Open-Ended Straight Draw
Open-ended straight draws are poker hands that are full of possibilities. You are one card away from making a winning poker online hand, and there are two cards that can make that happen for you. Of course, there are risks involved in playing a draw online poker hand, since the card you need may not show up at all. If you’ve got a 9-8 in your hand and the flop comes out Ace-7-6, you’ve got eight cards (four 10’s and four 5’s) that can give you what is likely to be the winning hand. When you’ve got an open-ended straight draw, the first thing you should do is make sure that you can see the next few cards as cheaply as possible. You haven’t made your hand yet, so your main objective in this hand is to pay as little as possible to see the turn and the river. Merely checking the hand will invite your opponents to bet against you and put you in an uncomfortable position. Place a bet after the flop to freeze your opponents. When you bet, your opponents will have to consider that you’ve got a good hand and be discouraged from betting against you. If you bet, you will get to decide how much you want to pay to see the turn instead of letting your opponents tell you what to pay.
