The ones you mention are definitely biggies. In practice, I run into fewer set over set situations, though, than flush over flush.
Here's another one, that I can't quite formulate as cleanly: Superior hands on paired boards. Basically, better full houses or quads against inferior full houses or trips.
Finally, I think this is the most important one of all, although it probably sounds a little vague: Having both a made hand AND redraws in contest situations.
Basically, let's say you bet and get a pot-sized raise. The raise can actually mean several things--mainly, either they have something like flush draw or wrap or else a made hand better than yours. Like, on a board of 76Q with two spades, and you have 6789 with two spades. Ok, if they have QQ, you're behind, but you take away boating outs, the 5 and the T are clean for you, and you probably have the flush outs, although not for sure.
But, if they have the raw flush draw, you take away THEIR outs with your spades, AND you have a made hand so that they're the one who needs to catch up.
Anyhow, with 6789 and low flush draw, I think you're stronger (I'll go all the way with that one on the given board for sure) than with something even like 89TJ, which is also VERY rough to lay down on that board (honestly, I'm not sure I can do that either). But on the 89TJ, you do have to catch up for sure, since you currently have nothing. Their A-high is probably (just guessing, it probably depends somewhat on how many spades are in your 89TJ) currently ahead if they have the A-high spade draw alone, and certainly if they have the spade draw with a Q pair, an overpair or even JJ or TT.Statistics: Posted by Aisthesis — Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:19 pm
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