Re: Using a min-raise in PLO
I need cheap information. Do the people behind me have a wheel? Does the Villain? But the min-raise makes it hard for them to make amove on me, cause it suggests that I have either the wheel or a set that whiffed a c/r on the flop.
When he calls the min raise I know he is on a flush draw, and its a decent one. He is a reasonably tight player, but he called the preflop raise, so I suspect that he has a pair in his hand as well or some connected cards higher than 34. I am pretty sure he has like KcTcTxX after that, or like Qc8c9xX. If not, he has two pair, but i can drive him off that on the river if I get him solo.
The point is that sometimes the min raise is the best way to gather information without letting the pot get too big. And if you use it for this purpose but sometimes mix it in with the impenetrable nuts, its a tool worth employing. More so in PLO I think than in NLHE because pot control is so important.
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