Open ended straight/Flush draw strategy

Imagine you’re playing in a MTT and you find yourself heads up, in position with either a flush or open ended straight draw on the flop.

You can imagine you’ve taken the lead pre flop, or it could be a case where both players are opting to play nice and see the flop cheaply.

There’s 1000 in the middle when the flop comes down.

Please tailor your advice with the opponents image in mind. I.e “against an ABC player I would...”

I’m looking for different perspective on the subject because I can’t seem to find a bullet proof approach.

Thanks
Dan

I would semi bluff by leading out a 62% of pot bet on flop. If my opponent is aggressive I would check raise semi bluff. Depends on what the blinds are.

It's a little complicated...

* stack sizes?
* tournament?
* villain profile?
* blinds?
* stage of the tournament?

but to give you an idea of my thoughts about this spot (open ended/flushdraws), i simply enjoy to semibluff this spots; if it's an open ended + flushdraw i will semibluff with bets (if the villain checks - i had position) raises...

when you have only one of them, i guess it's a matter of stack, tournament stage and villain profile. If i am a short stack in a mid~late stage, i will probably jam no matter what; if i have a stack that i can find a better spot to shove and the villain is agressive or those who tend to call a shove with brodaway cards (high airs), top pairs and stuff like that, then i will probably check/fold, and so on...

but i really am really more agressive with combo draws than with only a open ended or a pure flushdraw.


Regards and GL

What are stack sizes?

What are blinds?

I would play the flush draw more aggressively as there are more outs than the open ended straight.

I like to shove hands like that.. looking for a fold or double up

i played all in in some tournaments with the nuts on the flop and i lost... in most of the cases it depends what opponents have. You can try a semi bluff at least to reduce to heads up.

Since you stated that we are in position, I would play it aggressively vs almost any type of opponent.

In tournaments you need to be able to chip up so taking risks like this (semi-bluffs) are a very good way to do it. Even if you get called you have outs, you have two ways to win this hand.

Now if this was a cash game, I mix it up depending on the player. But in a tournament I'm almost always playing this aggressively (Betting if checked too and raising if my opponent leads.)

If you're looking for a "bullet proof approach", you'll never find it in poker. That being said you can do many different things depending on many variables. Simple answer don't be afraid to bluff your draws or take some free cards.