PLO8 $100: AA hand meets resistance on flop

[MattS]

How would you play the following hand against an unknown opponent?

Party Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $97.55
UTG+1: $112.45
UTG+2: $76.06
MP1: $47.45
Hero: $133.20
MP3: $24
CO: $80.69
Button: $69.67
SB: $112.93
BB: $36.42

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 raises to $2</font>, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $7.5</font>, 4 folds, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($23, 3 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 bets $8</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $45.85</font>, BB folds, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 raises all-in $96.95</font>, Hero calls.

[jlv073]

The converter says its PLO not PLO8. Is this in the right forum?

[MattS]

PLO8, as stated in the subject.

[Borys313]

Fold flop unless you believe he is on a pure bluff.

[jlv073]

Fold the flop. You have nothing in a three handed pot with lots of money left to bet. Give up and go to the next hand.

[Shabamabam]

NOTE TO EVERYONE: YES THE CONVERTER WILL ALWAYS SAY OMAHA HI.

[Bigka79]

i think u need to pitch this u put in way too big of a raise and i dont like it. i think i would pitch this when i meet resistence on the flop

[MattS]

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i think u need to pitch this u put in way too big of a raise and i dont like it. i think i would pitch this when i meet resistence on the flop

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By no means I will fold to villain's first 1/3 pot bet. Should I raise to 30bb and give up when he goes all-in?

I could also simply call villain's flop bet and if he checks the turn I could pot the turn myself.

[Bigka79]

i dont think i would have raised the amount u did. the small bet he made screams either 1. hes questionable about his hand..or 2. hes trying to get u to take the rope

i call the 8 bet on flop then re evaluate on the turn. i think the raise may have been too big, just enough to make us have to go all in. but i think we could have avoided gettin it all in with this hand w/o a better spot

[daboyz715]

I disagree completely with what is stated above. Would UTG+1 play a2 of spades any differently? He min raises preflop which more than likely means he has a2. He puts Hero on AA because of the reraise preflop, so he figures he can semi bluff and push Hero off his hand.
This hand is 50 50 to me. If I know this player to be a nut peddler, easy fold. But if I think this player has any aggressive tendencies at all, I push.
By folding here, you are conceding folding aces to anyone. Any paired board, someone raises you and you fold. This is classic weak tight in PLO8.
When I play, if I see someone how has obvious aces, I will push this board a high percentage of the time, ESPECIALLY, which A2 spades on a semi bluff. I call this a high percentage of the time.
You very rarely will be beat by the high and low.
Final read: player has Aspades 23 x.
Easy push.