8♠7♠ BB vs BTN, turn on K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣, 95 bb
The spot
- You: BB
- Opponent: BTN
- Your hand: 8♠7♠
- Board: K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣
- Effective stack: 95 bb
- Pot: 8.5 bb
Turn card shifts nut advantage and action returns to hero.
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Best play: Call
Why
The T♣ turn is a brick for hero's 8♠7♠ on K♦6♠2♥T♣: hero holds no pair but an open-ended straight draw (the 6 gives 5‑6‑7‑8 with a 5, or 6‑7‑8‑9 with a 9 — eight outs) plus a backdoor spade. Hero is out of position facing a bet on a K-high board the BTN's range hits hard, so check-raising has poor fold equity and bloats the pot with air. Calling takes the correct price to draw to the straight while keeping the pot small OOP and avoiding a dominated all‑in with a non-nut draw.
Key idea
A bare straight draw OOP on a board that smashes the bettor's range should call for a price, not check‑raise into thin fold equity.
Common mistake
Check-raising a no-pair straight draw on a King-high board where villain bets his strong range turns a priced draw into a costly bluff with little fold equity.