K♦Q♦ BTN vs BB, turn on J♣ 8♦ 5♠ Q♠, 85 bb
The spot
- You: BTN
- Opponent: BB
- Your hand: K♦Q♦
- Board: J♣ 8♦ 5♠ Q♠
- Effective stack: 85 bb
- Pot: 8.5 bb
Turn card shifts nut advantage and action returns to hero.
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Best play: Raise
Why
The Q♠ turn pairs your queen and hands you top pair, top kicker with KQ on J‑8‑5‑Q, while also giving you a gutshot to Broadway (a ten completes QJT and an ace/ten makes the nut straight). The queen helps the in-position raiser far more than the BB's capped checking range, so your equity and nut share jump on this card. Facing the BB's turn bet you raise for value and protection: you get worse Q-x, J-x, and draws to pay or fold, and you deny equity to the many overcard/straight-draw combos the board is loaded with.
Key idea
When the turn pairs your top card and adds a draw, raising both extracts value and charges the many live draws.
Common mistake
Just calling with TPTK-plus-gutshot lets every overcard and straight draw see the river cheaply and realize equity against you.