Context, end of the session we decide to finish off with a bomb pot $20 each plus the leftover $20 from the button game. We're 6-handed as well. Blinds are 2/3/6 min buy-in 500, match the stack 80%.

Flop($140): 8c7s4s

SB checks, Hero in BB with 8s6s checks (stack $3225), HJ bets $70 (stack $1120, LAG likes to stab at pots IP when checked to, sometimes stacks off light), CO calls (stack $410, loose passive preflop, tight passive postflop), fold, fold, Hero calls, others fold

In a standard single raised pot of 2-3 players, I'd probably check-raise my pair plus combo draws OOP, but with the bomb pot I feel like I have to be more conservative, especially when the table is quite deep (avg stack is 1.2k, some have 2-2.5k, me and another player over 3k). Too risky to check-raise non-nutted draws. Is this thinking correct?

Turn ($450): 3s

Checks all around.

I'm checking looking to call. If I get raised while OOP I won't know what to do as I may be playing for at least a 160BB pot with a middling flush that may be dead to a bigger flush barring a miracle 5s. Plus I want to see how the passive player (who's overplayed hands in bomb pots before) reacts to the flush completing on the turn as he's the short-stack in the hand.

River ($450): 3d

Hero checks, check, CO jams 340

Hero???

Quite a terrible river to say the least, because when it checks around the turn, it's quite feasible that a flopped set would check back the turn. As the same time, villain in the CO has been known to value-own himself quite a few times (earlier he donk-led jammed a 4-liner board with top-two pair in a 3.2k pot) especially in bomb pots. Normally refuses to play bomb pots but with the extra dead money from the button game he felt like gambling (plus he was 3.6k in the hole before the hand).

Now normally in a single-raised pot I'm snap-calling at that SPR, unless villain is quite nitty and not prone to value-betting worse hands. In those cases I have a little more to worry about with the paired board.

In a bomb pot, how nitty do I have to be? Is it ever feasible to fold middling flushes here? I think folding flushes on paired boards is way too exploitable, but at the same time, in the context of a bomb pot where player can had ATC I should be folding some flushes here, right? I would think that I'm folding my worse flushes here. I'm rejamming all boats here, and folding all straights here against these players.

In general, what sort of recommendations do you make in bomb pots? I've watched some Brad Owen bomb pots, but a a lot of them seem to be double-boards to reduce variance. Any insights would be great, thanks.

You could of course bet flop and or turn but I don’t mind your passive line this deep. Call river, you’re very under repped and your read is he value owns himself.

I think we can find a fold because of this being a bomb pot. If it was 9-handed I don’t think it would be close, but 6-handed- calling seems perfectly fine.

It makes a huge difference, and you seem aware of why and how which is good.

While V could definitely be valuing worse, ideally we have a higher flush (ofc) because than there’s a higher likelihood of that. It’s hard to know where to draw the line though and there’s no right answer here.

I like your line.

I'm not sure why we're worried about a flopped set. The fact that it's a bomb pot actually makes that very unlikely, and a set will usually raise the flop.

You shouldn't be more cautious in bomb pots "because they can have anything." It's the opposite since everyone will have an extremely weak range that includes total garbage like 92o. Sets are 9 combos, which is an extremely narrow part of an ATC range.

River is a horrible check IMO. You're obviously not checking to turn your hand into a bluffcatcher if you want to fold now so why miss value? They can literally have 100% of 8x combos overpairs, straights, etc.

We checked on the flush twice. Nobody expects you to have a flush or a boat. I'm calling.