How to play this nut flush draw

The problem with just calling on the flop in your situation is that on the turn he may just put you all-in. If you didn’t catch the flush, this will be a tough decision. This being the case, you should consider playing the hand all-in if you are considering just calling the $50 raise to begin with. An alternate play would be to raise him on the flop to see if you couldn’t possibly slow him down. Of course the problem with that is that you are pretty much all-in if you raise him to $100.

This is a classic problem that a lot of people get trapped in. They call some big bet/raise on the flop trying to catch a draw. They think that they have pot odds to make the call only to miss on the turn and get put all-in or stuck calling a humongous bet to see the river card. You should always consider the possibility of missing your draw on the turn and what the “aggressor” in the hand is going to do when that happens. This is why it’s not a bad play since you have position on him to try and come over the top to slow him down. By coming over the top and putting him on the defense you become the aggressor and have a better chance of getting the river card for free. But in your particular situation I don’t think that it would work because of you being so short stacked after you raise on the flop.

Also as you know playing hands like K4s in a raised pot will lead to some tough calls again in the future. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Brian Dennis
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