microstakes PLO8...AQ top 2

[ua1176]

$0.10/0.25 @ UB PLO8, full ring

i post in the BB. bunch of limpers. button minraises. i call his minraise w/ [Qc][2s][5s]. one other caller. button and i are fullstacked....MP limp caller has about $4.5

flop: [Qs][5h]
pot: $2.50 or so

MP shortstack pots, leaving him with $1.80 behind. button jacks it up to $8.50

my action should be?

jon

[Phil153]

Fold.

The unusual is common is PLO8. While it appears unlikely that he has AA, I've been stacked in this exact spot enough times to give it respect. I think the best thing you can do in these situations is follow your reads. The action is saying he's got a big hand. Assuming he's not an idiot, you're either splitting with AQ, slightly ahead of A23x/A24x/A34x/high wrap, or crushed by a set. Tough fold, but I think it's correct.

[Kuso]

my standard play would be to fold here... but i certainly deviate from that occassionally based on reads.

[Felonius_Monk]

[ua1176]

[Felonius_Monk]

[januarymute]

This can be a tricky spot--sometimes the button will be trying to isolate the shortstack with a mediocre hand like TJKK or something. However, barring any reads that the button is a tricky player (and depending on your mood / recent hands with this guy) I think it's a pretty easy fold.

By the way, if you're going to continue, you might as well shove---there are virtually no cards that can come off the deck that you'll be happy about (9's only, 6s-8s aren't a disaster but you still know you're playing for half the pot very often).