PLO MTT Final Table - KK66ds OOP against the Other Chip Leader

VespaRally · #1 08-14-2007, 05:21 PM

Tourney Status: $22 PLO MTT with ~ 80 runners.

I'm the chip leader with 26k with the next best dude at 22k. He is Villain directly to my left.

Read on Villain: The most aggressive by far. Not to say he is a maniac, but that the others have been generally passive and he is one of the few clearly exploiting his position and chip advantage.

He has not backed down from playing with me, but I still think his game is pretty straightforward, just a little loose/aggressive.

My Image: This is one of the first few hands after it was the final two six-handed tables. I had been open-raising quite a lot six-handed and haven't had to showdown, so I'm assuming I probably have a pretty aggressive image.

 My Preflop Raise Size: I had been opening for pot mainly six-handed, but I had also been mixing it up with 2.5x and min. I found that all the different raise sizes had pretty much the same effect, and that people were thinking in binary terms (call/fold) rather than reacting specifically to my preflop raise size. Thoughts?

Poker Stars
Pot Limit Omaha Tournament
Blinds: t300/t600
9 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: t5265
Hero: t26472
MP1: t22620
MP2: t10490
MP3: t8120
CO: t8210
Button: t21623
SB: t6989
BB: t11711

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG folds, Hero raises to t1200, MP1 raises to t4500, 6 folds, Hero calls t3300 (pot was t6600).

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t9900, 2 players)

So what if your general plan for this hand?

Do you lead?

If you check, what do you do if he . . .

a) bets pot
b) bets smaller

?