$2 PLO 6-max: PLO Made nut flush on flop - Was this the correct play?

IanP304 said:

This is a hand for a short $2 PLO Zoom cash session earlier today, I am not much of a PLO player or cash player for that matter.

Unsure if I played this hand correctly. I hit the nut flush on the flop with the re-draw to royal flush and re-draw A-5 straight flush. There was no pair on the board so I knew that I was ahead as no 'made' full house was possible. So decided to bet pot with the aim to jam/call any 3bet/Jam.

Unfortunately for me villain hit the boat on the river. But did I play the hand correctly?


PokerStars Zoom, Omaha Pot Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 6 players
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IanP84 (UTG): $2.42 (121 bb)
Masia1994 (MP): $3.22 (161 bb)
Tissen1972 (CO): $2.00 (100 bb)
huruhan (BU): $1.95 (98 bb)
Mr. theFirst (SB): $2.67 (134 bb)
klerk1305 (BB): $2.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero (IanP84) is UTG with 3♣ Q♣ A♥ A♣
IanP84 (UTG) raises to $0.06, 1 fold, Tissen1972 (CO) calls $0.06, 1 fold, Mr. theFirst (SB) 3-bets to $0.26, 1 fold, IanP84 (UTG) calls $0.20, Tissen1972 (CO) calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.80) T♣ 2♣ K♣ (3 players)
Mr. theFirst (SB) bets $0.32, IanP84 (UTG) raises to $1.73, Tissen1972 (CO) folds, Mr. theFirst (SB) raises to $2.41 (all-in), IanP84 (UTG) calls $0.43 (all-in)

Turn: ($5.12) 5♣ (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($5.12) K♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $5.12 (Rake: $0.17)

Showdown:
Mr. theFirst (SB) shows T♠ 8♠ T♥ J♠ (a full house, Tens full of Kings)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 38%, Flop: 34%, Turn: 25%, River: 100%)

IanP84 (UTG) shows 3♣ Q♣ A♥ A♣ (a flush, Ace high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 62%, Flop: 66%, Turn: 75%, River: 0%)

Mr. theFirst (SB) wins $4.95

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eetenor said:

Thank U 4 Posting.

As played you made no mistakes post flop.

Preflop we should be 4 betting our hand. This is a hand we want to force the third player to have to pay more to chase and we can get all in vs the SB preflop.

If the flop comes A96 rainbow we get zero $ from SB when we were 63% preflop. We have to push those edges preflop.

Of course you still lose this hand but we need to be thinking about math edges in PLO not win loss per hand.

Hope this helps

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IanP304 said:

Thank you.

I was unsure if i made the correct play pre-flop. I did consider a 4bet but decided to see a flop and re-assess, I think had my hand been double suited I would have put in the 4bet.

I think you are correct though the 4bet line would have been better. Out of interest what bet sizing would you say is optimal for the 4bet? Pot bet or smaller?

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