way that increases both of your equity at the expense of other players in the pot.

I was referring to pre-flop. I do not have a good hand. I see no reason to build a big pot with **** holdings.

I do like my implied odds though.

Where is this game at?

Is this at Lumi?
Fold pre, don't bet flop. As played, bet turn. In theory river is an easy call but in practice people don't rep this runout.

Trick question, villain is obviously going to raise his two pair anyway especially since you are marked for aces having reraised half your stack pre.


Also, why can't villain see everyone's cards? For it to be a proper theory of poker decision everyone's cards should be face up.

Yeah. Nothing wrong with folding pre or not betting the flop.

Honestly, those are the conservative plays. If you have a big being conservative is not a bad idea. No need to push the marginal spots.

Obviously, I did not take this approach.

Ha, love this comment.

Its in STL MO. Come and get some. Plenty of PLO here.

I play against a lot of passive lineups where more than half the table doesn't raise two pair in this spot.

Rand, I do get up to STL on business occasionally. Which casino is this at and which days/times does it spread? Thanks!

Its at Lumiere, which is downtown. It runs most days. Best days are Fri / Sat.

Clear turn pot with your hearts backup. There is so much awful RIO if you check it through and you’ll have zero visibility on potentially picking off bluffs with the one million straights, higher flushes etc.
there are some rare opponents that will call flop with top two or a set in this passive fest to trap you, or will not fold A10 on the turn “knowing” you have a set or whatever, but you’ll still get it heads up versus them with the 33% equity you need there. They may also passively check to you on the river too and just call if you continue with initiative and controlling whether the 3rd street goes in or not is super profitable.

However I would just call this pre. You’ll get oversetted a lot and your dream flop of two hearts is pretty rare. I get hammering weaker passive live opponents but do it when you can get it headsup or three ways on the flop and of course in position.

The Villain probably perceives your holding as TT, 22, maybe AA (IDK maybe he thought you could be limp/rr AAxx or your limping bad AAxx). It is possible that a sophisticated player will think that you are capable of folding a set on a board where the runner runner straight came but how often will this happen? IMO, not very often at these stakes. Players are usually playing straightforward and it is much more likely that he binked the nuts and thinks you will never fold a set.