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PLO 8 or Better

Teach-back mastery

Explain your edge
Teach a spot
Notes as curriculum
Practice: PLO8 teach-back practice

Long-run literacy

Variance honesty
Sample gates
Mood is not EV
Practice: PLO8 long-run practice

Grade-11 stake posture

Monthly edge story
Write the PLO8 decision before you play
Caps hold near grad
Practice: PLO8 G11 stake practice

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PLO 8 or Better / Grade 11 / Long-run literacy

Variance honesty

'Variance honesty' (PLO8, G11): quarters are the silent bleed — tag them harder than coolers.

Worked example

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

Common leak

Buddy leak ('Variance honesty'): 'I have a low' as a complete reason multiway.

Drill

Drill ('Variance honesty'): 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 'Variance honesty' against it.

Practice habit

sticky-note the trigger for 'Variance honesty' before your next PLO8 session.

Drill

buddy repeats 'Variance honesty' in one sentence with a concrete board — or you re-teach.

Remember

Avoid scoopless middles.

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