Global Poker, PLO $22 MTT

Hero is short stack with 25 bb

Hero is CO with A K Q 8

Preflop: (1.5 bb, 6 players)
fold, fold, Hero raises to 3.5x bb, BTN calls, BB calls

Flop: (11 bb, 3 players) K Q T
Hero has 21 bb

BB checks, Hero bets 11bb...



My thought process:

Preflop > AKQx double-suited, raising time, will call 3-bet because it's double-suited. If it was single-suited do I fold to 3-bet?

Flop > My heart sinks a bit. I'm kind of convinced I'm about to donk off all my chips. I have an A blocker, but any J9 will call me. And I think TTxx would call me too.

Still, I got top 2 pair with two backdoor flushdraws, an A blocker and a (weak) gutshot straight draw. With an SPR of 2 I think committing to the pot makes sense.

What do you all think? If I did play it right, what about a situation where my SPR is higher. Do I still c-bet? How much of the difference does the A blocker make?

I mentioned this in another MTT thread of yours, so apologies for repeating myself, but I really don't like to open so big in tournaments unless I'm far shorter or far deeper. This is something I've arrived at just kind of intuitively so I'm open to being wrong, but in PLO MTTs I use NLH sizings. Preflop equities just run so close and committing so much of our share in the prize pool on that street seems inappropriate, especially if it means we can have a higher SPR and exercise more skill across more streets. (Again, this might be misguided shooting-from-the-hip thinking.)

Anyway, re: single-suited facing a 3bet, what I'm seeing from my 20bb sim is that it probably depends on the 3bet range. If it's fairly wide, we can call nut suit. If not (or if not nut suit), dump it. (Given vague tournament considerations and players' tendency to 3bet too tight, you can err on the side of folding.)

The SPR being so low makes it tough indeed (though it also makes it harder to make a big mistake). The A blocker makes a little less difference than you may expect (still lots of straight combos available), but it's probably not irrelevant.

I'm honestly not super sure. I may look at a sim later.