8♠7♠ CO vs BB, turn on Q♠ 9♦ 4♣ 2♠, 70 bb
The spot
- You: CO
- Opponent: BB
- Your hand: 8♠7♠
- Board: Q♠ 9♦ 4♣ 2♠
- Effective stack: 70 bb
- Pot: 13 bb
Villain range is partially capped after passive turn sequence.
Choose the strongest turn strategy.
See the answer
Best play: Call
Why
The 2♠ turn brings in a spade flush draw and keeps the board dynamic, but it's a blank for top-pair value, so the bettor's range is still bluff-heavy. Your 8♠7♠ has no pair but a strong combo draw: the second-nut spade flush draw (8♠ 7♠ with Q♠ 2♠ on board) plus an open-ended straight draw around the 9 (a T or 6 makes the straight). In position facing the turn bet, calling is best: with ~15 clean outs you're getting a price to continue, you keep the pot manageable, and you realize your equity with position rather than turning a draw into a bloated bluff-raise.
Key idea
A fat combo draw in position is usually a call: you get a price, control the pot, and realize equity without committing.
Common mistake
Raising this draw into a likely bluff-heavy range just blows up the pot and folds out the worse hands you dominate.