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TOPIC: Drawing Hands

A $15-$30 game. After an early player limps, you call with J

-10

? The game has become very passive with hardly any preflop raising. Another early player, the cutoff, the button, and the small blind all limp. There is $105 in the pot and seven players. The flop is: A

-10

-3

, giving you middle pair with a flush-draw. The small blind checks. The big blind bets. The next player folds. What do you do?

Raise. Even though you probably don't have the best hand on an ace-high board with six opponents, you can represent a good ace and perhaps drive players out who don't want to call two bets cold. You have a "super" draw here with 9 flush outs, 3 outs to two pair, and 2 outs to trips, making you even money to end up with a hand that rates to win.

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