{"id":2227912,"date":"2022-08-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/?p=2227912"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:04:39","slug":"playing-a-poker-hand-when-you-miss-the-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/playing-a-poker-hand-when-you-miss-the-flop\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing A Poker Hand When You Miss The Flop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ace-king suited is a beautiful poker hand to look at, but it can quickly turn sour when you completely brick the flop. Just because you miss the flop with ace-king doesn’t mean you just give up, make the proper adjustments<\/a> and remember the fundamentals to help guide you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scenario: You are eight-handed, playing in a $5,000 buy-in online tournament. You are the biggest stack at the table holding roughly 100,000 in chips with blinds of 700-1,400, with the next largest stack having 75,000. It folds around to you in the cutoff and you look down at A\u2663-K\u2663.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Preflop<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Preflop Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Obviously you should never fold, and calling invites problems. While you will definitely raise in this spot, 2,800 is the preferred amount because a min-raise has a higher likelihood of attracting out-of-position callers that you have crushed. A raise of 3,200 is also fine as long as you know that the larger bet<\/a> will still attract callers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action: You make the min-raise to 2,800 and it folds to the big blind who calls. The flop comes down 5\u2666<\/mark>-3\u2665<\/mark>-2\u2665<\/mark>, and the big blind checks to you.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flop Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Pot:<\/strong> 5,600
The Board:<\/strong> 5\u2666<\/mark>-3\u2665<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong>-2\u2665<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong>
Effective Stack:<\/strong> 69 Big Blinds Effective<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Playing A Poker Hand When You Whiff The Flop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This flop completely misses your range, and while you may still be ahead, you must recognize how disastrous getting check-raised would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When trying to find marginal hands<\/a> to check, ask yourself, \u2018If I bet this hand and get raised, is it terrible?\u2019 In this spot it is because you have a reasonable draw with your gutshot and overcards which has decent equity<\/a>, but plays poorly if raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you did decide on a bet, it should at least be for a small amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action: You check behind on the flop and the turn is the 7\u2665<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong>. First to act, your opponent bets 6,237.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turn Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Pot:<\/strong> 5,600
The Board:<\/strong> 5\u2666<\/strong><\/mark>-3\u2665<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong>-2\u2665<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong>-7\u2665<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong>
Effective Stack:<\/strong> 69 Big Blinds Effective<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facing Aggression On The Turn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With your A-K, you should call a turn bet on almost any card\u2026 other than a heart. The 7\u2665<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong> greatly benefits the big blind\u2019s range which will contain a lot of low cards. And while you started with a great hand, when a really bad card hits the board and you face aggression, you simply must fold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t make a small mistake which can turn into a big one<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion: You make the disciplined fold and live to fight another day. Nice laydown!<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ace-king suited is a beautiful poker hand to look at, but it can quickly turn sour when you completely brick the flop. Just because you miss the flop with ace-king doesn’t mean you just give […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":2518021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,16,41],"tags":[899],"class_list":["post-2227912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poker-basics","category-poker-strategy","category-tournaments","tag-hand"],"acf":{"peak_live_date":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t