STRAIGHT DRAWS
Straight draws are not played as automatically as flush draws, Playing a draw.
There are a couple of reasons for this: one is that straights are harder to make than flushes; the other reason is that straights are often vulnerable to being beaten by a flush.
Look for something Extra
The more players there are who are active in the pot, the less likely it is that you should play a draw to a straight.
In many cases you shouldn’t draw at all unless you have a little something extra in your draw.
1. There is no flush draw on board.
2. Your draw is to the nut straight.
3. Your draw includes overcards.
4. Your draw includes a three-flush.
5. Your draw includes a pair.
Suited connectors frequently have to be given up on the flop.
You aren’t going to hit a whole lot of flops with these poker hands, and when you do hit a flop, you still need to be fairly selective about going past the flop with these hands.
For example, if you flop the second pair, you might want to call a bet on the flop if you’ve also got a three-flush, but without that three-flush you might not want to call.
You might not want to call if you flop a draw to the low end of a straight, but if you’ve also got a three-flush, you might want to go ahead and take a card off.
Let’s look at some situations. Suppose you have 8 
7 . Some flops that give you a draw are:
A 5 
6 
A 5 6
Q 10 9
A 5 6
This is a nut-straight draw. There is no possible flush draw on the board. You have a backdoor flush draw. The backdoor flush draw is worth the equivalent of about two outs.
With no flush draw out on the board, the nut-straight draw has eight outs.
This flop gives you ten outs, which is better than a flush draw. You should raise with this draw if you can get two callers player stereotypes.
A 5 6
This flop is almost the same, but there is the possibility of a spade-flush draw on the board.
The backdoor flush is worth two outs and the straight draw six outs, so this flop gives you about eight outs. You should still raise with this hand, but you need three or more callers.
Q 10 9
This is a terrible flop. You’ve got a straight poker draw, but the Jack won’t make you a best hand.
A 6 is not likely to help you. You may already be beaten by a flush, and if not, you only have three outs. Fold if someone bets.
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