Daily Poker Quiz: Archive

PLO aces
2008-07-23

You have a deep stack of $4,000 and you're first to act on a full online PLO table where you've been for a while, building stack. You can choose between calling and min-raising with pocket aces in this case (hoping to get raised), or raising pot. You did the latter in this example. The right move varies with conditions such as the stack sizes and your opponents' skills. A few days ago, we learned that you should only call here, but for the sake of the example, let's say you raised pot.

A mid pos player calls, the button reraises pot and the blinds fold. You have a $205 pot - what now?

The mid pos guy is fairly loose and passive. You easily outplay him when you have better position, and he's got a $1,000 stack. The reraiser has a slightly larger stack than yours. She is competent and aggressive.





Fold
Absolutely not. It is (almost) never okay to fold pocket aces pre-flop in cash-game PLO.

Reraise a little
Reraising on a full table lets everybody know that you have either pocket aces or another very good hand such as a double suited rundown hand. A competent and aggressive player will thank you for the information and crush you after the flop. If you really have to raise here: at least raise pot to decrease your opponent's implied odds. But the correct answer is to call.

Reraise pot
Reraising on a full table lets everybody know that you have either pocket aces or another very good hand such as a double suited rundown hand. A competent and aggressive player will thank you for the information and crush you after the flop. If you really have to raise here: at least raise pot to decrease your opponent's implied odds. But the correct answer is to call.

Call (correct)
You've already told your opposition that you have a way better than average hand - if you reraise, you'll practically tell everybody that "hey, I've got pocket aces!" You can't fold a hand this good, so call and hope to catch an ace - or even better, a nut flush (draw) - on the flop.



Result:

Fold 4%
Reraise a little 10%
Reraise pot 32%
Call 54%

Totally 866 vote(s)