Lack of position plus a deceptively enticing hand equals…? A tough spot 😬 Or a great learning opportunity. 📚 Today we’re looking at a much trickier hand category than in the last few breakdowns. Our hero from the @CoinPoker_Off CGWC is Optimist — who, true to his nickname,

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3-betting too wide — especially out of position — inevitably leads to facing brutal river spots. 😬 That’s exactly what happened to Optimist. 🎥 See how the hand ended 🎥 https://t.co/PYzfB9WaNM

Of course, your 3-bet range won’t ever be perfect — and that’s fine. Just like in life, in PLO done is better than perfect. 😄 By focusing on qualities a hand needs to 3-bet rather than memorizing exact combos, you might misplay a few hands — but your overall process will be

For context, here’s how the same spot looks in PLO 50. At these stakes, only 7.1% of hands should 3-bet — and the requirements get much stricter: 🔹 no unpaired hands with a four or lower 🔹 hands with 5, 6, or 7 should either be well connected or contain a pair of tens or

So, what double-suited hands should our hero choose to 3-bet in the CGWC setup? A good framework is to look for these traits: ✅ at least two broadway cards ✅ a pair of sevens or higher ✅ or hands with no broadway cards but no more than two gaps These are your safest and most

As expected, things get even worse at PLO 50, where the same hand loses almost –26 BB/100. 💸

Not necessarily. Even with no rake and antes in play, T875ds (no matter the suits) is a clear fold. 🚫 In this spot, calling wouldn’t be a huge mistake (around –4 BB/100). How about 3-betting? That’s asking for trouble, costing about –16 BB/100 on average. 💣

If we zoom in on double-suited hands, things look even better: you should 3-bet about 19% of them versus a Button open (and call another 18.5%). Given that, T875ds seems like a pretty good candidate to raise, right? 😏

The overall Small Blind strategy versus a Button open in 100 BB CGWC settings is fairly aggressive. You should 3-bet roughly 11% of your hands — including a decent mix from almost every hand category. 🔥

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While 3-betting is still slightly profitable, calling wins out in a vacuum by around 0.09 BB. That might not sound like much — but every tiny preflop edge, multiplied across thousands of combos, adds up to a big difference in your long-term winrate. 📈

So, going back to the CGWC setup — how should BurritoBoy react versus an UTG open? Even in this generous format, most Ace-high double-suited hands with a deuce or trey should actually be folded. 🚫 Our hero’s exact combo prefers calling over 3-betting.

The 3-bet frequencies for this category are relatively high and quite similar across both formats (~30% vs ~25%) — but it’s very easy to overplay some hands by calling too much (you should call only ~11% at PLO 50). As a result, playing seemingly nice hands like AK95ds at low

Now, let’s focus on the category A865ds belongs to — Ace-high double-suited hands. Despite their great perceived playability, when you’re in the Small Blind you still have to fold quite a few of them (over 64%!) versus an UTG open — especially at low-stakes PLO.