8♠7♠ BTN vs BB, turn on K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣, 105 bb
The spot
- You: BTN
- Opponent: BB
- Your hand: 8♠7♠
- Board: K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣
- Effective stack: 105 bb
- Pot: 10 bb
Turn card shifts nut advantage and action returns to hero.
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Best play: Call
Why
The T♣ turn on K♦6♠2♥ adds a broadway card and brings straight draws online without changing who holds the nut advantage. Your 8♠7♠ is no pair but picks up a gutshot (a 9 makes 6‑7‑8‑9‑T) plus a backdoor spade draw, giving it live equity. Facing the BB's turn bet into a small pot, calling is a thin but defensible float: position lets you realize the gutshot cheaply, you can take the pot away on good rivers, and you keep the BB's bluffs in rather than folding out a hand with real outs.
Key idea
In position in a small pot, a gutshot with a backdoor draw can float a turn bet to realize equity and steal good rivers.
Common mistake
Raising the bare gutshot as a bluff with too little equity, or over-folding a hand that has the price and position to float profitably.