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Old 02-23-2005, 01:53 PM
Hans Gruber Hans Gruber is offline
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Default Re: Flopping nut straight with a flush draw on the board

Thanks for the input so far on this. I should have separated option 1 out into 2 parts, instead of saying make a big raise, perhaps even all-in. Option 3 for sure is to make a healthy raise that doesn't pot commit me.

What I do like about the all-in is that I'm getting all my money in with the nuts, and I don't think that can ever be considered a terrible poker play. Furthermore, all-ins can often be interpreted by others as weakness, that I might be just trying to steal the pot. People might be more inclined to call the all-in with an already-made hand like 2 pair or a set.

The more I think about this, I think a healthy raise would have been better, in which case I don't get so pot committed if a spade hits. If a spade misses and the board doesn't pair, I can then push, and if anyone calls my push with a flush draw, it certainly works out as +EV for me.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
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