.25/.50 lo/8, simple hand, I might be overthinking

[Buzz]

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A good rule of thumb would be: once the low is made, don't draw to the flush on the turn unless there's 10BB in the pot when it's your turn to call, *and* you're closing the action.

[/ QUOTE ]Hi Bart - Thanks. That is a pretty good rule. I'd add that in order to have favorable implied pot odds, you want two opponents who will pay off when you make your flush on the river. Hopefully each might have a nut low so that they're stuck in the pot and get quartered. You might even get in more than one bet.

Only one opponent and you're still a bit short on implied pot odds.

There are some different considerations for one opponent. For example, maybe your one opponent won't have a low and will simply be betting a straight, set or two pairs for high, hoping to knock you off a flush draw.

But even if you don't quite have favorable odds, when they're not too terrible there can be some advantage to showing some tenacity - not for the current hand, but for the sake of future hands.

If your opponents think you'll yield to pressure, some of them will apply the pressure. That can be lucrative, but meanwhile you subject yourself to the pressure.

Buzz