
Why Deep-Stack PLO Tournaments Reward Patience More Than Heroics
Learn deep stack PLO tournament strategy with a three-bucket execution diagnostic, a 130BB hand test, and rules for patience under pressure.
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12–200bb
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96
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SolvedButton opening frequency by hand class
UTG
18%
HJ
22%
CO
31%
BTN
49%
SB
34%
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Top two pair on a two-tone flop against a hand with both straight and flush outs. How vulnerable is two pair?
Strategy Notes
Top two pair looks strong because it is near the top of many hold'em hand rankings, but in PLO it is often a hand that wants to charge draws immediately rather than invite them along. Against a hand with both straight and flush routes, two pair becomes a protection-heavy value hand, not a hand that can coast.
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