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PLO 8 or Better

Hand-reading lab

One sentence per street
Remove impossible combos
Weight by player type
Practice: PLO8 hand-reading practice

Value and bluff with intent

Value with intent
Bluffs need a story
Give-ups are skill
Practice: PLO8 value/bluff practice

Grade-8 stake posture

Process over session results
Cap the stake
PLO8 checkpoint — Grade-8 stake posture
Practice: PLO8 G8 stake practice

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PLO 8 or Better / Grade 8 / Value and bluff with intent

Bluffs need a story

In PLO8, scoop paths beat scoopless middles. 'Bluffs need a story' 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 ('Bluffs need a story'): 'I have a low' as a complete reason multiway.

Drill

Drill ('Bluffs need a story'): 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 'Bluffs need a story' against it.

Practice habit

sticky-note the trigger for 'Bluffs need a story' before your next PLO8 session.

Remember

Avoid scoopless middles.

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