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Friday, February 5th, 2010

Up and down Straight Draw

An up and down straight draw in poker is another name for an open ended straight draw. This means that you have four cards in sequential order, where a completing card at either end of the order will give you five in order, or a straight.

Examples of an up and down straight draw are hold 8 9 in the hole with a board of 7 J K or 2 6 7. Other examples would be holding 9 J and having a board of 8 10 K or 10 Q 2.

The value of paying to draw to complete your straight is a question of how much your online poker opponent bets versus how much is in the pot (called ‘pot odds’), as well as how much you might stand to win considering if your online poker opponent will pay off future bets once you complete your straight on the turn or the river (called ‘implied odds’).

The value of an up and down straight draw goes down quite a bit when there are 2 or 3 of the same suit on the board, as some amount of the time the cards that complete the straight will at the same time complete an opponent’s flush.

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