Flush draws.. when? why?

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Hello Mandel and welcome to the forums. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

You will make your flush draw by the river on average about 1 out of 3 times.

So you should usually do whatever is necessary to encourage other players to stay in the hand when you are still drawing.

That means if no one else has bet and there are a few players in the pot, that you should go ahead and bet.

If someone else has bet, often you should call so that other players will be encouraged to also call. You dont want to drive them out by raising.

Obviously a high flush draw is better than a low flush draw, but you should not worry about that too much.

If there are a lot of raises and reraises, then perhaps you should not continue with a small flush draw.

But otherwise, just try to do whatever will get the most bets in the pot when you have a flush draw.

That way you will usually end up winning the most, when you complete your draw.

I hope this helps. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]