Middle pair + Back door flush VS. Top Pair

[ZManODS]

Say you have middle pair on the flop as well as a backdoor straight and you are pretty sure someone else has the top pair.

What pot-odds do you need to continue to the turn assuming that two-pair or better will win? And please elaborate.

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[irchans]

Twodimes indicates that you could have a
22 or 23 % chance of winning.


http://twodimes.net/h/?z=11289
pokenum -h js tc - ad 5s -- ah td 8c

Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 8c Td Ah
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Js Tc 230 23.23 760 76.77 0 0.00 0.232
5s Ad 760 76.77 230 23.23 0 0.00 0.768


http://twodimes.net/h/?z=11294
pokenum -h as tc - js 7s -- jh td 4c
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 4c Td Jh
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
As Tc 216 21.82 774 78.18 0 0.00 0.218
Js 7s 774 78.18 216 21.82 0 0.00 0.782

[ZManODS]

So would you say its smart to stay around to see the flop if the pot is offering 3.54:1 odds?

[Ed Miller]

It will generally be worth taking a card off if you can do so for only one bet on the flop.