I have been studying this video from Johnathan Little, titled "Mastering the fundamentals: Postflop strategy" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Jj...2e3RHt&index=5), and I had the following question regarding how to assess the board

At about 04:55, Johnathan presents this slide about assessing the board, where he considers 4 different board types, as seen below:


That is all fine at start, however, he is not referring at all to flush cards. Is that correct? Is the player meant to not consider flush possibilities?

Also, until recently I would mostly assess the board on the flop only based on whether it is "dry", or "wet". Am I supposed to give up on using that type of assessment?

Those aspects are very important.. even down to which cards are 'flushed.

While I haven't looked at the clip, my impression is that this was a 'very' beginner presentation. JLittle tries to cover the largest player base of all services IMO and you sound like you graduated from that level. GL

Thanks for the comment. However, I am not a 'very' beginner in poker, as I started playing about 20 years ago. But I have sofar been playing a style based primarily on Dan Harrington's books, so I am a beginner in learning how to put opponents on ranges properly, as opposed to simply putting them on a set of hands as I have been doing. It is a very different approach for me.

this is because, in theory, the fact that someone calling is more likely to have suited cards is equated by the fact that someone raising also is more likely to raise suited cards. This specific distinction is only concerned with who has the range advantage and flush/flush draw possibility should not give an advantage to either player (or rather advantages are small enough that they can be skipped for the sake of simplicity)

above, however, is theoretical. In reality, callers will often be weaker players, whose range tends to be over-saturated with suited hands. Because of that, more "oldschool" distinction between wet and dry boards gives an equity advantage on flush/flush draw boards to callers

that being said, I think that if I wanted to learn boards categorization from scratch, I would find Little's approach preferable. It's simplier/easier to remember and you will learn how to properly take suits into account eventually

Saw this spot in another thread .. You are OTB with AK against a fairly LAG V in the $8 UTG straddle playing 1/2 .. eff $600

Hero raises B to $25, V 3b Straddle to $75 .. Hero flats .. 150 pot .. 525 behind

Flop .. KQ6r .. V bets 50 .. Hero flats .. 250 pot .. 475 behind

Turn .. T .. V bets 120 .. hero flats .. 490 pot .. 355 behind

River .. 7 .. V shoves 355 .. Hero ?? .. 355 to win 845


Which Board are you more likely to bluff catch and call down or does it matter?

KQ6 T7

KQ6 T7


I don't know the answer .. but I do know that you are delving into this world and there could be a significant difference in how frequent you should call off here. GL