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Flush strength, and calling beyond Pot Odds
You have suited cards and call to the flop; The two situations I find most for myself are:
Axs or SC.
Now the problem arrises when you flop your 4 flush but pair nothing on the board nor a straight draw. If you are heads up, and someone bets the pot, he is providing you 2:1 odds for a call right? With the nut flush, would you call for a turn card? And if it doesn't hit and your opponent puts you on a fluah draw, he should now at least bet the pot or more on the turn to make calling for one card to come to hit a flush a bad move.
What about a low flush draw? This is where I really have problems recognizing if I am ahead or not. My approach is to call an all-in or go all in if I hit the nut flush(If I think my opponent will call), but a low flush I never call an all in. I always have the dreaded feeling that someone is going to out flush me half the time.
So the two real questions are for flush draws are:
1) Is it right to call a bet for a turn or river card that is not giving you odds to call for one card? Because if you call that overbet and hit the turn with Axs, you have a chance to bust someone out. Especialy if he had a set on the flop.
2) How far should you go when you hit a lower suited flush, say any suited conector T9s and below.
(Note: I am also assuming that you did not flop a straight draw (gut or Open) for your SC either. Normaly if I have it both ways for a straight and flush I stay in the pot, half the time betting it out to build it)
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