$5 PLO 6-max: 4bet Pot Pre PLO vs a crazy loose player

This one really got to me, because I had no clue how to play post flop in this hand against this player..

Info about player, he calls ATC pre, plays ATC the exact same way, and bets pots all the way down, he's very aggressive, constantly just hitting the pot button against players, but against me he usually goes for the C/R move, I've already been forced 2 times by this player to fold AA cuz the board just didn't add up..Is this one of those cases if so why?






pokerstars Pot-Limit Omaha, $0.05 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($16.33)
BB ($14.07)
Hero (UTG) ($23.28)
MP ($8.08)
Button ($14.09)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q , A , A , 8
Hero bets $0.15, 1 fold, Button raises to $0.52, SB calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2.13, 1 fold, SB calls $1.61

Flop: ($4.83) J , 6 , 7 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.20, SB raises to $11.23, Hero?


Now this player is capable (Atleast to me to shove draws+sets+2 pairs+1 pair hands+all air on this flop, just to win the pot), what's our option?

Get it in. And pot the flop.

c9h13no3 said:

Get it in. And pot the flop.

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Ok, this is why I posted this hand in the 1st place, my next question is, how should I deal with players like this? Should I just constantly blast the pot button, or should I not be 4betting pre all-together so I don't bloat the pot up higher?

A little of both. When you've got a decent set of aces like this, you should certainly be 4-betting preflop. In a 4-bet pot, you can usually get SPR's that are conducive to stacking an overpair in Omaha if you're 100 bb's deep.

However, this is sort of a special case. Our opponent has 300+ bb's, so normally we shouldn't be looking to stack off with just an overpair in a 4-bet pot, since there's so much more money behind. But against a true drooler, I say just get it in, since this board is dry enough.

Omaha's a little funny though in that you're not really looking to push your preflop edges (since they're small). Get position with a good hand, and then pound him mercilessly when you hit flops (and if you're selecting good hands, you'll hit more flops & hit them harder). Players like this almost always push their hands too far postflop, so they offer good implied odds even though they start out with bad hands.