Can draws be played profitably

stuckintilt · Can draws be played profitably

Could someone enlighten me with what the proper protocol is for playing draws heads up?

I'm used to playing micro ring games where you often times have the odds to see if the next card will fill your draw and your implied odds are for the most part are good as well. There usually is a decent amount of people who don't believe you hit your card or views the additional bets as just being "pocket change".

In any case, playing with 1500 chips lead me to believe that draws can be chased to an extent at the early stages of the game where the blinds are still small relative to late in the game where it would likely put you all in. Am I thinking about this too loosely and digging my own grave when I don't hit my draw?

U Cook Socks

The thing to think is, no one ever has a hand HU. Draws can be played more aggressively, because you have so much more fold equity.

Implied odds are key when you are calling to hit draws, if you think you can get the villains stack if you hit, then it's obv profitable to call.

To be honest, a flush draw, when the blinds are high and effective stacks are short, is like the nuts.

butitwassooted

nachtwacht

You certainly think to passively at the moment.

You should not chase draws in the way that you are going to call a bet by villain and then hope to get payed off when you hit. Playing it like this has several problems:

1) If you hit, how do you know you will get payed off ? Often your opponent does not have a hand so can't pay you off as opposed to ring games where one of the 20 villains that called will have a hand to pay you off.

2) You will only win when you hit. In HU it is key to win by being agressive without a made hand.

So play your draws more agressive. It ofcourse depends on the draw you have. Imagine you have 2 overcards combined with a straight and a flush draw. No harm in getting all the money in there because you usualy have a ton of outs. Also, if the board is very drawy, and you for instance only have a straight draw, your opponent might "feel" that you are drawing and will call light.

so as usualy, it depends on a lot of things, but one thing is sure, just waiting to hit is not the way to play HU

stuckintilt

U Cook Socks

welshdentist

Hi guys,

Not posted many times yet.

Is the line of thinking that if you wait to hit a flush against a tight player, as soon as you do you will not get paid, so you semi bluff raise to inflate the pot while they are ahead?

Or take the pot down anyway with their fold?

nachtwacht