Great big killer hands are what we all want to pull. We want that flush or that straight or that straight flush that will guarantee us victory and the big, fat pot. The problem is that these hands are incredibly difficult to develop, and so while we all wish for them, we don't really expect them to come up.
There are people who hunt for these big hands, and what they're doing is emphatically wrong. There are a couple of reasons for this, and they all come down to one thing: it just isn't worth it. That can be hard to accept for some. How can a hand that's so good be not worth working for? Well, remember that most pots are won with decent or even crappy hands. The big ones are so few and far in between that they often don't come into play.
Look at the math for a bit. When you're hunting for a big hand, you are hunting for outs. But each out you pull drastically decreases the further outs you have available. Think about building a flush. You have three of the cards you need and so you have a total of eight outs. If you pull one of those eight cards, you now only have four outs. Your chances of completing your hand have gone down, and at the same time the stakes have probably gone up. In the end, the risk/reward scheme leans towards more risk than reward the closer you get to your hand.
Don't hunt for the big ones. Often times it isn't worth the effort or investment.
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