Would you lead out with these hands? If there's a chance you can win the pot uncontested, yes. At party 25PLO, i would be less inclined to. If you have a flush draw in there too, and you think you can get heads up or reduce the competition with a pot-sized raise, you might just want to bet out to potentially "promote" your flush. The higher the flush, the better, of course, T-high flushes might not be much worth bothering with, unless you're heads up. If, however, in the first situation your other card is a suited ace, then yeah you have a monster draw and you should be shovelling money into the pot against all comers and trying to build as big a MULTIWAY pot as possible, however you see fit (this may mean leading out for the pot or making small raises to draw in weaker drawing hands and keep the pot live with as many callers as possible while you draw to about 20 nut outs.
Would you call a pot sized bet on the flop? Count the outs you have and answer that one yourself. With a flush draw out, you may be slightly more cautious if you don't hold the flush. In PLO, in a heads-up spot, there will be about 41 cards that you don't see (providing your opponent doesn't have the same draw!) after the flop so even on the turn you only need about 13 nut outs to call a pot sized bet (possibly less if you think your opponent will pay you off if you catch your hand). Generally, at Party, although most of your stack will be in after the flop, you'll still have one decent raise left so you often have implied odds to make a call heads up even with as few outs as this. Generally, I'd prefer better pot odds or a better hand though. With a straight draw with 13 outs or so up against a set/two-pair type hand at PLO25, you could call a raise, yep. If there's more than one player up against you, you're getting 3-1 on the call and so can proceed fairly comfortably. Thinking on the turn is exactly the same... providing it's a blank and it doesnt pair the board or put out a flush, you can call if you have pot odds or if there's some implied odds associated with hitting. Think about your opponent, whether he'll pay you off (at Party 25PLO he likely will do) and what your odds of hitting are (usually about 2-1 to hit, and the pot will be laying you similar odds; with the implied odds the call may be good). Beware though that straights can be death in PLO, there's often no easy answers as at any stage when you're holding a straight nearly half the deck could kill you (suited cards and open pairs). As a beginner you should only call when you're sure the odds laid to you are good, and avoid marginal situations. At 25PLO there are enough monkeys giving you money to ensure you have no need to gamble on coinflips.
Monk
xxxxxStatistics: Posted by Felonius_Monk — Tue Dec 07, 2004 4:13 am
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