Maximizing value – Making Gutshots Work
Full Tilt Poker Game #11723065413: $22 + $1 Heads Up Sit & Go (87946120), Table 1 – 15/30 – No Limit Hold’em – 21:49:06 ET – 2009/04/16
Seat 1: TehJinx (1,560)
Seat 2: DTrainDaBoss (1,440)
DTrainDaBoss posts the small blind of 15
TehJinx posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TehJinx
DTrainDaBoss raises to 60
TehJinx calls 30
*** FLOP ***
TehJinx checks
DTrainDaBoss bets 60
TehJinx calls 60
*** TURN ***![]()
TehJinx checks
DTrainDaBoss bets 120
TehJinx raises to 290
DTrainDaBoss calls 170
*** RIVER ***![]()
TehJinx bets 530
DTrainDaBoss has 15 seconds left to act
DTrainDaBoss calls 530
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TehJinx showsa straight, Jack high
DTrainDaBoss mucks
TehJinx wins the pot (1,880) with a straight, Jack high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,880 | Rake 0
Board:
Seat 1: TehJinx (big blind) showedand won (1,880) with a straight, Jack high
Seat 2: DTrainDaBoss (small blind) mucked– two pair, Kings and Jacks
When you call a flop bet with a gutshot straight draw, you better make sure to get maximum value from it IF you hit. We call it implied odds, and I made them work.












– two pair, Kings and Jacks