Hand #355304435 - Omaha(Pot Limit) - $0.05/$0.10 - 2020/05/15 02:52:03 UTC
Blitz Poker 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BTN ($13.22)
Seat 2: SB ($12.00)
Seat 3: BB (Hero) ($12.00)
Seat 4: UTG ($19.80)
Seat 5: HJ ($11.86)
Seat 6: CO ($12.00)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [As Ac 8s 5c]
UTG folds
HJ folds
CO raises $0.35 to $0.35
BTN calls $0.35
SB calls $0.30
HERO raises $1.65 to $1.75
CO calls $1.40
BTN calls $1.40
SB folds
*** FLOP *** [2c 9d 9c]
Main pot $5.32 | Rake $0.28
Hero bets $3.00
CO folds
BTN calls $3.00
*** TURN *** [2c 9d 9c] [6s]
Main pot $11.02 | Rake $0.58
Hero bets $7.25 and is all-in


A lot of questions here, like I said I am BRAND NEW to PLO. Haven't even looked into opening ranges properly yet. I'm assuming Double suited AA85 is a slam dunk 3-bet here against 3 players. Is full pot the only option when it comes to sizing here?

On the flop should I be check calling as opposed to leading a paired middle card board? If I'm betting should I be sizing differently here? What do I do if I get check raised?

In hindsight this turn card is actually bad for me as any 96xx now has me drawing dead to and Ace. Am I meant to check give up facing a bet on the turn and figure it out if he checks back and one of the flushes comes on the river?

Like I said super new to plo so some detailed advice would be greatly appreciated. I have lots of questions so if there's just one thing that sticks out to you please just let me know what it is.


Also are there any good free plo learning resources you could reccomend for an absolute beginner to PLO? I'd consider myself a very good holdem MTT player and a (slightly) above average holdem cash player. If you know of ANY books/websites/videos etc etc that will help me on the way to taking stacks and crushing souls I'd love to hear about it.

Cheers.

Always raise pot pre-flop, no matter if RFI, ISO or 3-bet.

Flop
You should bet small (1/3) or check.
Your hand is very strong with the nut-fllush draw and you're good against trips if you're raised (as played with your bet size).

Turn,
As played I would shove, even though you're 120bb deep.
You're gonna get called by combo draws or overpairs with backup often enough to justify betting.
If your flop bet was 1/3 and called, I would bet 1/3 again or check/call turn but that depends on your opponent's tendencies. If unknown, I would check/call more often I guess.

flop isn't trivial - the chance that one of two players flopped trips in a 3-way pot is somewhat significant (on basic calculations it's in the region of 25% total), especially on a 99 board compared to a 44 board.

the problem here with AA is that even though we have the best hand more than average, it's not *that* easy to get the rest of our $10 in and be that ahead of the range that continues.

Sure, stuff like KK and overpairs might stick around with some players, but depending on how transparent you are for having an AA** heavy range, some players can find folds on either flop or turn. Likewise, it's hard to draw to a king high flush on this board.

However, one big problem is the majority of the times we are ahead is because an opponent has no pair and is way, way behind.

This seriously cuts into our ability to actually get value from worse. Meanwhile if we commit to taking this line we will often lose the max versus a better hand. It's very easy for trips to flat this flop as there are many good turn cards that don't change anything and just induce AA to put the rest in themselves on the turn.

The bet or check question relies on how often you're 3-betting non-AA and how often you want to be c-betting here 3-way. That's why a smaller bet like 1/3rd like PacnyTuH0 suggested is a better sizing because you don't *need* to bet that big when your opponent has something like ace-high, queen-high no draws as they are pretty dead.

Checking is also a way to get one street of value from other overpairs later down the line with better control of the pot, or potentially inducing one bluff from the dead part of their ranges.