Hold'em: Playing A Turned Draw
So you have something now...now what?- Many times
, in hold'em, you'll find yourself floating a flop or getting a free turn card, and suddenly, your worthless 109 offsuit turns a beautifully disguised open ender, or A2 of clubs becomes the nut flush draw. But, when developing these hands, is it better to lead out and play the hand like a made hand, or be passive as before and check and call? The answer lies in the tendencies of the opponents in the hand, and the type of hand you put him on given the board texture, not whether you're playing like a pro on
Cardrunners and can predict your opponent's every move.
When you think they have little/nothing- If your opponent checked the flop and you turn the draw, this is almost an automatic bet. Don't worry so much about building a big pot with your draw; you're only going to make 20% of the time or less, and if your opponent has a hand like third pair or ace big, he's not going to be paying us off when we do make a hand, anyways, and his flop check signals to us that his holding is very likely weak. Take the pot now. If he bet the flop, then checked the turn, your bet is a little less automatic, depending on the specific card that comes out. Let's say you had A4c and called a bet on a 35J board, and the turn is the 8 of clubs, which adds a flush draw to your over card and gutshot. If your opponent checks, and he has a lot of chips left in his stack, this might be a spot to bet and build a pot in case you do hit. You have 12 clean out to the essential nuts, plus an additional 3 possible outs, giving you a roughly 30% chance at making the best hand and winning a nice pot if he does call; basically,
free poker money. Plus, it's not the end of the world if he folds; just do NOT make the bet if the opponent is frequently capable of check-raising turn cards, or you'll see yourself priced out of your draw far too often. build the pot against somewhat passive players that may call a small bet here and a large bet on the river with things like AJo/QQ and fold 1010/QJ.
When you think they have a real hand- If they bet the flop, and you call to float and develop the draw, be careful if they fire twice. Example; at $1/$2, you call a $6 raise with J10o on the button. The flop is Q77, and you elect to call a small bet of $8 with your bricked hand. The turn puts a pretty king on board, and your opponent bets $25, leaving himself $60. I hope you're NOT thinking of calling this bet or raising it now that you've developed your draw; you opponent has so little left in his stack after investing 40% of his stack into the pot, that the chance of him letting the hand go are slim. Plus, you're not drawing to a nut hand; your opponent is betting like he has a big hand, like AK, AA, QQ, etc, and if he has those hands, your outs are reduced to 0-7, depending on the hand. Now, if your opponent is capable of barreling and had, say, $360 behind him, then calling this bet may have merit; if you make your straight on the river, he may pay you off with hands as weak as Ax and 7x (not full) and make it worth drawing. Just know what kind of player you're dealing with before taking the river with certain types of players. Sometimes, even a
poker training site would have trouble defining the correct line with hands like these.
Hold'em: Playing A Turned Draw
By: Chris Kaminski
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