PLO has a higher chance of fumbling a set than Texas Hold’em. This means that you need to develop a new set of strategies for PLO. These strategies will help beat the competition and earn you money!
The Odds of Flopping a Straight
To flop a straight, you must have hole cards that will allow you to connect with your board to make it. For example, you can flop a straight with a pair of kings or queens (or even a jack), a pair of eights or nines, or even a suited eight or nine.
These combinations of holes are only possible when you have the right starting hand conditions. This is why it is important to know your odds of flopping a straight. This information will allow you to make the right decisions at the table and increase your bankroll.
You can have a strong hand in PLO if you are holding a suited Ace, King, or Queen. Your chances of hitting a full-house with your ace or king are 80%, and your chances of getting a flush against your queen or king is about 85%.
Additionally, re-raising the pot before the turn will increase your chances of winning with your ace/king. This is a great method to double up on your opponent while taking a large chunk of the pot from them.
PLO has a higher chance of you winning a set if you have paired hole card pairs than Texas Hold’em. The odds of you making a set in PLO with your paired hole card are about 7.5 to 1. This is more than twice the chances of making a Texas Hold’em set with non-paired cards.
This is because a set of paired hole cards has three options to hit the board while a full-house with a paired Ace, King, or Queen has only two. Drawing to your set, which is the second way to hit it with a paired hole card, ace or q, is the best.
Having the ace in your hand is especially crucial for this strategy because you have a good chance of hitting the flop with a set, and if your opponent has a set you’ll be able to draw to it. This strategy can also be used to increase your equity in PLO, as a back-door flush draw will add approximately 4-percent to your total equity.