Correct me if Im wrong but it seems that some players here that are far more experienced
and successful than me (virtually everyone) are big proponents of pushing the mid set bigtime on the flop and on future streets unless obviously beat.

Seems to me that mid sets turn into underfulls which turn into losing hands against action.
When I started PLO underfulls were a big leak for me which I have only recently plugged so I was wondering about the rational behind this strategy.

Is it something done in short-handed games only or raised flops in near HU conditions?

Thx in advance for yer enlightening replies.

this is a very touchy subject and subject to so many factors. At lower limits, you can push mid sets with more confident because people are likely to have lesser hands but this turns into a feel thing. You have to know the opponent and so much depends on how the hand plays out and I've folded mid sets a lot and i've pushed with them a lot. Once you play enough, you get a better understanding of when one is better than the other.

I don't know how to explain it more because sometimes it just feels right to push a mid set while other times, I just know to lay it down. HH's would help and I can try to point out if I would fold or push. You can try posting these situations and not including the results to see if we are right or not (assuming you have the results).

I wish I could explain it better but the more you play, the better feel you have for it and know what to do.

Monk,

when you say that against a decent player you'll fold mid set against a reraise, what games are you talking about? I'm sure that is correct at $100 PLO, but at the higher games I've seen so many hyperaggressive players that I can't imagine that you should fold most of the time there. Doesn't mid set play like top set in those games?
It seems to me that at the lower games, say $100 and below, you can play conservatively, but that at higher games you'll get eaten if you do that.