While I'm discussing overcards I need to state again that it is not correct to play a single overcard such as any Ace or King unless you have a flush or straight draw to go with it. I have seen players holding a single Queen or Jack with an off suit medium or small card call all the way to the river. With no draw possible, the best they can hope for would be trips or two pairs or a single pair with a weak kicker. With two cards to come, the odds of making trips or two pairs is 71:1. That will only occur about 1.4 percent of the time.

Pairing your overcard, with two cards to come, will only happen about 12 percent of the time and if you do make a pair you will have a weak kicker. A single overcard is a garbage hand that belongs in the muck pile with the rest of the trash. Save your bets and save your money.

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