Straight Skinny

Richard G. Burke
Straights are the most misunderstood Hold’Em hands. Some “experts” opine, “Don’t play three-gap connectors, because when you make a Straight it could lose to a higher one,” and, “Never play the “idiot end’ of a Straight.”

That’s bunk. If you have the 2nd-nut or 3rd-nut Straight using both your cards, then bet it […]