An open-ender is 16% and the price is only 14%. On a rainbow flop every out is clean — call.

T9s on 8♠ 7♥ 2♣ facing a bet — call or fold?

Q: T9s on 8♠ 7♥ 2♣ facing a bet — call or fold?

Call. Eight clean outs on a rainbow flop make about 16%, ahead of the cheap 14% price. 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 answer

Call

call $4

The math: $4 into $20 → need ≈14% · open-ender ≈16% on the next card (8 outs)

Why

Eight clean outs on a rainbow flop make about 16%, ahead of the cheap 14% price. 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 hand keeps going after this decision — the trainer deals the remaining streets.

The spot

Villain · CO

bets $4

POT · $20

8♠

7♥

2♣

T♦

9♦

$1 / $2 · 100bb

Your seat: BB
Stakes and stacks: $1 / $2 · 100bb
Your hand: T♦ 9♦
Board: 8♠ 7♥ 2♣
Pot: POT · $20
Action on you: CO bets $4

Every option

Foldgive up the draw
Why not: An open-ender is 16% and the price is only 14%. On a rainbow flop every out is clean — call.
Callcall $4Correct

The idea behind it

Nominal outs are not automatically clean. Before counting a card, ask whether it can complete a higher straight or flush for the range betting into you.

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The trainer deals this hand with hints, grading and spaced repetition — and randomized variations of it once you have seen it.