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#284 – Chris Ferguson Thinks About PLOEOB, Part IV
PART IV – POST FLOP
Mike: How does the continuation bet work in PLOEOB?
Chris Ferguson: It’s not as important to make a continuation bet in this game as it is in hold’em because the hands tend to be closer in value so you don’t have to. The continuation bet isn’t as mandatory. It’s still nice to make a continuation bet.
Mike: When you are drawing after the flop or after the turn and you’ve got a four card low or the nut flush draw, if you are in a situation where someone is putting pressure on you and you have a draw to the nuts but it’s just a draw, is it just a matter of looking at the pot odds?
Chris Ferguson: Yes, you have to look at the implied odds, though I don’t know if there’s a set equation.
Mike: Not an equation but if you have A-2 and are drawing with one card to go but don’t have a good high hand …
Chris Ferguson: That hand might not be able to stand a pot sized bet. My choice in that situation is to raise or fold but normally if I am going to raise I want more value in the hand, I’d like a pair with that. I would like some value somewhere besides the low draw.
That kind of situation is also why you want to keep in mind the things I talked about earlier: the danger of getting quartered in PLOEOB, the value of the nuts, the importance of playing hands that require opponents to use all four cards to beat you. If you are new to this form of poker, those are the ideas that should help you figure out whether you stay in a hand.
