Review of poker order of cards::How Do You Score in Poker
Review of poker order of cards::How Do You Score in Poker
Draw hands are hands after the flop in which the player has four cards to a straight, a flush or both. Made hands are hands which after the flop the player has trips, two pair, top pair or a pair of kings or aces in the pocket (the last two both pre-flop). Of course higher hands such as a straight flush, a full straight or flush on the flop and four of a kind are also made hands. The difference between good play and poor play for a draw hand and a made hand are significantly different. A great poker player will try to control the table, stay in or fold based on several factors, which are discussed in the rest of this article. This play strategy is designed to increase your potential winnings as well as to provide guidelines for playing each type of hand. Draw Hands Strategy If you are dealt a draw hand on the flop, your best strategy is to keep the betting relatively low and to keep as many players in as possible. After all your chance of filling the straight or flush is usually less than 50%. Even when you catch your draw, you may lose to a higher hand. Four cards to a flush are your best drawing hand other than the rare straight flush possibility. However, if you have a jack and ten of hearts and two other hearts on the flop, say an eight and a queen of hearts you can still draw a fifth heart and lose to another person with two hearts with one being a king or an ace. A flush with an ace is called the nut flush because other than running into a straight flush, an ace will dominate all other hands providing a pair is not showing on board. If a pair does show you have to worry about your nut flush being beaten by a full house or even quads. While a high flush will usually win if no pair is showing when you reach the river. Without the ace of the suit in your hold cards you must be very careful if another player bets all in as this is a very clear sign to you that they have the ace themselves. I have folded flushes when raised by a conservative player who is likely to have a higher flush than mine. Straight draws are more difficult to play. If there are two or three suited cards in the flop you probably do not want to play this draw hand. If you have say a suited Ace and 10 to King, you have a double draw possibility for both a straight and a flush. This is as good as it gets with a drawing hand. Your odds of hitting either the nut flush or nut straight are above 50%. This is why you want as many people in as possible. You get a potentially large pot with minimal risking a large sum of your own money. If you get a nut flush with not pair on board you are the winner. The question is how to maximize you pot without scaring all the other players out. A moderate value bet which may retain players with trips or lower draw hands is the smartest move. However, if you are playing with fish (poor players) you might get a caller with an all in bet. This is especially true if they are short stacked or high stacked. Personally, I would not even recommend a player draw to an inside or one way straight. There are four outs of about forty five cards you have not seen. This is less than one in five odds. In addition, this hand may be beaten by a superior drawing hand or a higher made hand. Many times these hands also result in a draw, not a loser but not a winner either. It is just not worth it. Even an open ended straight such as 4,5,6,7 where both a 3 and an 8 will give you a straight still is a long shot when you factor in that, that hand can also be beaten by a player with say 8,9 or a an higher made hand. A straight chaser is probably not a long term winner unless they are capable of keeping a lot of people in and the betting low. This is not easy to do. Made Hand Strategy A made hand is generally a combination of cards that can win all by itself such as pocket aces on the first two cards, a set or trips on the flop, a full house or better. This includes a complete straight or flush on the flop as well. A made hand seems easier to play. It is not. Pocket aces or kings are considered a made hand. Yet they are only a single pair if the five board cards do not give you a third ace or king respectively. Pocket aces or kings are best played by a very large bet. Your best chance is to bet out all the draw hands and as many other hands as possible. If you go into the flop with one caller you have a very good chance of winning. If two players or more call, while your mathematical odds are still higher than any other player going into the flop, your odds of winning against two are more player are less than 50%. The key on these high pairs is not to slow play but to try and get as many people out a soon as possible. The opposite the strategy you should use on a made hand post flop of trips or a full house. These hands have a good chance of winning even without improvement on the turn or the river. In order to maximize your winnings deceptive play in the best strategy in this case. Slow play the flop with a check and hope that someone else will bet. If you are in good late position and the flop reveals some draw hand possibilities, a minimal bet might be advisable. You want people to be invested in the pot without having them fold leaving you with just the blinds. The same goes for turn card betting. You have to hope that someone gets a hand worth betting or tries for a bluff win. Look weak at least until the river is turned. If betting has been solid make a bet about equal to the pot. If someone is short staked, bet enough to knock them out. If someone looks strong, but not as strong as you, bet all in. I have seen many full houses be beaten by higher full houses or quads. If you do not have the nuts, this can be a game ender for you. On the other hand it can move you to a dominant position in terms of chip count. High chip count is important in both tournament play and cash games. Conclusion A made hand is considered better than a drawing hand. Why? Because with a made hand you have control of the betting. Control of betting is control of the table. While poor player may stay in with a flush draw when a large bet is made, many better players will not risk their stack on a draw hand. Draw hands are fun to play but it is gambling not skill if you risk a large portion of your chips on a less than 50/50 bet. Yet I have seen some of the highest rated players in the world do it. That is probably why the recent World Series of Poker main event winners have not been the highest rated players in the world. Maximize the skill in your poker play and minimize the luck factor. |
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