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Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Saturday, July 18, 2009

Your Hand
$192
Big blind
$399
1st
$188
2nd
$180
Cut-off
$120
Flop
Turn
Pot
$43
$43
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You're playing in a six-max game online. In this hand, a weak player limps UTG and you isolate him by raising to $8. Everyone folds but the limper and you take a flop heads-up of A♥ J♦ 5♣. He checks and you bet $12. He calls and the turn comes 2♦. He checks.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Second-Barrel

This type of opponent calls one street with every weak gutshot or pair they get. Fire a second barrel and watch him fold a high percentage of the time.

  • Check (49%)
  • Second-Barrel (51%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Friday, July 17, 2009

Your Hand
$55,000
1st
$55,000
2nd
$75,000
3rd
$22,000
4th
$19,000
Cut-off
$2,500
$22,000
Button
$7,500
$52,000
Small blind
$100,000
$0
Pot
$0
Blinds
$500/$1,000

Question

You're playing in a live tournament. It's in the late stages and you're approaching the money bubble. In this hand, it's folded around to the cut-off, a very aggressive player, who raises to $2,500. A tight player on the button re-raises to $7,500 and the small blind shoves all-in for $100,000.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

This is not a good spot in a live tournament to call off your chips. It's very likely that at least one of these players has an absolute monster. In live tournaments, play tightens up so much at the bubble that you'll be hard pressed to find someone willing to four-bet worse than AK. Fold and move on to the next hand.

  • Fold (80%)
  • Call (20%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Thursday, July 16, 2009

Your Hand
$80,000
1st
$95,000
2nd
$7,000
3rd
$21,000
4th
$120,000
5th
$32,000
6th
$54,000
Cut-off
$5,000
$70,000
Button
$32,000
Small blind
$12,000
Flop
Pot
$2,000
$2,000
Blinds
$400/$800

Question

You're playing in the late stages of a live tournament. In this hand, a very loose and unpredictable player (but not that good) limps from the cut-off. Everyone else folds to you and you check your option. The flop comes 7♠ 3♦ 2♦. You bet $1,500 and he insta-raises to $6,000.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

This is a tough hand to play. If you raise, you have to commit yourself to call a shove. Raising probably isn't the best play because your opponent will felt all better sevens, overpairs, and flush draws. So your equity vs. his range is not that good. Calling sucks too because if he's bluffing he'll continue on almost all turns, making it hard to continue. Your best bet is to just fold now and understand that though you'll be folding the best hand some percentage of the time, it's just the least bad of all your options.

  • Call (32%)
  • Fold (40%)
  • Raise (28%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Your Hand
$230
Small blind
$1
$321
Big blind
$2
$231
1st
$239
2nd
$30
Cut-off
$8
$230
Pot
$0
$0
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game online, it's folded around to the aggressive cut-off who raises to $8.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: No

#6h#7h has far too much value seeing a flop in position than to turn it into a bluff by re-raising. Just call, see a flop and let your positional edge take control.

  • Yes (47%)
  • No (53%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Your Hand
$400
1st
$142
2nd
$8
$430
Cut-off
$188
Button
$309
Small blind
$289
Pot
$0
$0
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game online, player 2, whom you know to play good poker, raises to $8. It's folded around to you.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

When you're 200bb deep, you need to avoid reverse-implied-odds hands at all costs. Stick to hands with no chance of being dominated and just fold your dominated aces out of position.

  • Fold (32%)
  • Call (49%)
  • Re-raise (19%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Monday, July 13, 2009

Your Hand
$20,000
1st
$188,000
2nd
$20,000
3rd
$5,000
4th
$70,000
5th
$120,000
Cut-off
$130,000
Button
$150,000
Small blind
$23,000
Flop
Pot
$14,500
$14,500
Blinds
$500/$1,000

Question

You're playing in the later stages of a tournament. In this hand, it's folded to the button who raises to $2,300. The small blind folds and you re-raise to $7,000. He calls and the flop comes Q♥ T♠ 4♣.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet All-in

Go all-in. There's far too much in this pot to check and fold, and bet-folding is awful. Shove your chips in now hoping for a fold, but know that if you get called you have decent equity with two overs, a gutshot and a back door flush draw.

  • Check/Fold (13%)
  • Check/Call (11%)
  • Check/Raise (9%)
  • Bet/Fold (14%)
  • Bet All-in (52%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Sunday, July 12, 2009

Your Hand
$177
Big blind
$30
$188
1st
$200
2nd
$300
Cut-off
$199
Flop
Pot
$45
$45
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game online, it's folded to you on the button and you raise to $6. The small blind folds and the aggressive big blind raises to $22. This is the third time he's three-bet you in this spot this session so you make the call. The flop comes K♥ 4♠ 5♥. The big blind bets $30.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Raise all-in

If you're going to call a three-bet, you definitely have to raise all-in. Your opponent is aggressive and would c-bet this flop with 100% of his range. You shove over the top; if he folds you win immediately, and if you're called you have nine outs twice. Playing draws passively in three-bet pots is a losing proposition 100bb deep. So shove it all-in.

  • Fold (10%)
  • Call (41%)
  • Raise all-in (36%)
  • Min-raise (13%)

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