plo live- obvious play?

[rudders]

ok scenario is live 1 2 om pl lively game with variable standard of play (including 2 well known nl holdem speciallists relaxing with their white russians in hand). as usual there is a live straddle and there is also a blind raise to $8.
There are 5 in the pot (of 8 seated). you are in mid position  (stack $250)
with mr White Russian (stack $400 +) to your left on the cutoff.
There is a somewhat rocky button still in who you have played before (stack $140)
and 2 americans make up the active players in the blinds (both stacks $250 ish)

You ( the hero) have     
the flop is    
pot is $40 the action is folded to you on the cutoff what do do here?

[ifm]

Pot it, you are gonna get all sorts of draws in this hand (you may even be behind) JQ, middle trips etc.
So i doubt you'll push everyone out, if you get reraised flat call and see the turn.

[ACE2M]

absolutely do not pot it. bet 24 and watch the action unfold.

you are very strong and potting it only gets raised by the nuts which prices you out of the call in a soon to be massive pot.

[ifm]

$16??

[ACE2M]

$16??

control the pot size. i'm tempted to bet less online but live i just want to bet enough to clear out the big pairs who kill my re draws if a face or ace comes.

Betting pot makes it to easy for anyone holding the nuts to play it well, it only takes one/two callers and then the nuts can shove.

I think this is one of the most common mistakes i see online, very strong hands wasted by allowing someone to price you out of the pot, or of course they call and do their stack or double up, which happens a lot and makes plo profitable.

[ifm]

So if there are 1 or 2 callers and a push you are priced in

[ACE2M]

So if there are 1 or 2 callers and a push you are priced in

yes you are correct. i didn't pay much attention to stacks. I still don't pot it though, i want to make my big bet at a blank turn or just call an ugly one. I find top set is an easier hand to play on the turn than the flop when it's often not the nuts..

I've never read an omaha book but i'm a very profitable omaha player so imagine lots of my own theories and ways of playing are non optimum but it works for me and i'm certainly not just a nut peddler.

I imagine in this hand the betting goes nuts and bottom set rivers quads to scoop a monster?

[Ironside]

i would bet 3/4 of pot $30 oh and i am willing to go broke on this hand if i can get it all in on the flop

if the turn brings a KQJ or 8 then i have to reasses my plans


i could already be facing a better straight but on the flop i have outs

the turn often changes the game in omaha

[rudders]

ok in this case the hero ( not me as it happensa0 bets $35- nearly the pot. I am not keen on this-nothing hands go away- fine- but you ar vulnernable to a reraise which could be up to $145, with the promise of more from the deeper stacks is a non improving card. I  will assume that you do not reraised by a non nuts hand, as the other candidates to reraise are blocked by your own hand- top set/ 2nd nut str- mid and bottom set are unlikely to repop in this situation imo.

Anyway the button not reraises to $100 ( ie reraise of $65- leaving $40 behind)

What now?