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Five-Card Omaha (PLO5) · Stage 2 of 2

PLO5 Strategy

Stage 2 covers post-flop play in five-card Omaha, where the nuts are made more often than in any other game. You’ll learn when second-best hands become folds, which draws to play, how to bluff with blockers and how to handle PLO5’s swings.

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Lessons in this level

  1. 1

    PLO5 Flop Play: Playing for the Nuts

    How to play the flop in Five-Card Omaha: naming the nuts, betting nut hands with redraws, handling sets and two pair, c-betting less, and folding second-best.
  2. 2

    PLO5 Draws: Wraps, Redraws and Freerolls

    Drawing in Five-Card Omaha: 20-out wraps, nut vs non-nut draws, discounting outs when opponents hold more cards, and how redraws and freerolls win the biggest pots.
  3. 3

    PLO5 Bluffing and Blockers

    When bluffing works in Five-Card Omaha: why pure bluffs succeed less often, how five-card blockers help, the best bluffing spots, and what river raises usually mean.
  4. 4

    PLO5 Variance, Bankroll and Game Selection

    Why Five-Card Omaha is the swingiest common poker game, how big a PLO5 bankroll should be, how to choose games and how to keep your head through the downswings.

PLO5 · Stage 2 quiz

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8 questions. Score 80% or more to unlock the PLO5 · Stage 2 badge. Take it as many times as you like.

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Question 1 of 8

What should you do first on every PLO5 flop?

Question 2 of 8

Which flop holding is strongest in PLO5?

Question 3 of 8

What is a freeroll?

Question 4 of 8

Why should you discount outs more in PLO5?

Question 5 of 8

Why do pure bluffs work less often in PLO5?

Question 6 of 8

A big river raise from an unknown PLO5 opponent usually means…

Question 7 of 8

Why is PLO5 usually swingier than PLO4?

Question 8 of 8

A sensible cautious bankroll for PLO5 cash games is…

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