Chase or No Chase?

what would u normally do if on the turn, u saw that u just need one suit for a flush or one card for a straight, would u play it? I myself, no matter much i knoe about the game, is that i usually always go in for the catch, because for as long as i knoe it, im about %70 with them. just wondering what u guys would do

It depends. If who you are playing with is going to let you chase with minimum bets then go for it if it's the flush. If it's an open end str8 again yea, but an inside str8?; save your money. Also it depends ar what point in game? If you're playing at high blinds could be good time to steal pot with high bluff bet.
Also don't forget your opponent maybe doing the same and you are giving him(her) the opportunity to catch the same as you.
By doing what you are doing and fishing for that card makes me want you at my table cause I love to dine on players like that.

I chase the flush pretty much every time. It gets me burned a lot, but when I do hit, it usually gets me a good score. So by the time you average out all of the times I chase the flush, I think I'm turning a slight profit on the chase - certainly breaking even at the least.

I don't do it too much on the straight. If everyone is checking and I don't think they have anything, but there is a potential straight obviously there, I'll sometimes throw out a good bet just to see who will fold. No sense giving away free cards - you have to pay to see them. But if others are betting and there's a chance they've got something, I'll try to get away with checking and see if they will give me a free peek at the next card. Not always, but sometimes I get a free look.

Not for all my chips....although what the hey? Every other joe-blow calls my trips, two pair, etc. all-in while they're chasing the flush/whatever and seem to pull out the miracle flush, inside straight, so why the hell not?

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15 posts and nothing said!!

To the posting issue, the administrators will undoubtedly deduct such a flagrant post-padder from his total. No worries there.

As to the actual thread topic here, the term "chase" is very much overused. Sometimes a player can weigh the odds of making his hand against the size of the pot, position at the table, quality of opposition, and poker intuition, and come to a reasonable decision to stay with his cards. I don't think that's chasing. Just playing smart.

For instance, if you are four-flushed after the flop, you have an excellent chance of making your flush on either the turn or the river (only 1.85-to-1 against). However, if you miss it on the turn, your odds go up dramatically to around 20-to-1 against hitting the river suit. So, it's hard to say you're "chasing" if you choose to see the turn card. Good odds. You could be crossing the line, however, if you go for broke on a 20-to-1 river shot. Chances are that the pot will not pay you off enough to take that risk. Not just a chase, but bad business to boot.

Open-ended straights are worth following a bit if it doesn't get too expensive. Double-gutshots are as well. Drawing to an inside straight on the river with no other outs is the very definition of "chasing".

I don't get it. Is there some kind of contest for posting?

Awesome post rammer. I particularly like the odds that you put into it. Very well written.

OH my did the freeroll whore spammers love this thread!