Re: PLO8 A-A-5-X hand
with 6 players seeing the flop it is fairly likely (70%+) that someone has one or even both of remaining 6s. Put another way, there are 45 cards you haven't seen and 20 amongst the other players - both 6s would need to be in the 25 that aren't accounted for. Now 6 is one of the worst cards so it is more likely to be thrown away, but nevertheless I think your chances of being up against a 6 are at least 70%. Somebody may also have 33. I think it's better to keep the pot small than go to war with the second best high, a flush draw that may not be good, a low draw that may not come about and one or two players trapping with 6x hands as well as the A2 candidates.
Check, and try to see the turn cheaply. As it turned out, the money probably would have gone in on the turn anyway since you may have the best hand with the flush and some kind of low even if you hadn't. But on the flop I slow down here, you aren't getting rid of anyone who holds any 6.
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