How To Play Beginers Poker ?
I was just in a 3/6 hand at Planet where I had A-six of spades, on the button. Not much going on so I called. Flop came 9-J-9, with Jack and 9 of spades. There was a bet and a raise and reraise, so I got out. Turns out a 9-Q straight won the hand. Thing is, not one but two more spades came. So- what do some of you do when you have a nut flush draw and the board has paired in a somewhat scary way? J-9 seems like a pretty typical calling hand for 3/6.
Answer 1:
Folding is clear in the scenario you present. You have everything working against you — three bets with a fourth possible to draw for a 23-1 shot which may not be good because a full house is possible now and probable if another J hits let alone another nine or a running pair like 10-10 on the turn and river. But, let’s say we change the hand to the opposite end of the backdoor flush draw situation. Let’s say there were seven players in pre-flop and you called the raise from the big blind to make 14 bets in pre-flop. The flop is Jc–5s-4d. The under the gun player bets and gets five callers to you. Now, you have the right odds to take off a card which could lead to the nuts and lots more money coming into the pot (implied odds).
Answer 2:
He had a flush draw and an over card Lee, not a backdoor draw. The fold was still right though, because the pot wasn’t all that big (no raising preflop), it was going to be very expensive to draw, there is a good chance he’s drawing dead, and you don’t have as many outs as you think because of the chance your flush card fills somebody up)
Your analysis of a backdoor draw below is right, just not what he’s asking.
Answer 3:
Well, nothing lost for the beginner players. My explanation on backdoor opposite ends of the spectrum may help and you’ve given a clear explanation on the posted scenario. I hate making my hand and losing the pot … so much so that I may fold too often in situations that are more marginal than the one outlined.
