A $30-$60 game. You open with a raise in the cutoff with the A-Q. The button and small blind fold. The big blind reraises and you call. There is $200 in the pot and two players. The flop is: J-8-3, giving you a backdoor nut-flush draw in addition to your overcards. The big blind bets. What do you do?
(This quiz gives no reads which pissed me off. I'm putting the answer underneath so everyone can just check it out later...but I guess I disagreed with the answer or I possibly didn't have enough information to make a good decision. Anyway, let me know what you think.)
Cardplayer answer: Fold. There is $230 in the pot and it costs you $30 to call. But what are your outs? You have six outs plus a backdoor possibility. Your six outer is a 7-to-1 shot, and this is about what the pot is offering, but you will not win all the time when your outs arrive. The big blind three-betting frequently means a big pair or ace-king. Against ace-king you are dead to a queen, and an ace showing up will cost you some money. Against a big pair you need an ace--or a doctor.