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flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
A woman in my home game says that with games with a shared board such as holdem, a straight is harder to get than a flush. DO you know this to be true?
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04-26-2009, 08:14 PM
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Re: flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
Only if you are drawing post flop with four cards to a straight or flush...
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04-26-2009, 08:18 PM
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Re: flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
I've certainly never heard of it. Did she give any reasoning? On the reverse, I don't see how community card games or stud games would make a difference seeing as how if you have 4 to a straight in holdem or 7CS, it's still the same number of outs to complete the hand.
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04-26-2009, 08:30 PM
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Re: flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
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Originally Posted by Mistakenly
Only if you are drawing post flop with four cards to a straight or flush...
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Bingo.
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04-26-2009, 08:43 PM
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Re: flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
Ah, makes sense.
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04-26-2009, 08:45 PM
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Re: flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
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Originally Posted by Mistakenly
Only if you are drawing post flop with four cards to a straight or flush...
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Thirded. You have 9 outs to a flush but only 8 to an open-ender, right?
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04-26-2009, 09:16 PM
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Re: flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
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Thirded. You have 9 outs to a flush but only 8 to an open-ender, right?
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Correct. It's easier to COMPLETE a flush draw than a straight draw, but it's more difficult to get to the point where you're drawing to complete. The maths are the maths.
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04-26-2009, 09:18 PM
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Re: flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
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Originally Posted by TenPercenter
A woman in my home game says that with games with a shared board such as holdem, a straight is harder to get than a flush. DO you know this to be true?
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Be sure to keep inviting her.
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04-26-2009, 09:22 PM
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Re: flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
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Originally Posted by Big Mike
Thirded. You have 9 outs to a flush but only 8 to an open-ender, right?
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But thats given that no one folded one of your outs pre flop
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04-26-2009, 09:25 PM
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Re: flush easier to get than a straight in shared card games?
depends on what cards you hold preflop. if she's playing any two suited then yeah, she's going to get more flushes than straights.
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