How Many Outs?

[The Operator 0]

heads up, I have J9diamonds, other player has 4-2off, flop is 568 two diamonds, he bets 25chips, i re raise all in for 34 more, he calls, how many outs does he have?I said three as one of the three's would have given me flush.He said 9, 3x2, 3x4, 3x3....Opinions please.He pinged his three outer to win!!!!

[zsta2k6 0]

heads up, I have J9diamonds, other player has 4-2off, flop is 568 two diamonds, he bets 25chips, i re raise all in for 34 more, he calls, how many outs does he have?I said three as one of the three's would have given me flush.He said 9, 3x2, 3x4, 3x3....Opinions please.He pinged his three outer to win!!!!

7 or 8, depending of the suit of his hole cards....he can hit a non diamond 2, 3, or 4 to take the lead... you still have a redraw to the flush if a 3 hits, and a pair if a 2 or 4 hits. he is about a 4-1 dog after the flop.

[simo_8ball 1]

An out is a card you can hit to win the hand. He can hit any non-diamond 2, 3 or 4 to win. His hand is offsuit, so he has either 7 or 8 outs.If he has a diamond he has 5 pair outs plus 3 straight outs.If he has no diamond he has 4 pair outs plus 3 straight outs.EDIT: Too slow.

[David_Nicoson 1]

It's not situation that's really described well with outs. He can hit an "out" but still lose to a redraw. You're about a 4:1 favorite, so that's equivalent to 5 clean outs.

Board: 5d 6d 8c Dead:  			equity (%)	  win (%)	tie (%) Hand  1:	80.0253 %	  79.57% 	00.45%	  { Jd9d }Hand  2:	19.9747 %	  19.52% 	00.45%	  { 42o }

We're pretty laid back here, but this probably should go in the tournament forum. Or really bad beat.