Fixed Limit: The Theoretical Foundations of Backdoor Draws
You missed the flop completely, yet have a backdoor straight and backdoor flush draw. Your opponent bets and you want to make an odds & outs calculation. Yet how much are your backdoor draws truly worth?
Standard Lines: The Theoretical Foundations of Backdoor draws
Bet Flop, Check/Raise Turn with Initiative
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Everyone knows it: you get called down by some random fish you hits his miracle runner runner flush draw or straight draw. Yet while fish often overplay their backdoor draws, many good players don't know the true value of their backdoor draws.
Sometimes backdoor draws can add 1-3 outs to your EV calculation which suddenly turns a close fold into a close call. Just as calling too loosely can be a leak, so can be folding too tightly.
This article will teach you how to properly evaluate the worth of your backdoor draws in order to help you make better decisions.
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Also recently added is an older article on a non-standard move: check/raising the turn with initiative. It helps you balance your check/call and check/fold lines, since observing opponents would otherwise quickly know that a check on the turns means weakness.
This article covers the advantages and weaknesses of this move, which will help you further refine your postflop game.
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