crosspost - betting a draw

[Devilkin 0]

Just read Daniel's rejig of the Strategy section, so I'm crossposting in here. All my future postings will be in the proper category.http://fullcontactpoker.com/poker-forums/v...pic.php?t=25662

[econ_tim 0]

I'm working on my postflop limit play strategy, and I'm isolating now on when to check/call a draw, and when to raise. My working theory is to raise when I have more than one draw - for example, a flush draw and a gutshot, or a OESD and a backdoor flush, or a flush draw and two overcards on a relatively uncoordinated board. I'm thinking of these bets as value bets - not necessarily to boot people from the pot, but to bet that given the multiple ways that I could win, I should be adding to the pot. I'm open to comments, especially regarding these specifics 1. Heads up vs a large field 2. Early position vs late 3. Betting vs reraising Thanks for all the help guys! Dev

Deciding what to do with your draw requires a good understanding of pot equity. I'd recommend reading SSHE to learn more about this.If you have an equity edge, then you want to make the pot as large as possible. This could mean betting, raising, or check/raising depending on your position and preflop action.If you don't have an equity edge, but are getting the right pot odds or implied odds for your draw(s), then you should check or call.To answer some of your questions, HU your draw would need to come in more than 50% of the time to make raising correct (unless raising buys you a free card). Only very strong draws, such as open-ended straight flush draws, should be raised heads up.In a large field, you often want to get a bet from everyone. This could mean betting out if you are in early position, or raising if several people have already entered the pot in front of you.

[Devilkin 0]

Thanks for the response! I'm rereading SSHE again, picking up a number of new things from it. A point to clarify . . .1.

In a large field, you often want to get a bet from everyone. This could mean betting out if you are in early position, or raising if several people have already entered the pot in front of you.

- If this is right after the flop, and I have multiple draws, do I really want to raise now and possibly chase out players that I want to come with me to the river?Thanks!Dev

[econ_tim 0]

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In a large field, you often want to get a bet from everyone. This could mean betting out if you are in early position, or raising if several people have already entered the pot in front of you.

- If this is right after the flop, and I have multiple draws, do I really want to raise now and possibly chase out players that I want to come with me to the river?

It depends how many people are in front of you and how many people are behind you.Say you have four to a flush on the flop.If one of the blinds bets and two people call the bet and you are next to act, what do you do? You should probably raise. Even if there are several people behind you, you shouldn't worry about chasing them out. There is no guarantee that they will call any bet on this flop. And there is a possibility that one or more of them will call two bets cold. What is more important is that the three people who have already put money in on the flop will almost never fold to one more bet.If you have the same flop, but you are UTG and the BB bets, you should just call, because the pot will probably be larger if you let people call one bet than if you force them to call two bets cold.