1. What Is A Straight Flush In Rummy
2. What Is A Straight Flush In Texas Holdem
3. What Is A Straight Flush Poker

6 Nov, 2011

We all know the different types of poker hands, and we know which hands are stronger than others in terms of absolute strength. For example, a flush beats a straight, and so on.

But what is a good hand?

Is a pair a good hand? Is a straight a good hand? The answer is it depends. It depends on the board texture and our opponent's actions. This is relative strength.

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What is relative hand strength?

Example 1.

We are heads up with against loose player who likes to get all in with any draw and any pair. You could call them an 'aggressive fish'.

If we bet and get raised, our pair of aces has good equity against their range of hands. Our hand is relatively strong given what we know about our opponent.

Example 2.

We're in a five-way pot.

We bet again, but this time it gets raised by a tight-passive player who only raises the nuts. You could call them a 'nit'.

In this situation we have to throw our bottom set away. Our hand is relatively weak against this player.

Why is relative hand strength important?

So you can find more opportunities to value bet.

A prime example is when you're playing against a loose calling station and you have weak top/middle pair. These are relatively strong hands against these players, so betting where you'd normally check will win you extra money.

Or in other words, ignoring relative hand strength will cost you money.

You can gauge your relative hand strength more accurately by recognizing the importance of position and by taking notes on your opponents.

How can you make use of relative hand strength?

Practical Application 1.

We are on the button and our opponent is in the big blind. They are a tight aggressive player.

Our opponent check-calls us on the flop.

We know they would check-raise a set because of how draw-heavy the board is. They wouldn't want to give us a free card. We also know they would re-raise JJ-AA preflop as well.

So we can logically deduce that we always have the best hand when they check-call.

The most likely hands they would check-call with are flush draws and one-pair hands (that aren't JJ+). So 99/88/78/67/A7s.

We know they wouldn't check-raise with one pair; they would either check-call or check-fold. Therefore, the only hand that makes sense is a flopped flush draw which has now made a flush.

We can safely fold.

We are ahead of their range on the turn, so our bet was correct. They can call with many worse hands such as 8h8x or 9h9x, as well as 67/56.

Practical Application 2.

We are on the button and our opponent is in the big blind. They are a loose player who loves to bluff-catch with any pair.

We should bet here.

There is a small chance they have KJ or AJ, but the vast majority of their range is made up of hands like JT/J9/78/66/99.

Additionally, we know they like to bluff-catch, and every possible draw has missed. They will know that we have 89/T9/A6o or any flush draw. We have so many hands in our range which could have missed, so we need to give them the chance to call with their bluff catchers.

Final thoughts.

The two most practical ways to significantly increase your winrate at the micro stakes are:

1. Getting away from hands when you're beat.
2. Value betting thinly.

At the micro stakes you will frequently find the following types of players:

• Passive players who only raise when they have the nuts (or close to it).
• Players who like to call down and see your hand whenever draws miss.

The way you beat these players is by value betting until you are told that you are beat, and then letting your hand go. It's as simple as that.

Jack.

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In this month’s typography tutorial we take a look at paragraph alignment. While on the surface it may appear that this topic is relatively straightforward, each alignment has its own nuances that contribute to the overall appearance and readability of the design piece.

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Paragraph Alignment

There are four main ways to align a paragraph including Flush Left, Flush Right, Justified and Centred. Whilst each of these alignments can be achieved in a page layout application with a click of a button or on the web using a straightforward styling rule, the benefits and pitfalls of each are not so simple. When deciding on which alignment to use many factors need to be considered to ensure optimal readability.

Justified Paragraph Alignment

Justified alignment is a very popular choice as many people prefer the neat, straight edge appearance on both sides of the paragraph. This alignment gives the paragraph a formal appearance and the text tends to run shorter (the text takes up less room) than the other alignments—hence its popularity in magazines and newspapers.

However, to create the straight edges on each side of the paragraph requires the words to be unevenly spaced and this is where the main issue lies. When a line within a paragraph contains a number of large words, gaps of white space can appear. Furthermore, when these gaps appear over multiple lines we get what is described as “white rivers” running through the entire paragraph. Not only are these unsightly, they hinder readability.

Rivers can be minimised in a number of ways. Generally, the narrower the paragraph the more rivers will appear. Therefore, wider paragraphs will contain less rivers, but you don’t want to go too wide as your reader will lose their place within the paragraph and end up reading the same line twice—I bet this has happened to you a few times!

The most effective way to eliminate rivers is to use hyphenation. I know what you might be thinking, “I hate hyphenation!” Well, bad luck. The rule goes like this: If you use justified type, you must use hyphenation. If you don’t like hyphenation, don’t use justified type! When you do use justified type, you need to make sure that you don’t have hyphens sitting on top of each other, which means multiple hyphens in a row—these are called ‘stacks’.

Flush Left Paragraph Alignment

With this alignment, the left side of the paragraph is straight (or flush) and the right side is called ragged. The great thing about this alignment is that the word spacing is even and rivers are eliminated. This greatly reduces the need for hyphenation but a small amount may be necessary in some circumstances. This alignment is great for narrow columns.

What Is A Straight Flush In Rummy

The trick with this alignment is to ensure the ragged edge looks pleasing and the paragraph does not appear to have large chunks or bites out of the paragraph. I recommend the rag should be between one-fifth and one-seventh the width of the paragraph. This is greatly controlled by the overall width of the paragraph, the typeface choice, the type size and the use of small amounts of hyphenation (for large words only).

Flush Right Paragraph Alignment

This is opposite to the flush left alignment as the ragged edge appears on the left side of the paragraph and the straight (flush) edge on the right. Again, word spacing is even which eliminates rivers, there is a limited need for hyphenation and the ragged edge should look pleasing. However, this alignment is demanding to read as the reader is continually searching for the beginning of each line as this varies throughout the paragraph due to the ragged edge. It should therefore only be used for short amounts of copy such as image captions.

Centred Paragraph Alignment

This alignment gives the type a look of dignity but the line length should be varied to create a pleasing and interesting silhouette—no two lines should be the same, or close to the same length. Centred text should only be used for short amounts of copy such as poems or invitations, as like flush right alignment, it is demanding to read due to the variations in line length. The lines should be broken in a way that makes sense in relation to the content and generous line spacing is also required.

Final Words

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And that wraps up this month’s typography tutorial on paragraph alignment. I hope you enjoyed it and, more importantly, learnt something!

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