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Thursday, July 31, 2014

BACKDOOR DRAW



A backdoor draw means after dealing the flop you have already three cards to make a straight or a flush. It is a kind of the runner-runner case (see the post below).

Backdoor flush is one of the situations at the poker table when you or your opponent hit a flush with the turn and the river card. This is one of the runner-runner situations where the best probabilities and odds to hit the winning hand exist. The probability is 1:24 after dealt flop. A runner-runner flush draw is about the equivalent of one "normal" out.

Backdoor straight is similar to backdoor flush. But the probabilities are not as high. It is also more complicated to calculate the outs and odds.

Altogether, I would say, to play backdoor draws is justified only if there is another draw that grows your chance of winning the hand.



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