J♠T♠ SB vs BTN, turn on Q♠ 9♦ 4♣ 2♠, 70 bb
The spot
- You: SB
- Opponent: BTN
- Your hand: J♠T♠
- Board: Q♠ 9♦ 4♣ 2♠
- Effective stack: 70 bb
- Pot: 10 bb
Turn card shifts nut advantage and action returns to hero.
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Best play: Raise
Why
The 2♠ turn on Q♠9♦4♣ brings a second spade and hero's J♠T♠ is a powerful combo draw: an open-ended straight draw (any 8 or K makes the straight) plus the second-nut spade flush draw. From the SB out of position, check-raising the BTN's bet leverages massive equity with fold equity—villain folds weak Q-x and air now, and hero has a stack of outs when called. This semi-bluff applies maximum pressure OOP while the hand can still improve to the nuts.
Key idea
A combo draw (open-ender plus flush draw) is a premium check-raising hand out of position: huge equity when called and fold equity when not.
Common mistake
Just calling with this monster draw wastes its fold equity and lets the BTN realize equity cheaply when checked back on the river.