AQo UTG on KJ4r: Protect Your Equity

Hero
A♣Q♥
Position
UTG vs BTN
Pot
Single-Raised Pot
Flop
4♦ J♥ K♠

Don't fold an open-ended straight draw to a single bet on the turn; you have the correct price to realize your equity.

Flop Analysis

C-betting small is effective here. We have the range advantage on a King-high board and our open-ended straight draw benefits from generating immediate folds from random air.

Turn Analysis

Checking is standard after being called on the flop. We need to control the pot size with our draw and protect our checking range with some high-equity hands.

Turn Analysis

Folding is a significant mistake. We have an open-ended straight draw and are getting excellent pot odds to see a river card.

Note: Folding an open-ended straight draw (OESD) when facing a ~55% pot bet is too tight; we have the direct odds to call and potentially stack Villain if we hit.