$5 PLO 6-max: PLO Facing check raise with flopped straight draw

Lmbeach

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I basically have no clue how to play PLO. I have played 152 hands in my life now. I've been 52/23/1.2 over those hands.

Should I have called? I think I was worried about drawing to a hand that might be second best and thought for sure I was drawing against a set or some better hand plus the same draw.

Winning Poker Network - $0.05 PL (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $7.65
BB: $2.83
UTG: $3.82
MP: $4.89
CO: $12.49
Hero (BTN): $11.47

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 6:spade: Q:heart: 7:spade: 8:heart:

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.17, Hero calls $0.17, fold, BB calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.53, 3 players) 7:diamond: 5:spade: T:heart:
BB checks, CO bets $0.51, Hero calls $0.51, BB raises to $2.55, CO calls $2.04, fold

Turn: ($6.14, 2 players) J:spade:
BB bets $0.11 and is all-in, CO calls $0.11

River: ($6.36, 2 players) K:spade:

[spoil]BB shows 5:heart: T:club: J:heart: 3:diamond: (Two Pair, Jacks and Tens) (Pre 58%, Flop 29%, Turn 85%)
CO shows 7:heart: T:diamond: 9:heart: 2:heart: (Two Pair, Tens and Sevens) (Pre 42%, Flop 71%, Turn 15%)
BB wins $6.05
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PLO is a drawing game in some way. You have four cards and you can hit a lot of outs with them. Even AAKK double suited which is the best starting hand in PLO wins about 2/3 of the time (don't know the exact numbers though) against a random hand. My best advice for a PLO player is to find hands that can make the nuts e.g. AA53 double suited or JT98 single suited. Also, don't play AAxx type of hands (unless they're suited or can make a wheel). After all, there are few flops you will love with it and it's a rookie mistake.

Now back to the hand. Calling on the button is fine with this hand, I'm a bit shaky with it especially how it's double suited and you can draw to a hand second best. I would have preferred a three bet if your opponent could fold to one.

The flop gives you middle pair and an open ended straight draw with backdoor flush draws. It's a good flop for your hand. Once the person c-bets (I don't like the c-bet and it looks like this person transitioned from holdem) because your opponents will hit this board a big percentage of the time.

As soon as there is a raise after your call, this can be top pair (another rookie mistake), two pair, or a set. When the cutoff calls, you're in a spot where you can call, but what if you miss your draw? What if you hit two pair? What if a jack comes and then you make your straight on the river? What if you backdoor one of your flushes? All of these spots are tricky.

It's fine to fold this because you could be in a world of trouble if you hit some piece on the turn that isn't a straight. I'm not a PLO expert, but I know a bit about the game. Good luck with digesting it all!
 
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I'd say tighten up your hand range pre flop, Omaha's a big pot game and like Scrover said you want to be drawing to the nuts with a lot of equity when all the money goes in.

In the above spot the call OTF I wouldn't say is terrible as your draws still playable but you should fold when the BB raises.

Download a starting hand chart and tighten up at first, this should make you profitable against these types of player (look at the holdings they had). You don't want to cold call with just 3 rundown cards like 4,5,6 or 2,3,4 IMO.

And the swings are brutal :(
 
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Fold pre. You have a modest hand that, while 2-suited, is far more likely to hit the flop in a manner that puts you in marginal situations than ones that are easy to play. And given you don't know how to play PLO, you want to avoid marginal situations, not go looking for them.

As played, fold the flop. Your pair is almost meaningless, your draw isn't to the nuts or even the near-nuts, you can't stand a raise, plus even if no one raises the flop, you're likely to face action on the turn, which means you only get one street to hit your non-nut straight.
 
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