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<strong>PLO</strong> QUICKPRO<br />
QUICKSTATS<br />
Start Playing By The Numbers
<strong>PLO</strong><br />
QUICKPRO<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
Welcome to the <strong>PLO</strong> <strong>QuickStats</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>.<br />
This document is meant to help new and transitioning NL players learn about the common equity matchups<br />
on the flop in <strong>PLO</strong>. All of these simulations were run on PokerJuice software using the Game Builder<br />
function.<br />
In most of these examples, the player that is behind will still have at least 33% equity on the flop. This<br />
doesn’t mean there aren’t worse domination scenarios in <strong>PLO</strong>, but we did not include examples of hands<br />
that are drawing dead like two pair versus top set or nut flush or straight versus a dominated one. This<br />
is a number you should always remember because, ignoring post-flop playability, you need 33% equity to<br />
call a pot-sized bet.<br />
After each simulation there is also a turn equity graph taken from PokerJuice viewed from the perspective<br />
of the Hero player for whose equity is in a green circle. These graphs are shown to help you visualize<br />
how a particular hand retains or loses its equity post-flop. On many turn cards, you will have around 25%<br />
equity. This is also an important number because it is the equity you need to call a half-pot sized bet.<br />
Remember that in <strong>PLO</strong> every single card in your hand changes your equity and that the purpose of this<br />
guide is not memorization. There is not much point in memorizing specific hand vs hand equities since<br />
your opponent is always playing a range. That said, this will help you get a general understanding of equities<br />
so you can make in game adjustments based on your opponent’s range, and bet sizing.<br />
<strong>Final</strong>ly, flop pot equity is not the most important factor in a hand. When stacks are deep, position and<br />
range composition can heavily affect impact how much equity a player gets to realize. There’s also implied<br />
and reverse implied odds to consider.<br />
Flop equities are much more important when the stack-to-pot ratio (SPR) is low. When the SPR is 4,<br />
meaning there is $100 in your stack and $25 in the pot, it only take two pot-sized bets (or a bet and a raise)<br />
to get all the money in. This also means that when the SPR is 4 and you bet the pot, you then only need<br />
33% equity to call a shove. You can find an SPR chart at the end of this document.<br />
GL,<br />
John “KasinoKrime” Beauprez<br />
<strong>PLO</strong> PhD<br />
john@<strong>PLO</strong>QuickPro.com<br />
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
SECTION 1: ONE PAIR MATCHUPS........................ 5<br />
SECTION 2: TOP PAIR MATCHUPS........................ 19<br />
SECTION 3: TWO PAIR MATCHUPS...................... 31<br />
SECTION 4: TRIPS MATCHUPS............................... 37<br />
SECTION 5: 13 CARD WRAPS MATCHUPS.......... 47<br />
SECTION 6: FLUSH DRAW MATCHUPS................ 59<br />
SECTION 7: MULTIWAY POTS................................. 69<br />
SECTION 8: PREFLOP MATCHUPS......................... 81<br />
CONCLUSION............................................................... 95<br />
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SECTION ONE<br />
ONE PAIR MATCH-UPS<br />
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Overpair with backdoors versus top two pair (33/67)<br />
The best way to improve your odds<br />
of backdooring into the best hand<br />
on the river is to plug preflop leaks.<br />
Check out my blog post here<br />
about the most dangerous preflop<br />
mistakes, so you can understand<br />
the easiest ways to dominate your<br />
opponents postflop.<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/<br />
dangerous-preflop-mistakes/<br />
In <strong>PLO</strong>, backdoor equity can make a big difference. Without the backdoor flush and straight draws our<br />
equity would be closer to 26% and not even strong enough to bet-call with an SPR of 4.<br />
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Overpair with two backdoor flush draws and a gutshot versus two pair (45/55)<br />
This is an example of a decently strong overpair hand. Each backdoor flush draw adds about 2.50%, which<br />
combined with the gutshot and other backdoors improves our equity to 45% when our opponent doesn’t<br />
block any of our outs. Furthermore, look at how many more turns we have decent equity on.<br />
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Overpair with backdoor flush draws versus a pair and a wrap (47/53)<br />
The difference between a straight<br />
draw.. And a BIG wrap straight<br />
draw is one of the primary traits<br />
separating NL and <strong>PLO</strong>.<br />
Find out why all straight draws are<br />
NOT created equal in <strong>PLO</strong> in this<br />
“QuickFact” Blog post.<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/<br />
quickfact-9-know-wraps-flopstraight/<br />
When facing a pair and a wrap, a strong overpair still retains a lot of equity on non-straight completing<br />
cards. Although you should be prepared to concede the pot on some of the worst turns.<br />
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Overpair with backdoor flush draws versus middle pair and a gutshot (58/42)<br />
This hand show’s how much equity our opponent’s has even if we block some of his outs. This is why it’s<br />
important to protect our hand and deny his equity, particularly with shallow stacks on good turns.<br />
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Overpair with few backdoors versus a top pair with live side cards and backdoors (60/40)<br />
This is a spot where if the SPR is low, we should have enough equity to get it in. If stacks are deep and<br />
we are out of position, we will have a lot of difficult turn and river scenarios versus an opponent’s range.<br />
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Overpair plus flush draw versus top set (30/70)<br />
Even versus a set, an overpair and nut flush draw will have 30% equity and implied odds on his set outs.<br />
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Overpair with nut flush draw versus Top pair and wrap (60/40)<br />
Versus the weaker parts of his range we are a clear favorite and we retain equity on most turns. In our<br />
opponent’s shoes, it’s important not to overplay this spot without a flush draw and deep stacks.<br />
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Overpair with backdoor flush draw and gutshot versus Top pair and wrap (45/55)<br />
How do you determine whether to<br />
continue aggression on the turn?<br />
Use the equation posted in this<br />
lesson here - titled Postflop Warfare.<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/ploquickpro-elite-post-flop-warfare/<br />
Here, our backdoor equity gives us more turns to continue our aggression on. There is a sharp drop-off<br />
on straight cards that we should recognize and reflect in the turn play with our range.<br />
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Overpair with a gutshot and backdoor equity versus Top set (25/75)<br />
It is costly to run into the stronger parts of our opponent’s range, which is why we don’t typically want to<br />
stack off when the SPR is high. At SPR 4, our equity versus his range should be good enough to risk it.<br />
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Overpair plus gutshot versus Pair plus nut flush draw (45/55)<br />
Another example where backdoor equity helps the overpair retain considerable equity on most turns.<br />
That said, the nut flush draw is such a strong hand when combined with additional equity like a pair.<br />
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Overpair with flush draw versus Nut flush draw with a gutshot (47/53)<br />
Another example of flush draw domination and the power of a nut flush draw with backup equity. Either<br />
of these hands are good enough to get in at medium SPRs or to use as strong semi-bluffs.<br />
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Bare overpair versus combo flush and straight draw (37/63)<br />
Which pots are the best to build a pot with<br />
on the flop?<br />
Which hands should you try to keep the<br />
pots small with?<br />
How can you tell when you’re bluffing too<br />
much?<br />
Read about this and much more in my post<br />
titled “The Ten Poker Commandments”<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/ten-pokercommandments/<br />
This is a hand we shouldn’t build a big pot with post-flop. If we three-bet preflop and the SPR is 4 or<br />
lower, we can bet-call profitably because of our fold equity and pot equity versus his range.<br />
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SECTION TWO<br />
TOP PAIR MATCH-UPS<br />
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Top pair high kickers versus top pair medium kickers (65/35)<br />
One pair match-ups are also opportunities to dominate. Look at how much equity we retain on the turn.<br />
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Top pair Ace kicker versus Top pair live cards (55/45)<br />
Having a pair in our hand takes away from our equity but we are still a favorite over other one pair hands<br />
with backdoor equity. Versus a two pair hand like J6, our Tens decrease our equity to only 23%.<br />
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Top pair with high kickers versus top two pair (33/67)<br />
Without a pair in our hand but with some of our outs being blocked, our equity versus two pair is 33%<br />
and we can continue on diamond turns as well as backdoor straight draws because of implied odds.<br />
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Top pair with high kickers versus middle pair plus wrap (60/40)<br />
Even though we only have top pair, our sidecards and backdoor equity means we have a strong edge on<br />
dominated pair plus draw combinations. We pick up equity on most turns versus this hand.<br />
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Top pair good kickers versus top pair straight draw and backdoors (48/52)<br />
One of the toughest spots for<br />
beginning and transitioning NL<br />
players is playing medium strength<br />
hands OOP, ESPECIALLY in<br />
three-bet pots.<br />
This blog post explains how to pump<br />
up the aggression without getting<br />
exploited (even by good regs).<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/threebetting-out-of-position/<br />
This is a typical <strong>PLO</strong> flip where in three-bet pots, both players are correctly putting their money in. With<br />
deeper stacks, some players use these hands as decent semi-bluffs, but many prefer flatting. It’s important<br />
to note how aggressive players are with these holding in different scenarios.<br />
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Four overcards and backdoor draws versus top pair, gutshot and backdoor draws (35/65)<br />
This simulation shows how four overcards still have 35% equity versus a pair of Tens. This means you can<br />
use these hands to float versus the right kind of opponents, as you can continue on plenty of turns.<br />
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Top pair high kickers versus a flush draw with backdoor equity (55/45)<br />
While we are ahead of a bare flush draw, our opponent still has 46% equity on the flop. Therefore we<br />
should usually c-bet with a bigger sizing. Even though our top pair hand is ahead, it’s easy for us to be in<br />
bad shape if our opponent raises us with deep stacks.<br />
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Top pair high kickers versus a 13 card wrap and backdoor flush draw (47/53)<br />
This is another classic <strong>PLO</strong> flip where at shallow stacks, we are doing well enough to get it in versus a<br />
range of wraps, pair and straight draws, and two pairs.<br />
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Top pair high kickers versus 13 card wrap and flush draw (33/67)<br />
Top pair becomes a much weaker hand when the flop is two tone, particularly in multiway pots. That said<br />
we have enough equity to call a pot-sized bet and we improve on a significant number of turns.<br />
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Top pair good kickers versus Pair and flush draw (45/55)<br />
Another combo draw we are behind with top pair, but we are drawing dead less often by the turn.<br />
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SECTION THREE<br />
TWO PAIR MATCH-UPS<br />
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Top two pair versus 16 card wrap (45/55)<br />
Top two pair can be a strong hand, especially when the SPR is low or medium-low. There are various<br />
ways we can be behind big hands, like sets, two pair with better sidecards and combo draws. Like with<br />
overpairs, backup equity can make a big difference.<br />
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Bare top two pair versus 16 card wrap plus flush draw (30/70)<br />
This example shows how little equity top two pair can have versus a huge draw. The turn equity graph<br />
shows us how waiting for a safe turn can make sense in medium-high SPR scenarios.<br />
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Bare top two pair versus Nut flush draw and set outs (57/43)<br />
Floating and representing the draw<br />
that came in is one of the most<br />
profitable bluffing opportunities in<br />
<strong>PLO</strong> - but which flops are the best<br />
for it?<br />
My lesson “Postflop Warfare” shows<br />
you exactly how to crush the small<br />
and medium sized pots.<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/ploquickpro-elite-post-flop-warfare/<br />
Another example on how much equity a nut flush draw has on the flop but the sharp drop off in equity<br />
for him on blank turns. As mentioned before, flop equity isn’t everything and the our opponent certainly<br />
has bluffing opportunities on a Ten or Queen due to his blockers and range composition.<br />
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Top two pair versus dominated top two pair (60/40)<br />
This is a great spot for us where we are effectively freerolling as it’s so unlikely we lose. At low SPRs this<br />
is somewhat of a cooler, but it shows how low rank cards can get us into trouble post-flop.<br />
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SECTION FOUR<br />
TRIPS MATCH-UPS<br />
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Trips with Ace kicker versus Trips with King kicker (67/33)<br />
Again we can see that you should be looking for these domination opportunities and be careful when you<br />
are the one that is likely to be dominated, particularly with deeper stacks.<br />
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Trips with Ace kicker versus a full house (27/73)<br />
Versus a made full house, every sidecards has a big effect. If the six was a clean overcard like a King, our<br />
equity jumps to 39% with trips. Fortunately many opponents use a smaller sizing in this spot.<br />
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Trips with strong kickers versus a 13 card wrap (60/40)<br />
Compared to trips with a King kicker, a wrap has more equity versus our strong trips, and he also retains<br />
a decent amount on a lot more turns.<br />
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Trips with strong kickers versus an underfull (40/60)<br />
With such strong kickers we have a lot of flop equity seem to retain a base of 20-25% on every turn except<br />
a 7. This is also a case where we might have implied odds and not a lot of reverse implied odds.<br />
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16 card wrap plus flush draw versus Trips with good kickers (42/58)<br />
On trip boards, adding a flush draw to an already good straight draw won’t add that much equity to your<br />
hand. It does have an effect on your turn equity and the cards you can value bet on the turn.<br />
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Trips versus Overpair plus nut flush draw and gutshot (60/40)<br />
In low SPR spots, it’s fairly standard to see both players get stacks in on the flop. Waiting for a safe turn<br />
doesn’t increase the trips equity that often, but it can help strengthen your flatting range.<br />
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Trips versus Overpair and nut flush draw (70/30)<br />
Without our opponent having a straight draw, our equity improves to almost 70% on the flop, and the turn<br />
cards that are bad for us are pretty obvious. We can even call half pot bets on non-Ace turns.<br />
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Trips versus Nut flush draw and inside wrap (65/45)<br />
Here we have a stronger reason to want to protect our hand as our opponent has enough equity to call<br />
large bets on many turns. Still, the worst turns are quite obvious. Notice our backdoor flush draw helps<br />
us continue on straight cards that are diamonds.<br />
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SECTION FIVE<br />
13 CARD WRAPS MATCH-UPS<br />
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13 card wrap versus Top pair good kickers (57/43)<br />
Understanding when to fast play your<br />
wraps or peel one off and see the turn<br />
can be the big difference between getting<br />
it in as a favorite, or losing a stack in a<br />
deep stacked pot.<br />
My blog post here tells you exactly<br />
how to judge the strength of your wrap<br />
straight draws.<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/quickfact-<br />
9-know-wraps-flop-straight/<br />
13 card wraps are very powerful in <strong>PLO</strong> when all your outs are to the nuts and there is no flush draw present.<br />
Here we are ahead of a top pair hand and can see how we can comfortably continue on every turn.<br />
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13 card wrap versus Top set (45/55)<br />
Even versus top set, we have 45% equity with a 13 card nut wrap and our backdoor flush draw and we can<br />
continue on pretty much every non-pairing turn.<br />
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13 card wrap versus Pair and nut flush draw (30/70)<br />
Adding a flush draw to our opponent’s hand takes away much more equity from a wrap than him having<br />
a set. Our hand now barely has enough equity to call a pot-sized bet and has to fold on more turns.<br />
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13 card wrap plus middle pair versus Pair and nut flush draw (35/65)<br />
With a flush draw present, middle pair doesn’t improve our equity that much when we are facing top pair<br />
and our two pair outs are the same as our straight outs.<br />
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13 card wrap plus flush draw versus top set<br />
When we’re the ones holding the flush draw in combination with our wrap, we are ahead of a top set.<br />
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13 card wrap plus middle pair versus Nut flush draw plus straight draw (45/55)<br />
Middle pair does increase our equity when our opponent doesn’t have a pair as we can win at showdown<br />
if we both miss our draws. At low SPRs it’s fine to get it in in this spot, but we can also get freerolled by<br />
a better combo draw draw.<br />
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13 card wrap versus a nut straight (45/55)<br />
Again, it’s pretty hard to go wrong semi-bluffing with a 13 card nut wrap. We are effectively flipping versus<br />
the nut straight and our turn playability isn’t difficult.<br />
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13 card wrap with backdoor flush draw versus nut straight and flush draw (35/65)<br />
When our opponent has a flush draw, our wrap is significantly weakened such that getting our stacks in<br />
at medium SPRs becomes too risky, especially since flop raises often contain a flush draw.<br />
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13 card nut wrap versus dominated wrap (70/30)<br />
Perhaps the easiest way to win<br />
money playing poker is to begin by<br />
dominating your opponents range<br />
preflop.<br />
This post “The Ten Poker<br />
Commandments” talks about the<br />
situations you want to avoid the<br />
most in <strong>PLO</strong>.<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/tenpoker-commandments/<br />
Fairly typical draw versus draw domination example in <strong>PLO</strong>. Both players have good equity versus two<br />
pairs or set type hands, but the non-nut draw can always run into the nut wrap and be dominated.<br />
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13 card nut wrap versus 13 card wrap with pair (53/47)<br />
In this case, the dominated wrap has a pair to go with it, which currently beats our King high. Since we<br />
only have three extra outs to improve to a pair without making our straight, his equity shoots up to 47%.<br />
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SECTION SIX<br />
FLUSH DRAW MATCH-UPS<br />
<strong>PLO</strong> QuickPro Quickstats │ 59
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Bare flush draw versus a nut straight (40/60)<br />
Bare flush draws have a lot of flop equity but we end up having to fold the turn too often.<br />
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Flush draw with overcards versus Overpair plus gutshot (45/55)<br />
With two pair outs on the river, we have slightly more equity and can more easily continue on the turn.<br />
<strong>PLO</strong> QuickPro Quickstats │ 61
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Flush draw and gutshot versus an Overpair (53/47)<br />
With a gutshot and backdoor outs, our hand now beats the overpair and we have better turn playability.<br />
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Flush draw and gutshot versus Pair and 13 card wrap (55/45)<br />
The good thing about flush draws is that they retain their equity quite well versus strong straight draws.<br />
<strong>PLO</strong> QuickPro Quickstats │ 63
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Overpair plus flush versus Pair plus wrap (65/35)<br />
With actual showdown value that’s better than our opponent’s pair, we dominate his draw and can continue<br />
on pretty much every turn card. We mostly just fear a better pair plus flush draw combo.<br />
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Overpair plus flush draw versus top two pair (50/50)<br />
This hand has a lot of flop equity and there are also a lot of turns that make it hard for us to build the<br />
pot while dominating our opponent. For a medium to low SPR it’s usually better to get it in on the flop.<br />
<strong>PLO</strong> QuickPro Quickstats │ 65
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Overpair plus flush draw versus Nut flush draw with gutshot (45/55)<br />
With a strong overpair and flush draw, we’re even holding up versus a pairless nut flush draw. We’re<br />
drawing nearly dead if he has Aces to go with it, but overall our Kings with a flush draw is a strong hand.<br />
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Flush draw and bottom two pair versus the nut straight (50/50)<br />
A flush draw with two pair is a strong hand, particularly on the flop. You can continue on a significant<br />
number of turns but it’s somewhat hard to get value in later streets when you improve.<br />
<strong>PLO</strong> QuickPro Quickstats │ 67
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SECTION SEVEN<br />
MULTIWAY POTS<br />
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Two pair versus Overpair plus nut flush draw versus Top pair plus wrap<br />
In multi-way pots with bare two pair we can be in really bad shape. With deep stacks you should not get<br />
stacked on the flop and it’s often better to wait for a safe turn.<br />
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Top two pair versus Aces and Top pair with a wrap<br />
We’re in much better shape when our opponents are getting it in with wider ranges on a rainbow flop.<br />
Still, waiting to avoid the worst turns can improve our equity.<br />
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Bottom pair plus wrap versus Aces plus straight draw vs Top two pair<br />
On a rainbow board with a pair and wrap, and neither our opponents having a better wrap or set, we are<br />
doing fine equity wise for a three-way pot.<br />
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Bottom pair and wrap versus Aces and straight draw versus Top set<br />
A set takes away a bunch of our equity since we are drawing dead on more cards and he retains his equity<br />
much better versus straights (redraw equity).<br />
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Top two pair versus Flush draw and straight draw versus Pair and flush draw<br />
In this simulation we are doing surprisingly well versus two players that are blocking their own outs. Versus<br />
their ranges we are probably quite behind and there are less good turns than it may seem.<br />
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Top set versus Combo draw versus Nut straight<br />
Three-way with top set we should generally be unwilling to fold. Our flop equity can decrease substantially<br />
if our opponents have blockers to our boat outs, about 4-5% per blocker.<br />
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Nut straight versus a Nut flush draw versus a Combo draw<br />
Here we have pretty good equity versus two flush draws. That said, our good turns give us even more equity<br />
and we could potentially wait for a non-heart turn to get it in.<br />
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Overpair plus straight draw versus Kings plus straight draw versus Trips<br />
Selectively applying aggression on<br />
later streets is the name of the game<br />
(particularly as you move up in<br />
stakes).<br />
My lesson here titled Postflop<br />
Warfare will show you how to use<br />
aggression to destroy the small and<br />
medium sized pots.<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/ploquickpro-elite-post-flop-warfare/<br />
We have a relatively weak hand here but surprisingly still have 30% versus trips and Kings. This is the<br />
kind of hand you can bluff-raise or call with and bluff later on in the hand if you don’t improve. It’s fine<br />
to fold on the worst turns since you will have other hands that won’t fold on those cards.<br />
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Wrap versus Aces with lower wrap versus Top two pair<br />
Another example of a good pairless wrap retaining its equity three-way versus two pair and a lower wrap.<br />
Since we are drawing to the nuts, building the pot multi-way is fine for us and we can continue on most<br />
cards that don’t pair the board.<br />
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Wrap versus Aces wrap and flush draw versus Top two pair<br />
With a flush draw on the flop, our wrap loses a lot of its value in a multi-way pot. That said, if we were the<br />
one with a clean flush draw and wrap, our three-way equity goes up to 58%.<br />
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SPR CHART<br />
On the left is the stack-to-pot ratio (SPR). PSB refers to pot-sized bets needed to get all the money in<br />
given that SPR. % Needed is the Equity we need to get it in before any bets go in without considering fold<br />
equity. The Description is a guide for when people talk about the SPR being low, medium or high, and the<br />
Preflop Action is what typically happens for that flop SPR to be created at 100bb stacks.<br />
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SECTION EIGHT<br />
PREFLOP MATCH-UPS<br />
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We’ve seen how post-flop domination happens and what the equities are when it does. <strong>PLO</strong> is certainly<br />
not always about stacking people, but stacks do go in more often because of how equities run close together.<br />
People rarely fold to three-bets or four-bets, often times correctly so. In reality, there are times we would<br />
rather get out of the way pre-flop then get committed to a dominated hand preflop. On the flip side, with<br />
hands that will be likely dominating our opponent, we want to build the pot preflop so he has no option<br />
but to put a lot of money in post-flop as an underdog.<br />
Here are some preflop matchups you should become familiar with.<br />
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ACES<br />
Aces are the most profitable hand in <strong>PLO</strong>. Always keep in mind that there are weak, medium, and strong<br />
Aces. Since it’s a hand you and your opponents will be often three-betting and four-betting, it’s good to<br />
be familiar with it’s preflop equity.<br />
It’s no secret that playing Aces<br />
OOP in three-bet pots is extremely<br />
challenging, even for world-class<br />
players!<br />
Here’s a simple guide that will help<br />
you know when to make thin jams<br />
or folds with medium strength<br />
hands - including Aces.<br />
http://www.ploquickpro.com/threebetting-out-of-position/<br />
Even a rainbow and disconnected Aces hand can hold its own versus one the most premium double-suited<br />
rundown hand. Unfortunately the Aces hand will have a harder time playing post-flop.<br />
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If we dominate one of their two suits, then our Aces go up in value to 55% equity and we will have an<br />
opportunity to stack him frequently if we both flop a flush draw.<br />
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With premium Aces you always want to build the pot since you have a much bigger equity advantage<br />
preflop, and you are more likely going to dominate him postflop or at least have an easier time realizing<br />
all your equity.<br />
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A paired hand can have upwards of 40% equity if it is connected and double-suited. If our opponent’s 5 of<br />
hearts was a seven of hearts for a double suited low rundown, his preflop equity jumps to 45% even when<br />
we dominate one suit. The low rundown will still often be dominated in various ways postflop.<br />
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This paired hand is much weaker versus our Aces, both because it has a dangler, and because we are<br />
blocking more of his potential straight outs. This marginal one paired hands should strongly consider<br />
folding versus a three-bet due to its poor playability versus a tight range.<br />
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Aces will tend to have the most preflop equity when we’re up against an Ace high hand or a non-premium<br />
pocket pair. Our opponent’s hand is strong versus a wide opening range but it does poorly versus a tight<br />
range and Aces. It’s a hand that often ends up folding to four-bets because of its equity disadvantage and<br />
poor post-flop playability.<br />
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Double-paired hands tend to hand decent equity versus Aces, and they are fairly easy to play post-flop.<br />
This is particularly true when they are connected. A hand like 9955 will only have 35% equity.<br />
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Versus a mediocre single suited rundown, Aces has around 60% equity. It doesn’t sound like much but<br />
when an opponent makes a wide three-bet with this hand and calls a four-bet, we are getting to put in a<br />
lot of money with a 20% equity edge. Also, he will make a bigger mistake whenever we both flop a flush<br />
draw and since he needs less than 40% post-flop to get it in, we are likely to get called by a worse hand<br />
on the flop as well.<br />
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KINGS<br />
Premium Kings are pretty much the second strongest hands in <strong>PLO</strong> after Aces, but the quality of Kings<br />
goes down pretty fast and its post-flop playability is even worse than Aces. That said, versus wide ranges<br />
Kings can be a strong hand and the majority of Kings are happy playing in single-raised multiway pots.<br />
Versus a strong Ace high hand, we have a small equity edge. Aces have somewhere around 70% in this<br />
situation. An Ace flopping is usually quite bad for us as it at least doesn’t allow us to value bet.<br />
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Kings still dominate other pocket pairs, especially those that are in wide preflop ranges. A lot of the value<br />
from Kings will come from flopping a set when someone flops another medium or strong set, but you will<br />
also win small to medium pots versus worse hands that are willing to get to showdown.<br />
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Versus a premium rundown, we are still ahead in equity but have a much harder time playing than with<br />
Aces. We cannot start four-betting all our Kings because running into Aces can be costly. Flatting the<br />
three-bet is an option but if we are out of position and don’t hit a King, we are often going to end up<br />
making a post-flop mistake one way or the other. Folding means we are sometimes folding the best hand<br />
and forfeiting a lot of equity.<br />
The truth is that the three options can be correct. Even four-bet folding can be correct versus the right<br />
opponent that is three-betting wide but only five-betting Aces. This is why some good players can even<br />
flat a four-bet with Aces to trap Kings.<br />
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When facing an aggressive opponent sometimes you will just have to four-bet your strongest Kings to try<br />
and set up a dominating scenario for you post-flop. Having AKK is a good opportunity to be more aggressive<br />
since it is less likely a wide three-bettor will have Aces.<br />
The following table shows how mediocre and premium Kings do equity wise versus three-betting ranges<br />
taken from Poker Juice. Remember preflop equity is not the most important factor when determining<br />
how to continue, but it is something to take into account.<br />
Three-bet Ranges in position K♥K♣T♥5♦ A♣K♦K♣T♦<br />
2% 34% 43%<br />
6% 45% 55%<br />
10% 51% 60%<br />
15% 53% 62%<br />
You can see a clear difference in the equity improvement sidecards can have to your Kings. The quality of<br />
the sidecards will also determine how much equity you realize postflop and how aggressive you can play<br />
without overplaying your overpair.<br />
Overall, Kings don’t do that well versus tight three-betting ranges. An Ace in your hand improves your<br />
hand by making it less likely you run into Aces, but also because on Ace high boards you have at least have<br />
top pair top kicker. If the Ace is suited, you also have a lot more equity on flop and turned flush draws as<br />
we saw in the postflop section.<br />
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CONCLUSION<br />
Hopefully the guide has helped you get a better idea of the common <strong>PLO</strong> match-ups you will experience<br />
at the tables playing the game. Perhaps the easiest way to win money playing poker is to dominate your<br />
opponent’s preflop range. By building a dominating preflop range, you’re guaranteed to create profitable<br />
postflop scenarios over the long term.<br />
Remember, the plan starts preflop and you must continue running simulations between other types of<br />
hands and for multiway pots as well.<br />
There are more hands in your range that often don’t want to play three-bet pots so you must adjust for<br />
whether you are playing single-raised pots with high SPRs, a medium SPR multiway flop, or a low SPR<br />
heads-up flop. There are hands for every situation, and only a few hands play well in all of them.<br />
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