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Original article: https://thelodgepokerclub.com/what-is-a-double-board-plo-bomb-pot/
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Bomb pots play as a staple of Texas poker rooms. Poker players at the Lodge see plenty of opportunities to participate in bomb pot action, with the chance to increase win rates significantly.
Most of the cash games at the Lodge include a bomb pot every dealer change. Depending on the game, you could find yourself playing in a Pot-Limit Omaha bomb pot, or a No-Limit Hold’em bomb pot.
Most bomb pot hands at the Lodge play as double board PLO bomb pots. Watch your favorite poker vlog, and you’ll probably see a double-board PLO bomb pot or two.
Let’s take a look at how a double board PLO bomb pot works, and in what situations you’ll see this action-filled poker format unfold at the poker club.
A bomb pot hand begins with each player putting in an ante before the cards are dealt. The amount for this preflop ante varies based on the stakes of the game.
The $1/$2 No-Limit Hold’em cash games ($100-$300 buy-in) at the Lodge, for example, include a $300 cap bomb pot that takes place at every dealer change.
The bomb pot ante for this game is $3. Every time a new dealer comes in, that dealer’s first hand plays as a bomb pot.
A bomb pot button (separate from the standard dealer button) goes around the table, moving to the right after each bomb pot. In the NLH cash games at the Lodge, the player holding this button gets to choose whether the bomb plays as Texas Hold’em or Pot-Limit Omaha.
In PLO cash games at the Lodge, bomb pots are almost always played as PLO. Almost all bomb pots at the Lodge play with double boards.
After all players have put forth the required ante, the dealer goes straight to the flop, with no further preflop action. Per double board bomb pot rules, two separate flops are dealt.
All postflop action plays just as it would in a standard hand of NLHE or PLO. The small blind begins the flop betting round, and the action moves around the table to the left, with the button player last to act.
In double-board games, you play both boards. The board closest to the dealer is known as the bottom board, and the board furthest from the dealer is called the top board.
Make the best hand on both boards, and you win the entire pot. If you win one board, but another player wins the other, you chop the pot.
Even if you’re playing a No-Limit Hold’em cash game at the Lodge, most of the bomb pots end up as PLO hands. The double board PLO bomb pots often result in lots of chips going in the middle.
The multiway nature of the format leads to many hands that see the bomb pot cap reached. Every hand goes to the flop as a family pot game, though you do have the option of sitting out bomb pot hands at the Lodge.
Let’s say you’re in possession of the bomb pot button, playing $1/$2 NLHE with $300 cap bomb pots at the Lodge.
A new dealer comes in, meaning it’s bomb pot time. You choose PLO as the game, and by rule every player at the table that wants to participate puts in a $3 ante.