87s on 6♠ 5♦ 2♣ facing a bet — fold, call or raise?
The answer
Call
match $10
The math: Open-ender = 8 outs → ≈16% on the next card; a half-pot bet costs 25%, so direct odds are short.
Why
Any nine or four completes the straight, for eight outs and about 16% next-card equity. The 25% direct price is too high by itself, but position and roughly $20–25 of realistic future payoff after improving can cover the gap, so call on implied odds. This call buys only the next card: use outs × 2 against this price. Use × 4 only when the call closes the action for both cards; otherwise realistic implied odds must cover any gap.
The spot
- Your seat
- CO
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- 8♥ 7♥
- Board
- 6♠ 5♦ 2♣
- Pot
- POT · $20
- Action on you
- BB bets $10
Every option
Foldlet the draw go
Why not: Eight outs give about 16% on the next card, but position and roughly $20–25 of realistic future payoff can cover the gap to a 25% price.
Callmatch $10Correct
Raiseraise as a semi-bluff
½ pot · $30 · pot · $50 · all-in
Why not: Raising can work as a semi-bluff, but calling keeps worse hands in and preserves the future payoff that makes the implied-odds continue viable.
The idea behind it
When next-card equity misses the direct price, call only if position, stacks, and likely payoff create enough implied odds. Use × 4 against the price only when the call guarantees both cards.
Concept: Open-ender
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