Part 2: PLO Overview

Summary of the key points from Eric “Rizen” Lynch’s PLO training video, Part 2:

• Pre-flop action dictates post-flop play. Stick to your pre-flop plan when deciding how to play the flop. Don’t get creative.
• Consider your hand’s strength relative to the flop texture. Top pair might not be strong if the board pairs.
• Think about how vulnerable your hand is and its ability to improve. Bet more aggressively with vulnerable hands.
• Pay attention to stack-to-pot ratios (SPR). You can play lighter with SPR 1-4, and need stronger hands with deeper SPR.
• Continuation betting works well in PLO, but be cautious about doing it too much, especially multiway.
• Check-raising is best in heads-up pots against aggressive opponents. Don’t bluff raise without strong hands.
• Donking the flop is fine in PLO since you’ll do it with strong made hands. Don’t call raises though without the nuts.
• Blockers let you bluff more effectively. Having cards like the Ace of a flush suit can make your opponent’s ranges weaker.

Rizen Quotes from this video:

“Pre-flop action dictates post-flop play. You know what you did you get yourself into are you in position is it a multi-way pod is it a heads-up pot how big is the pot um all of those things sort of come into play post-flop.” (02:04)

“When you have hands that are very likely of improving you know against passive players it can become really good continuation but there.” (17:33)

“If you’re at a table that’s very very passive then you typically want to play hands in multi-way you know in heads-up pots it won’t matter so much but a multi-way pots you definitely want to be playing hands that can hit the nuts.” (32:12)