Hero $6000 2/2 PLO live 8 handed
AA96hh in sb A9h
Btn straddle $5
Very rare any pots have gone limped to the flop and even raises tend to get called by multiple players. Even 3bets get called and go multiway a good bit of time, but they do generate more folds than just a raise. Looking to limp 3bet/4bet rather than open and go 6 ways OOP to a flop. Most stacks are deep so want to get least amount of players to the flop as possible.
Hero calls, bb calls, MP raise $25, 1 call, CO makes it $115, btn folds, hero raise $400, folds to MP who calls.
Flop ($860) 752hhh
Hero?
MP has us covered.
Looking to build a pot but not sure how to go about it. MP is LAG and is capable of bluffing but likely won't go crazy in a pot already this big. Unless he has Ah (which he obviously doesn't) I don't see him spewing. Although there are a good bit of deep stacks at the table, we are both the deepest. He also knows I am capable of bluffing as well.
Not sure if it's possible he could have a set. I have seen him play big pots with low pairs. If this was just a raised or 3bet pot he could definitely have one. But with the fact it was him that 3bet it's hard to say. Unless it's like KK77/55/22 or he was just getting out of line preflop. I could also see him putting me on AA and playing a wide range hoping to hit and stack me. He's not afraid to GII.
If we bet I can see him calling with some flushes and sets. Possibly 2 pair if he somehow has that as well. Otherwise he's likely folding everything else. He's not peeling with just an overpair. If I check I think he probably checks back so I don't think checking is the way to go. If he senses weakness he could maaaybe stab at it with a random hand but I think I'd have to check the flop and turn which risks losing 2 streets of value if he just checks back.
It's possible he might bet one of his made hands, but why risk checking and him checking back instead of me just keeping the betting lead and having him call? If he was going to bet, it's likely with a hand he would've called a bet with. If I check call flop it looks pretty suspicious. So the turn might go x/x. I'm not going to x/c with a bluff. So I figure bet to keep my range open to value/bluffs.
This player is also the player who has 72XX in this hand:
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/3...layer-1829186/
Not saying he has 72XX here. But I think it helps to know the type of hands he's raising/playing.