3 HACKS To Play DRAWS PERFECTLY!
Published 2023-10-24
It is important to remember that all flush draws and straight draws do NOT have the same value! Generally draws that have overcards to the board will have more equity, especially if your opponent has a marginal holding like a pair.
Flush & Straight draws are incredibly profitable hands if you play them correctly. Here are 3 quick tips to help you make the best possible decision when you have a draw:
1. Raise more often against small bets
2. Raise more often from out of position
3. Do NOT raise high equity draws that would have to fold to a re-raise
🔥 RAISE MORE OFTEN AGAINST SMALL BETS 🔥
Small bets will indicate frequent bets, this means that your opponent will be betting with a very wide range that cannot often face too much aggression. For this reason you should raise frequently to apply pressure to your opponent's marginal hands. On the flip side, you should raise less often against large bets and you should actually fold more often when facing a larger bet size, especially with your worst draws.
🔥 RAISE MORE OFTEN FROM OUT OF POSITION 🔥
From in position, you will realize your equity well. From out of position, you won't! Position is power in poker! Imagine playing a game of rock/papper/scissors and always getting to act last. You would win every single time! Poker isn't as simple as this but it gives you a good idea on the importance of position.
🔥 Do NOT Raise/Fold Your High Equity Draws 🔥
Draws with decent equity that would have to fold to an all-in usually do not raise. It is a disaster when you have a lot of equity but are forced to fold to a huge raise size as you will often not be getting the correct price to mathematically call.
0:00 - Poker Draws - An Introduction
0:23 - All Draws Are Valued DIFFERENTLY!
0:50 - 3 Tips For Playing Flush & Straight Draws
1:48 - #1: Raise MORE Often Against SMALL Bets
11:06 - #2: Raise More Often From Out Of Position
15:34 - #3: Do Not Raise/Fold High Equity Draws
20:07 - 3 Hacks To Play Draws Perfectly!
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All Comments (21)
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What is YOUR favorite tip from this video? 😄
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I find this way of teaching very effective for me. I find the charts overwhelming. It is impossible to memorize the charts and most training don't teach the "why" behind the charts in a manner that makes sense to me. This episode explained the logic behind the charts. This was helpful.
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I was a losing player until I followed you and I'm a winner now....actually doing really well 😎 small adjustments just and not tilting like the Titanic anymore lol
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Watched your video on my way back to the Bay Area today. Entered the Run Good Bankroll builder for $135. I called a raise out of the BB with 96 spades heads up. Flop was 8 spades 65 diamonds. I check raise the flop and take it down!
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raise smaller bets more and bigger bets less... got it!
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I shall be adopting this in my home game in a few weeks 💪🏻
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Thank you for the videos Jonathan, making it to the money way more often after watching a bunch of ur vids. Yesterday made it fifth on pko tournament with field of 3k+ players.
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19:24 also, I am curious about the colors on the grid. I believe orange means raise, green means call but what does blue and gray mean? why is AA gray as is J7 offsuit?
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Alweays love your content! Thank you for sharing i will be happy to play my next turnaments this week. Cheers Dario
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I agree with you 1000% in a game full of donks you don't won't to raise draws no body is folding you want to keep as many folks in the pot as possible, when your straight comes in at least 3 donks are calling when you shove.
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this is gold!!
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Sir I love you❤. The content you are giving in free is such valuable content. And your explanation is understandable to me. Thanks alot kerp these videos coming. Much love❤
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Very nice..
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"5% of the time is almost never" he says. i can hear the poker gods laughing 😂
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For your example, you say "you will raise 22% of the time". Ok fine. But how does it unfold at tables ? So I have to not raise 78 times in a row, and then 22 times in a row I will raise ? How to apply that correctly ? Should we consider wind direction ? Air pressure ? Temperature ? I'm joking of course, but this is to say that it's pretty difficult to use this rule accordingly IMO. thanks anyway for the great content! 👍
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how are all these hands like 93 and 82o in there in the first place? That seems pretty wide defend. But I guess I am not as optimistic or good as the GTO pro.
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What is a high equity draw?? What does that mean??
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What’s the adjustment if your playing a nit who only C-bets if they connected with the board? If they still bet small are you still supposed to check raise with these hands?
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exploit every street to the max. all day everyday. The true gto.
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Are these scenarios heads up or multi way ?
