T9s on 8♥ 7♣ 2♥ facing a check-raise — fold, call or raise?

Why

This is a monster draw — a flush draw plus an open-ender, around fifteen outs — yet the solver calls 100%, not raises. Re-raising folds out the bluffs your draw already beats and grows the pot against the sets and two pair that continue, where you are behind. Flatting in position realises the same equity for a single bet, keeps their whole bluffing range in, and lets you take a free card or barrel when you improve. At 100bb even the very biggest combo draws just call a check-raise; a draw only wants to raise once the stacks are short and it is pot-committed.

The spot

Your seat

BTN

Stakes and stacks

$1 / $2 · 100bb

Your hand

T♥ 9♥

Board

8♥ 7♣ 2♥

Pot

POT · $30

Action on you

BB check-raises to $40

Every option

• Foldgive up the draw

  Why not: A flush draw plus an open-ender has far too much equity to fold. Some outs are not clean against sets and two pair, but the hand performs strongly against one-pair hands and worse draws.

• Callflat, see a turnCorrect

• Raisere-raise to $100

  2.5x · $100 · all-in

  Why not: Raising folds out the very bluffs a fifteen-out draw already beats and bloats the pot as an underdog to the sets and two pair that call. In position, calling realises the same equity for one bet.

The idea behind it

Combo draws have huge equity, but raising one in position folds out the bluffs you dominate and builds the pot against the value that continues. Calling realises the equity more cheaply and keeps their range wide. Only the very biggest draws tip toward a raise — and mostly when the stacks are short.

Concept: Call the big draw

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