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[QUOTE="RammerJammer, post: 309431, member: 2090"]
New players are the very ones who should avoid draws.  They rarely have the tools to adequately calculate their outs, or the pot odds.  Novices do themselves a huge favor by keeping it simple, which means staying away from hard decisions.  Few decisions are harder than how to handle a draw.

Quite honestly, I find it very rare to reach the river with a flush draw or straight draw and see the numbers in my favor.  (When I do, it's typically because the draw developed while I was betting top pair, not because I was running it from the deal.  If all I have is the draw, I will usually have tossed it by the turn.)  I will typically only proceed that deeply into a draw hand if I have BOTH the flush and straight alive for me, AND the straight is open-ended.  In my opinion, there is nothing profitable for ANY player, veteran or rookie, in chasing draws with any sort of real frequency.

As to the "Not!!" comment, I have no problem in giving that advice without reservation to the tournament player.  I believe draws should be avoided like rat poison in a tournament setting where survival is the primary key to success.
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