How to play a middle pair or bottom pair on the flop?
Introduction
If you can not hit with one of your cards (hole cards) on the flop, the highest, but average or low card, it is called Middle or Bottom Pair. For example: You hold A ♠ -4 ♠ and the flop is Q ♥ 4 ♣ 2 ♥ Q ♥ 7 ♠ and 4 ♣ one. Both pairs are similar in principle to treat, so we go to the small differences here, not closer. Beginners are playing such hands frequently wrong. One can however improve with a little math using simple.
We go into each of the below scenarios from a multi-way pot (several opponents), and from the fact that at least one of your opponents holds a higher pair.
