Draws for your tournament life

humberfish

as predominantly a cash player, when i play tournaments there is a few situations i have found difficult, mainly playing draws in tournaments.

for an example if on the flop i have a flush draw and am putting my opponent on top pair i know that if i hit my flush i am best. if for instance i am put all in and getting 7/2 odds better than then odds of me hitting my flush. in a cash game i would obviously call as this hand has positive expected value. however should i put my tournament life on the line knowing i am behind and must hit a card to win?

thank you for any input anyone has

bigal36903

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as predominantly a cash player, when i play tournaments there is a few situations i have found difficult, mainly playing draws in tournaments. for an example if on the flop i have a flush draw and am putting my opponent on top pair i know that if i hit my flush i am best. if for instance i am put all in and getting 7/2 odds better than then odds of me hitting my flush. in a cash game i would obviously call as this hand has positive expected value. however should i put my tournament life on the line knowing i am behind and must hit a card to win? thank you for any input anyone has
Posted by humberfish

the question is not that, the question is  DO I FEEL LUCKY..  you are going to have to do at some stage during the tourny. probably many times. some you will hit and some you will not..  it is if you feel lucky at that time...

because you could be the one ahead and they need to hit.   to win, you do need that slice of luck

Poker_Fail

In a tourney, if i'm getting good odds on something (not marginal) i'll go for it. But in DYMs then almost never.