How to play a flush/straight draw

Hey everyone. I've been thinking a lot while playing how exactly you play a flush or straight draw if you 'hit' one of those on the flop. Do you check, raise or check-raise them and with what intention do you do it? Lets say you raise, and you opponent calls, you miss the turn. Do you slow down? Let me know what you think is the best way and what you do. Personal i sometimes check and sometimes raise. What do you do if you go for the raise and miss the turn? Continue or slow down? And what if you slow down and he raise?

Thanks,

Mat

Hey Mat, Was losing ALOT with draws and I had the same thoughts as you on the subject.

First thought for me is my opponent/s. Are they loose or tight? Do you think they hit?

Knowing your pot odds, how to semi-bluff to draw and knowing your oppenent are the points that really helped me. And getting the good sense that gut shots are not worth cahsing very often lol.

Do you use any sofware?

For some reason everytime I get It in good with an ace high flush draw, I always miss.
But you sometimes have to go for those flips to win a tourney.
If you want to take the more cautious approach, try this...
If you were the pre-flop aggressor you should always bet the flop if it is checked to you with a flush draw. However with a str draw I'd prob, check behind (this is opinionated)
If you weren't the pre flop aggressor I would call a bet from if the pre flop aggressor chooses to bet the flop.
If I don't hit on the turn I would probably give up on the hand (best bet)
Don't chase the board if you know you're beat.

It depends.

Sometimes be aggressive or sometimes be passive.

It hinges (personally) on table/opponent dynamics.

Raise 2/3 on the flop and fold to a shove unless you got the probability of straight flush to consider.

I don't use any HUD most of the time. Because HUDs are in my opinion sometimes bad for your play. Sometimes someone will play really tight but maybe he has ridiculous bad cards. Sometimes someone is playing loose but maybe he has a lot of amazing hands. I have a hud in my mind and see myself when people are playing tight or loose
Sometimes someone has a good vpip but that doesnt give you help with your decision. He could be firing a bluff or has his own card range. Not everyone with a vpip of 17 has the same card range. Variating players between tight and aggresive can have a good vpip also. Anyways, i also think playing draws like these is a part i can get better in. I was always losing a lot on busted draws. Im getting better at it now and hope to improve this play with tips on this thread

I play the majority of my draws simply on +EV situations, along with the playing style of the person(s) I'm involved with. It's really all about the numbers over the long haul (as I'm sure you know...).

How you play draws should depend on your reads on your opponent ie, will he fold to raises frequently, will he carry on betting aggressively on later streets, is he likely to continue putting money into pots when draws complete on later streets.

There is no one size fits all answer to this kind of question and we should be grateful for that. If there was a simple solution, poker would be less fun and more importantly, we would all become less profitable as the weaker players in our games wouldn't be as exploitable as they currently are.

It's good that you're asking questions but try to avoid looking for a blanket answer to a question that could have many different answers dependent on the type of player you were up against.