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PLO Cash

Invest in the nuts — not pretty

Freerolls vs dominated draws
Blockers start mattering
Wrap quality ladder
Practice: Nut investment practice

Multiway is a different game

Default to value and nuts
Isolate or don't play trash
Pot control with strong-but-vulnerable
Practice: Multiway PLO practice

Don't donate the session

One hand can ruin the night
Stop chasing pretty boards
Table selection still wins
Practice: PLO session practice

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PLO Cash / Grade 2 / Multiway is a different game

Default to value and nuts

Three-way+, bare air bluffs die. Thin value gets trickier. Nut made hands and nutted draws go up in value.

Worked example

four to the flop on J♠T♠9♦. Your Q♥8♥7♣6♣ wrap is strong but multiway someone has better/redraws often. Prefer controlled aggression, not auto-potting off forever without equity clarity.

Buddy check

multiway air-barrels require a written reason. No reason → check.

Drill

teach 'Default to value and nuts' in 60 seconds using deep 150bb single-raised pot. Then tag one live rep this week.

Coaching note

Omaha coaching staple: wrap/nut potential and reverse implied odds beat 'pretty flopped pairs' thinking. Check 'Default to value and nuts' against it — don't recite it.

Drill

explain 'Default to value and nuts' with a concrete PLO cash spot in one minute — if you stall, re-read once and retry.

Remember

Make 'Default to value and nuts' show up once in a real PLO cash hand log this week.

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