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Message: [QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 5756938, member: 397965"] There are 52 cards in the deck, and 7 of them are spoken for. 4 on the board, 2 in your hand, and then As. This mean there are 45 cards left, which As can be combined with. He might not have all of these from the preflop action, since for instance he might 3-bet AsAc or AsKd, but 45 is the maximum number of combos, you potentially lose to. For comparison if there are 3 spades on the board, there are only 9 ways to make the nut flush, and if you have a K high flush, there are only 7. This is why, its generally considered a cooler, if you run KsJs into As5s on QsTs2c3d4s, and most people will agree, that you cant avoid going broke. But when the flush is only made with 1 card, its not quite so much of a cooler, and while you are still going to lose some money, losing your entire stack in a 100BB cash game will typically be to much. [/QUOTE]