Some of the highest-stakes action on CoinPoker has begun migrating to one of the newest games more widely available in online poker: 6-card pot-limit Omaha. While 5-card PLO has become more popular, and in some settings is more popular than traditional PLO, 6-card PLO is just beginning to gain some steam.
Two of the players willing to pony up for the high-stakes heads-up games in the past week were ‘Mits3o4‘ and ‘iPunt.’ They took to the $200-$400 with $80 ante tables and played several pots at or around six figures. While common perception of these extra-card PLO games is that players need the nuts to get stacks in, these two showed that this isn’t always the case.
Pair, Straight Draw Enough for iPunt to Stack Off
With 115-big blind stacks, iPunt raised to $1,200, Mits3o4 reraised to $3,600, and iPunt called.
On the 10♥7♣4♦ flop, Mits3o4 checked, iPunt bet $3,680, and Mits3o4 check-raised pot to $18,400. IPunt jammed, and Mits3o4 called for $42,598 effective.
Mits3o4 showed Q♥J♦10♣9♣9♦7♦ for top two, a nut straight draw, and two backdoor flush draws. IPunt showed Q♣J♣10♦8♠8♦5♥ for top pair, two straight draws, and two backdoor flush draws.
The turn was the 7♠ and the river was the 5♠, so Mits3o4 won the $92,556 pot with a full house.
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Hand Analysis
Connectedness and suitedness are much more at a premium in 6-card PLO compared to variants with fewer cards. Both players have pretty connected hands that are double-suited, good holdings to take to war in a three-bet pot. Being triple-suited is ideal in this format, but double-suited hands are going to be okay to three-bet as well, if they’re strong enough.
Mits3o4 flops top two pair with plenty of extra potential and checks. These dynamic rainbow boards will see the turns and rivers almost always change the nuts, favoring the in-position player. The out-of-position player mitigates the positional disadvantage by getting all the money in quickly.
IPunt takes the bait and bets, since they have a top set blocker and good backdoor potential. By checking and inducing a bet from the opponent, Mits3o4 is able to check-pot for almost half of the effective stacks.
With one nut straight draw and two backdoor flush draws, iPunt has enough going for their hand that they need to run it. Unfortunately, they get it in with only around 37% equity here, illustrating the danger of betting the flop with a medium-strength hand. If they saw the turn, they probably get away much cheaper.
Mits3o4 Gets it in Way Behind
With standard 100-blind stacks, iPunt raised to $1,200, Mits3o4 made it $3,600, and iPunt called. Mits3o4 checked the J♠6♣3♥ flop. IPunt bet pot, $7,360. Mits304 potted right back for most of the remaining chips, and iPunt shoved the rest in, $36,320 effective.
IPunt held A♦8♠7♥7♦6♠6♦ for middle set and a couple of backdoors. Mits3o4 had K♣K♦J♥10♥10♣8♣, drawing to two higher sets and backdoors.
The 9♠ and 8♥ runout sent the $80,000 pot to iPunt.
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Hand Analysis
Hands that make lower straights lose some value in 6-card PLO because they’ll lose more often to nut straights, but iPunt still has a nice hand that’s double-suited with a nut suit and has no gaps between its straightening cards. Mits3o4 has a similar hand in a way, as double-paired holdings won’t win as often with sets as they do in regular PLO. Still, the hand is connected enough and double-suited to merit a three-bet.
Mits3o4 decides to check the flop despite blocking the top pair. This sort of hand does a lot of bluffing in regular PLO since it doesn’t play that great on turns and rivers.
Check-raising the hand is a surprising decision, because most players don’t pot-fold very often at these stack-to-pot ratios. Mits3o4’s hand has some equity against strong hands like sets, but without an immediate straight draw, it’s doing pretty poorly against value. When the money goes in, Mits3o4 only has 28% equity. That is pretty low in regular PLO and very low in 6-card PLO, where equities run closer together since it’s harder to have dominating holdings.
Backdoor potential gains importance in 6-card PLO, and Mits3o4 doesn’t have a lot of it. They have two backdoor flush draws, but one of their suits is a tri-suit, decreasing its potential. Their cards are also only loosely connected to the jack and the 6. Being more closely connected with combos like Q-10 and 8-7 would have made stacking off a bit better.
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