文档介绍：Issue 2 Vol. 1
Dec. 26
The Flop
Reading the flop is when you decide to go for the money or wait for the Poker Gods to
give you a different opportunity. I see so many people chasing stuff after the flop and
losing because they did not consider what their opponents had in their hand or the odds to
hitting your own pared to pot odds.
You can't chase 2 outers with a pot-sized bet in front of you (unless you know the
opponent is a loose player that bluffs too much). You are not getting the pot odds for this.
The best hands have more than one way plete and win on the river. If the flop did
not help your hand or give you an excellent drawing hand that would win if it hit, then in
most instances you should throw it away. Unless you hold AA, KK or QQ and rags fall.
Let’s take a look at when it may be advisable to chase a hand. You have Ad 5d on the
button with 5 players seeing the flop. The es 2d 3d 8c. What should you be
seeing with this flop?
Well, you have a nut flush draw and a gut shot str8 draw. Any diamond (9 left in the deck)
and any 4 (there are 4 left in the deck and one of them makes a straight flush) will make
your hand a strong probable winner. I would call almost any bet or if it was checked to me
I would raise. Why? Well you look at this as having 13 outs. Almost even money against
you hitting the card ne