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PLO 8 or Better

Play for scoops — not halves you can't win

Scoops pay the bills
A-2 is not a private club
High-only hands
Practice: Scoop practice

Good lows vs trash lows

Wheel > rough eights
Counterfeited lows
Folding when you only have half
Practice: Low quality practice

Street-by-street plan

Flop questions
Turn is where quarters happen
River: stop wishing
Practice: Plan practice

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PLO 8 or Better / Grade 1 / Good lows vs trash lows

Wheel > rough eights

In PLO8, scoop paths beat scoopless middles. 'Wheel > rough eights' stops you from paying for fake halves.

Worked example

three-low flop, 2nd-nut low + weak high — control; nut low + live high — press.

Common leak

Buddy leak ('Wheel > rough eights'): 'I have a low' as a complete reason multiway.

Drill

Drill ('Wheel > rough eights'): tag one quartered river and write the earlier fold that prevented it.

Coaching note

Hi-lo coaching staple: an 8-low or better must qualify — know the house rule before you chase halves. Check 'Wheel > rough eights' against it.

Practice habit

sticky-note the trigger for 'Wheel > rough eights' before your next PLO8 session.

Remember

Avoid scoopless middles.

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