Pot equity in 5-handed pot on a flush draw

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sir_lagalot

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I was thinking about a situation which has repeated itself many a time with me at the table. I'll have two suited cards say Ad4d on a board 5d-Qc-Jd-2h. One guy will go all in and get called by 3 others. Holding a nut flush draw I still feel uneasy with that many calls thinking at least one or two others may have clubs and many of my outs. Is this the wrong way to think? to consider others on a flush draw or is this a call you guys would just blindly make considering the pot odds of say 1-5 justify your 4-1 draw?

In some of the situations as mentioned above I'll miss my draw and others will muck , but many a time when I fling my cards down after missing the draw i'll see somebody else with 10-2 of clubs trying for the same draw. Should you ideally be discounting your outs then when you suspect others of drawing to the same hand as yourself?
 
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I have never heard of the formula for determining pot odds and /or equity accounting for the possibility of your outs being in opponents hand...
 
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I would just calculate that my outs are in the deck.

However, the fact that you are already on the turn changes things. The percentage of you making your hand decreases around 12% I think (as opposed to making this decision on the flop) after seeing the turn. You only have one chance at the draw. The payday needs to be right to call.

I would only call in the spot you mentioned with 6:1 pot odds or better. That is just my personal opinion. It is likely that you will not catch the flush.
 
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