Playing a flush using three board cards in Texas Holdem

Flush

Texas Holdem: Flushes and Flush Draws

Using Three Board Cards

A Flush Using Three Board Cards

Any flush using your two pocket cards is a strong hand. For example,

Your Cards			The Board:

The strength of this hand is weakened if there is one board pair because you can be beaten by a fullhouse or four of a kind. For example,

Your Cards			The Board:

This hand's strength is almost completely undermined when there are two board pairs. Because a fullhouse is almost certain to occur. For example,

Your Cards			The Board:

Any jack or queen now beats you...and if you were betting and being called or raised at the turn...the writing is on the wall.

Playing Flush Draws

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Using three board cards and two pocket cards to make a flush...

You generally shouldn't be too concerned if you don't have the ace-high (nut) flush. It is very unlikely somebody is using the remaining cards of that suit to make a higher flush.

That said, don't get into a raising war with a player who knows how to play poker! That player will assume you have a flush, and will only re-raise if he/she is certain his/her hand is better.

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