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Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Saturday, September 26, 2009

Your Hand
$188
Big blind
$188
$0
1st
$200
2nd
$66
Cut-off
$420
Flop
Turn
River
Pot
$69
$69
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game online, it's folded to you on the button and you make it $6. The fish in the small blind and the regular in the big blind both call. The flop comes 4♠ 8♣ 9♥. Everybody checks. The turn comes 7♥. The small blind bets $17, the big blind calls and you call. The river comes Q♥. The small blind bets $60 and the big blind shoves for $188.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

The big blind has a flush here a very high percentage of the time. He's not going to try and bluff the fish and he isn't going to try and value-town with JT here with you still to act. Fold your small flush and move on.

  • Call (44%)
  • Fold (56%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Friday, September 25, 2009

Your Hand
$194
Big blind
$198
1st
$30
2nd
$200
Cut-off
$177
Flop
Pot
$14
$14
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game online it's folded around to you on the button. You make it $6 and a regular in the small blind calls. The flop comes J♥ T♥ 9♣ and your opponent leads for $12.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

Just call here. If you raise you'd have to call a shove, and if your opponent shoves you're either way behind or slightly ahead. Play pot control. Just call this bet and play poker on the turn.

  • Call (92%)
  • Fold (8%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Thursday, September 24, 2009

Your Hand
$200
1st
$200
2nd
$177
Cut-off
$320
Button
$200
Small blind
$198
Flop
Pot
$8
$8
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game online, Player 2 and the button - both fish - limp in. The small blind completes and you check your option. The flop comes A♦ 7♥ 7♠.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet

You flopped three of a kind in a four-way limped pot. If one of the fish has an ace, he'll almost always call a bet but he may not bet it himself. A check-raise reps a lot of strength and chances are no worse hands will call you. Just fire and start building.

  • Bet (63%)
  • Check/Raise (37%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Your Hand
$184
Small blind
$199
Big blind
$198
1st
$157
$0
Flop
Turn
River
Pot
$127
$127
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

Your six-max game online is running four-handed. In this hand, the player under the gun raises to $8 and you call on the button. The blinds fold and the flop comes 2♦ 6♦ 4♣. UTG checks. You bet $14 and he calls. The turn comes 8♠. He checks and you bet $40. He calls. The river comes T♠. UTG shoves all-in for $157.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

You have to call this overbet. You have a set and his line really doesn't make a lot of sense. If he had a bigger set would he really play it like this? No; he'd probably bet the flop and likely the turn as well. There are really no real hands that make sense here. And when that's the case, and you have a real hand, it's usually profitable to just close your eyes and call.

  • Fold (14%)
  • Call (86%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Your Hand
$200
Small blind
$1
$199
Big blind
$2
$198
1st
$200
2nd
$100
Cut-off
$99
Pot
$0
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max online game, it's folded around to you on the button.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: 65%

If your opponents will fold 65% of the time, it's instantly profitable to bet 3x with any two cards off the button.

  • 65% (53%)
  • 35% (18%)
  • 55% (28%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Monday, September 21, 2009

Your Hand
$200
Big blind
$25
$188
1st
$230
2nd
$80
Cut-off
$500
Flop
Turn
River
Pot
$33
$33
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You're playing in a six-max game online. In this hand, it's folded around to you on the button and you raise to $6. The small blind folds and the tight-ish regular in the big blind calls. The flop comes A♣ 3♦ 8♠. He checks and you cbet $10. He calls and the turn comes 4♦. He checks and you check behind. The river comes Q♣. He bets $25.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

Your opponent just isn't doing this without an ace. Fold now and save $25.

  • Raise (5%)
  • Call (31%)
  • Fold (64%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Sunday, September 20, 2009

Your Hand
$188
$80
1st
$250
2nd
$400
3rd
$600
4th
$130
5th
$80
Cut-off
$160
$0
Button
$300
Small blind
$199
Flop
Turn
Pot
$131
$131
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You're playing in a live $1/$2 game. In this hand, it's folded around to a fishy player in the cut-off who raises to $10. The button calls and the small blind folds. You re-raise to $40. The cut-off calls and the button folds. The flop comes A♣ 4♠ 5♣. You c-bet $60 and he instantly calls. The turn comes 7♣. You bet $80 and he shoves for $160.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

Though your opponent may have the flush, the pot is just way too big to fold. Your opponent may have an ace with a club, he may be bluffing or he may have the flush. Worst-case scenario if he does have the flush you have 10 outs to improve. So call his last $80.

  • Fold (9%)
  • Call (91%)

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