How many cards complete your straight?
The answer
8 outs
The math: An open-ended straight draw has 8 outs — about 16% on the next card.
Why
Either end fills it: four aces and four nines complete the straight, eight outs in all.
The spot
Villain · CO
bets $10
POT · $20
J♦
T♣
3♥
K♠
Q♠
BB
$1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your seat
- BB
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- K♠ Q♠
- Board
- J♦ T♣ 3♥
- Pot
- POT · $20
- Action on you
- CO bets $10
The idea behind it
An open-ended straight draw is filled by either of two ranks — four each, eight outs. Twice the reach of a gutshot.
Concept: Open-ender
Terms in this spot
Play it instead of reading it
The trainer deals this hand with hints, grading and spaced repetition — and randomized variations of it once you have seen it.