Questions tagged [drawing]
A poker player is drawing if they have a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. The hand itself is called a draw or drawing hand.
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Should Hero call 3-way all in with flush draw?
6-max Cash game, 100BB deep
Hero holds A♥3♥
Goes 5-way to the flop, single raised for 3BB
FLOP: 6♣8♥T♥
SB bet 10 BB
BB folds
UTG raises 20BB
HJ folds
CO (Hero) calls
SB all in for 100BB
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Am I supposed to deny equity to draws?
This is one area of poker where I find even the leading authors seem to disagree.
In the Course by Ed Miller, he seems to say that you shouldn't worry about draws getting there since your overall EV ...
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Is it profitable to call an all-in on the flop with a straight draw?
I had a double-ended straight draw on the flop with QJs and a KT6r board. I needed an A or a 9 to make the straight. I was last to act and facing two all-ins. Using the rule of 4 with 8 outs, I know I ...
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what are the odds of hitting a flush with 2 suited cards before the floop [duplicate]
what are the odds to hit a flush if you hold two suited cards pre flop.
In a tournament 3 guys go all in I was in last position. I had suited 10/J and called as I was getting 4-1 on my money.
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Additional Odds for Flush Draw, by hitting two paris or three of a kind, as well - How to calculate Runner-Runner?
Following an example from MIT Poker Course (slides can be found here, example starts at p9),
where the odds are calculated from a drawing flush hand.
In the example, the situation is the following:
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Drawing and pot odds
There is one thing I still dont really understand about odds.
So imagine I have a flush draw on the flop and the villain holds top pair. The pot is 100 after villain bets 40 so we got 2.5:1 odds to ...
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Taking the second card in poker as the highest card [duplicate]
Hi I'm not too sure about this.
Player 1: K⋄ Q⋄
Player 2: K♣ J♣
On the table: T⋄ J♥ Q♣ A♣ 8⋄
Who would win in this situation as ...
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Building Pot on Draws
Is it profitable play to raise with the intention for other players to call when you are on a draw?
Ie. If i have the nut flush draw on the button, and action is all checked to me on the flop, should ...
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side pot scenario
What happens if we have 4 players at the table with the following bets
-player1 10$ - all-in - Cards: 9d, 5h
-player2 50$ - all-in - Cards: 9h, 4h
-player3 100$ not all-in - Cards:2d,Kc
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Up & Down Straight Draw VS Flush Draw Comparison
Why in Texas Hold'em Flushes are considered higher than Straights? Apparently, the probability that you will hit your up & down straight (8 cards) is lower than hitting your flush (9 cards).
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Should this holdem hand result in a split pot?
In Holdem poker, on the board are 2 Kings /6/4/2. There are 2 players in the hand, one calling the other. One man has a king and a queen. The other has a king an a 9. My question is whether this a ...
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Formula not checking out under certain conditions
According to wikpedia, you're call as a percentage of the entire pot should be less than the percentage you hit draws that would allow you to definitely win.
let d = the percentage you hit one of ...
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Flush draw against very aggressive player
Don't have position. I'm the BB
Got dealt: 5♥ 9♥
Aggressive player raises to $3 (as expected, he raises everything to $3 and plays just about every hand, with few getting to showdown).
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Nut flush draw shove
I tried finding an answer on a few sites first, but couldn't.
Just wondering about nut flush draws on the flop.
Hopefully I give enough info here, but I am just wondering if the following is the ...
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What to do when a third suited card appears on the river
9 player cash game. Blinds 1c/2c. I am UTG with K:hearts: K:diamonds: I raise to 8c. Everyone folds to the button who calls. SB and BB fold. The pot is 19c. Flop comes 9:spades: 2:spades: K:clubs:. ...
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Tricky Tournament Bubble Situation
How (and why) do you play this hand as big stack on the bubble of a short-handed SNG? All players are reasonably skilled. BB has played pretty tight in the previous ~100 hands this tournament, and in ...
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What is the definition of a "redraw"?
Very simple question...
When people talk about outs and card odds they often will something to the like of, "i have about 4 outs not counting redraws" - what defines a redraw?
If it matters, I am ...
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Why is it easier to make a flush than a straight with four cards already matching?
In draw poker with five cards, if I have four cards with an open-ended straight draw, why is it a lower probability to get the fifth card for the straight than if you have four cards in a flush and ...
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