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Message: [QUOTE="viking999, post: 350854, member: 5897"] I don't understand why people are so afraid of a higher flush beating you in this situation. Obviously, getting the high end of a straight with no flush possible is ideal, but hitting the flush is usually going to net you a lot of profit. If you have JsTs and 3 spades come on the board, there are only 8 spades left unaccounted for. To beat you, a player would not only need to have the A, K, or Q of spades (assuming that none of these are among the 3 on the board, which there's about a 66% chance one is) but also another spade in their pocket. Furthermore, that high spade probably need to be accompanied by another relatively high spade, otherwise, the player would have folded preflop (although the fact that the table is loose-aggressive might change that reasoning). If no higher spades come and you get too much action (probably all-in action), then you should fold, but usually your flush will take it down. [/QUOTE]