econ_tim
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005, 10:29 AM
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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.