SCENARIO 39
The flop:
You are on the button holding:
Before the flop, Tight Ted raised to $100 from an early position. Solid Sam just called the raise from middle poker position. You also just called on the button.
On the flop, Tight Ted checks and Solid Sam bets $150.
What's your move with your underpair?
Analysis
Two jacks is a very dangerous hand in no-limit holdem. If an overcard to your comes on the flop and someone bets, it is almost always correct to fold your hand.
The Strategy We Suggest
Fold your hand. Ted raising before the flop and Solid Sam calling his raise, you know they both have a good hand. one of them is a big favorite to have a better hand than your two jacks so just give it up. Tight Ted might have even slow-played a set or checked A-K, wanting some action.
When these two players came in before the flop, you were looking to make a set of jacks, hoping they each had an ace-high play holdem and so that you could win a big pot against them. If the flop had come with three under card game to your jacks, then you could have bet about the size of the pot in the hope that they both had an A-K or A-Q, for example, and you could win it on the flop.
Flop Two
Two High Cards/One Low Card/ Suited
In each of the following scenarios, you have $1,000 in chips. The blinds are $10-$25 and you're playing in the first round of the tournament.
The flop comes:
SCENARIO 40
The flop comes determine:
You are sitting in late position just to the right of the button holding:
Before the flop, two online poker players limped into the pot, you also limped cash course, and the big blind checked, making a total pot of $110. On the flop, the big blind checks, the first limper checks, and the next player bets $100. You have flopped second pair with the nut flush draw.
What's Your Move?
Analysis
You don't want to risk going broke with this hand by making a big bet or raise on the flop. You have the second high low poker board pair, plus the nut flush draw. In other words, you have a lot of ways to improve your hand on the turn or river.
Try to play poker this hand cheap until you do improve.
The Strategy We Suggest
You have flopped the nut flush draw and middle pair, you probably don't have the best hand at this point. We suggest that you just call the $100 because you do have a good draw. If you make your nut flush or hit another queen, you might win a big pot.