QJxx postflop

We can defend a lot here pre but this hand is still bit on wide side.

Flop call is good without backup. Turn I would bet half pot. Often at these stakes people are probably over calling with draws anyway so I think we get more value with bigger sizing.

On river I would just pot. I doubt that he is calling that much more versus this sizing that it would show better EV.

BB range vs SB open is propably one of the spots where solver strategy is very far from reality. It all depends on your skills compared to what we know about our opponent. Versus some opponents calling with really wide range is +EV as Hero has a lot of post flop edge. The more we know about the opponent, the more +EV it is. But for someone who doesn't have as many tools postflop the call might end up being -EV.

On post flop I almost agree with Ghaleon. Call flop, bet half a pot turn and on the river I would use half-ish a pot. Reason is that I think opponent's calling range is linear, not polarized. Normally it should be polarized, meaning that it should always be Q+. But here, in PLO2, opponent has AA/KK in his range too. If we pot, I can see him folding those. When we start to lower our sizing, his call with those hands become more propable. As I think his calling range is weighted towards AA/KK more than Q+ (he check-called turn), I would size down from full pot. We do block KK, so his whole range is heavily weighted towards hands that will fold to any decent sizing. We should not focus on that part of his range, but to his possible calling range.

Originally posted by ghaleon
We can defend a lot here pre but this hand is still bit on wide side.

Flop call is good without backup. Turn I would bet half pot. Often at these stakes people are probably over calling with draws anyway so I think we get more value with bigger sizing.

On river I would just pot. I doubt that he is calling that much more versus this sizing that it would show better EV.

+1

On the river you can also size down to ~70%pot to get paid if villain is loose and to get more medium strength hands to pay you off. But yes generally betting big makes sense.