Hi all,

This scenario often arises when I have a medium-strong made hand in a single raised or limped pot, like top two but am out of position, or lack the betting lead, like KQT87 on 872r or KQT96 on K97r, and another player pots it multi-way with SPR greater than 3. What is your standard line in these spots?

Thanks,
DT

Ya two pair in 5 card is very tough as most of your villains will realize their equity, especially when someone pots multi way representing a nut range. I think on dry boards you just call and re-evaluate turn, and on more connected boards maybe folding sometimes without ways to improve. Playing non nut value hands in 5 card plo multiway is very challenging

Sometimes you should lead, if you are OOP it's better to take a b/f line trying to end the hand than a x/c one. I like what pokerfan655 said about folding in wet boards.

Pro here. For me there is no standard line, but a decision based on opponent reads and tendencies.

If the betting player has a high cbet / flop bet frequency or is known to play draws aggressively then I tend towards check raising some of the time with intention to donk bet on turn cards that fail to complete draws you believe they may be on. You can get a high percentage of folds on the turn when you read the board correctly and bet large enough - assuming the opponent is in fact playing more speculative hands aggressively on the flop.

Because of how strong the line of check raising and then donking looks, it can turn into a good spot to shove river as a bluff to get them off of 3 of a kind or a small straight. As your table image becomes looser from check raising, you are opening the door to get paid on your real value hands where you take a line such as x/r => donk => donk