Strategy Notes
Bottom set looks strong in a hand-ranking sense, but this board gives the rundown broad access to straight-making runouts. Because the set is bottom set, it also has fewer comfortable redraws when the straight pressure arrives.
The study value here is emotional discipline. Folding or pot-controlling a set can feel impossible at first, but PLO forces you to distinguish between robust sets and sets that are mostly hoping the board pairs.
What to Learn From This Spot
- Bottom set is much more fragile than top set on connected boards.
- Rundown draws gain value when their improving cards make clean straights.
- Board-pair redraws matter when deciding how hard to push a set.
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