Succesful Flush-Draw

Atropos · #1 07-31-2004, 08:49 AM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (10 handed) converter

SB ($22.35)
BB ($21.50)
UTG ($80.93)
UTG+1 ($26.40)
UTG+2 ($43.50)
MP1 ($22.35)
Hero ($19.75)
MP3 ($11.75)
CO ($26.20)
Button ($95.35)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls $0.50, MP1 folds, Hero calls $0.50, MP3 calls $0.50, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($2.50) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets $2.4, UTG+2 folds, Hero calls $2.40, MP3 folds, SB folds.

Turn: ($7.30) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets $7, Hero calls $7.

River: ($21.30) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9.85 (All-In), BB calls $9.85.

Final Pot: $41
Main Pot: $41, between BB and Hero.

Hey folks,
I'm new to NL, so be as hard as possible [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
ATM I'm playing on a very short BR (170$ for 25$ NL Games). OK, at the Flop I was ignoring the Pot Odds, because I thought the Implied Odds would surely make up for this.
But is calling there correct? A reraise to get a freecard on the turn would look nice too. Well the other streets were dominated from the fact, that I have no clue how a usual reraise looks like...

TwoShedsJackson · #2 07-31-2004, 09:14 AM

I'm no expert but it looks fine to me. On the flop you're drawing to the nut flush, you just about have pot odds to call and with the implied odds thrown in it's a simple call, I think.

Atropos · #3 07-31-2004, 09:34 AM

At the flop im getting ~1.1 odds for a 4:1 shot. Are you sure that this was a good call, shouldnt I have reraised him in hope for a freecard???

TwoShedsJackson · #4 07-31-2004, 09:41 AM

You have to put $2.40 into a $4.90 pot after he bets, which is 2.04 to 1, and you are 1.9 to 1 to make the flush with two cards to come. Add in implied odds when you do make it, it's a call.

That's the way I've been interpreting pot odds so far anyway, if I'm wrong someone please tell me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Atropos · #5 07-31-2004, 09:49 AM

Well, I think you are wrong but I'm quite new too [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Uts correct that you are 1.9 to 1 to make the flush with two cards to come, but that means TWO cards to come. However, you can be sure that he will bet at the turn too, so you are not seeing the river for 2.40$ but possibly for much more. Thats why I always take the odds of hitting on the next card, that seems more safe.