How to play the nut flush draw in PLO

#1 28th October 2011, 9:17 PM

I have played PLO almost exclusively for a couple of years now and have always got as much money as possible in post flop if I had the nut flush draw but the more PLO I play the less I like doing this.
If you hit your flush on the turn it is so transparent that most of the time you dont win any more and if you dont make your flush on the turn and someone makes a pot sized bet you are faced with making a bad odds bet or folding.
I would be interested to know how other people play these hands?

#2 29th October 2011, 7:16 PM

I mix it up, sometimes i bet the flush draw other times i check it.

#3 29th October 2011, 7:32 PM

Your question is so vague it's tough to answer. How about providing specific reads, stack sizes, positions, hands. Having Ah2hJs8h on 7h6s5h 2s board isn't all that exciting honestly; having AhKhKsJs on JhTh5s 2s is totally different.

#4 29th October 2011, 11:14 PM

Its not how you play the flush that dictates if you get money off of it or not. It is how you play everything else on a flush board.

#5 31st October 2011, 8:40 PM

Like Baudib1 said the question is a little too vauge, is it a loose game or a tight one, for example. Never slow play Nut flushes or Nut straights in PLO, nut flushes are great but can get drawn out on to FH's. You just have to be happy with the win post flop if you made your flush on the flop or turn and he folds to your bet, if the vilain stays, good you win most of the time. But, don't ever give him free cards to make a better hand. You really want him to be a dog with a bone on the 2nd nut flush or chasing the FH with 2 pair.

#6 1st November 2011, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PotluckXXI

Like Baudib1 said the question is a little too vauge, is it a loose game or a tight one, for example. Never slow play Nut flushes or Nut straights in PLO, nut flushes are great but can get drawn out on to FH's. You just have to be happy with the win post flop if you made your flush on the flop or turn and he folds to your bet, if the vilain stays, good you win most of the time. But, don't ever give him free cards to make a better hand. You really want him to be a dog with a bone on the 2nd nut flush or chasing the FH with 2 pair.

Lol.

I mean, the fact that people still think this way in PLO amazes me. Free cards are good. Letting people chase is good sometimes. Also slowplaying is not a bad thing but again, you need to balance your range properly.

#7 1st November 2011, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marginal

I mean, the fact that people still think this way in PLO amazes me. Free cards are good. Letting people chase is good sometimes. Also slowplaying is not a bad thing but again, you need to balance your range properly.

Err, again, what does 'balance your range properly' mean? Yours or theirs? And how? (There is a joke here but...)
I go Farha style and shove when +EV, when at, say, 53%? So anyway ya the OP is too vague, nut Fl draw and what else? What other draws and potential redraws on board? These all figure along with other elements mentioned above, SS, position, and so on...

#8 1st November 2011, 11:29 PM

You have the nuts but can't make a better hand, you are going to let someone take a shot on drawing out on you for free? So they don't hit and fold with no additional equity for you, or they do hit and you loose. I can't see ever letting someone off cheap unless you are way ahead.

#9 8th November 2011, 9:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PotluckXXI

You have the nuts but can't make a better hand, you are going to let someone take a shot on drawing out on you for free? So they don't hit and fold with no additional equity for you, or they do hit and you loose. I can't see ever letting someone off cheap unless you are way ahead.

Well, the thing about it, relating to not playing fast is,

1) when we flop a flush or turn a flush. it is not super obvious

2) we disguise our hand because we dont instantly mash pot

3) if they hit, we lose less money and are less committed.

4) if we are not betting non flush hands on flush boards it makes it hard for us to bet it because our range is 100% flush.

Similar Threads for: How to play the nut flush draw in PLO > Texas Hold'em Poker
Thread	Replies	Last Post	Forum	Thread Starter
Ace flush draw in PLO	2	24th May 2011 5:53 PM	Cash Games	Colbefc
* April Asperger Apricot Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation Serious Poker Content Chat Thread*	1925	1st May 2011 6:15 PM	Cash Games	Marginal

Play Texas Hold'em Online Poker \| How to play the nut flush draw in PLO
BetOnline Poker is a top online poker site accepting all US players with an INSTANT cash bonus of up to $900 FREE. It also has a casino and sports betting available.	PokerStars is one of the best places to play poker online. Use PokerStars marketing code CCHAT for a $600 bonus. Note: No US Players Accepted.