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#1
11-20-2005, 08:46 PM
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Playing flush draws with a low upcard
Just a theoretical question ... lets say you start with something like (J8)4 suited, and there's either none or 1 dead of your suit. Assuming a somewhat loose game (not too many heads up pots past 4th), how do you play this from:
a. first position (obviously overcards to act behind you) b. middle position with limpers ahead of you c. middle position with a raise and a caller d. last position with a raise, no callers 
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#2
11-20-2005, 09:05 PM
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Re: Playing flush draws with a low upcard
A. I like limping here, the thought of completing and being raised is enough to prevent me from being to agro here.
B. If there are no scary cards beind me I might complete here, it depends on the table texture. C. Call D. I am calling here, unless the player is tight and so is the game structure then I fold.
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#3
11-20-2005, 09:25 PM
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Re: Playing flush draws with a low upcard
These are all calls in my book, situationally fold the last one like beta said
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#4
11-20-2005, 09:51 PM
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Re: Playing flush draws with a low upcard
i suppose my worries with hands like these is that they become obvious to decent stud players ... if you have something like a 4 or a 5 up, and you start betting hard when you start catching cards that match the suit of your doorcard, you may scare away a lot of players, and thus not get enough value of these hands when you make them to make up for what you lose when you miss
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#5
11-20-2005, 10:01 PM
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Re: Playing flush draws with a low upcard
[ QUOTE ]
i suppose my worries with hands like these is that they become obvious to decent stud players ... if you have something like a 4 or a 5 up, and you start betting hard when you start catching cards that match the suit of your doorcard, you may scare away a lot of players, and thus not get enough value of these hands when you make them to make up for what you lose when you miss [/ QUOTE ] Well, look at it this way... You aren't going to misplay these hands much, right? if the raiser is on your left, you get an opportunity to raise/checkraise the field. These hands make a lot of their money on fourth street. Have you ever called down a hand "you knew" had you beat? So do your opponents... Folding them in a likely heads up spot I don't think would be that big of a mistake, but adds deception to your game.
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