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Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Saturday, February 28, 2009

Your Hand
$430
Big blind
$515
1st
$200
2nd
$350
3rd
$670
4th
$177
Cut-off
$230
Flop
Turn
Pot
$111
$111
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You’re playing in a live $1/$2 game at your local casino, and in this hand it’s folded to you on the button. You raise to $10. The small blind folds and the big blind calls. The flop comes T♣ T♠ K♥ and the big blind bets out $15. You raise to $45 and he calls. The turn comes the A♦. The big blind checks.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet

The stacks are deep and if you want to win your opponent’s stack by the end of the hand, you’ll have to bet in order to build the pot. If you check through, the pot will be $111, and you have $430 left in your stack to bet. You are going to have a tough time getting all-in. However, if you bet $90 on the turn and your opponent calls, the pot will be $291 and you’ll only have $340 left in your stack - which will make your job of getting all-in a little easier.

  • Check through (37%)
  • Bet (63%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Friday, February 27, 2009

Your Hand
$154
Big blind
$120
1st
$350
2nd
$280
Cut-off
$175
Flop
Turn
River
Pot
$93
$93
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You’re playing in a six-max game online. In this hand it’s folded to you on the button and you raise to $8. An average tight-aggressive player calls in the big blind and you take a flop heads-up of A♦ Q♣ 4♠. He checks and you fire $13. He calls and the turn comes 5♠. He checks; you bet $25; he tanks and then calls again. The river comes A♣ and he tanks and then checks.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet $60

This river is a good card for you. Not only does it give you trips with a good kicker, but it also makes it less likely your opponent will think you have an ace. Bet a smallish amount for value and hope your opponent looks you up with a worse ace or a pair of queens.

  • Bet $60 (66%)
  • Check through (18%)
  • Bet all-in (16%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Thursday, February 26, 2009

Your Hand
$164
Big blind
$200
1st
$150
2nd
$500
Cut-off
$375
Button
$135
Flop
Turn
Pot
$127
$127
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In a six-max game online, it’s folded to the aggressive regular on the button. He raises to $6 and you three-bet him to $28. He calls and the flop comes J♠ 4♣ 2♦. You bet $35 and he calls. The turn comes 2♣.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet all-in

The button's call is obviously a bluff. When you three-bet, your opponent is likely going to call with a range of A-Q – A-Js, TT-66, some suited connectors and some slow-played big pocket pairs. Once he calls the flop his range is weighted toward the A-J, the slow-played big pocket pairs and the smaller pocket pairs. The bulk of his range, though, is the small pocket pairs. Many TAGs will call in position on a board like this with pair hands hoping you have A-K and give up. You can fight this by firing two barrels with your A-K bluffs. Your standard on this flop should be check-fold, but occasionally you can win yourself more pots by firing two barrels unimproved and getting your opponent to fold his weak pocket pairs.

  • Check-fold (57%)
  • Bet all-in (43%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Your Hand
$200
2nd
$500
Cut-off
$300
Button
$25
$210
Small blind
$300
Big blind
$100
$125
Flop
Pot
$31
$31
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In a six-max game online, you raise to $6 under the gun and get calls from Player 2, the cut-off, the button and the big blind. The flop comes 7♥ 3♠ 5♣. Big blind checks. You bet $25. The button calls and the very tight big blind raises to $100.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

You’re beaten here by a mile - a tight player is never ever bluffing here, nor is he doing it with a worse hand for value. He has a set or a straight. Fold now; do not put another penny into the pot.

  • Fold (71%)
  • Call (8%)
  • Raise (21%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Your Hand
$175
1st
$230
2nd
$30
$280
Cut-off
$550
Button
$220
Small blind
$350
Flop
Turn
Pot
$45
$45
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You are playing in a $1/$2 game online. In this hand a good regular raises from middle position to $8. It’s folded to you in the big blind and you call. The flop comes J♣ 3♠ 5♥. You check and he bets $14. You call and the turn comes A♥. You check; he thinks for a moment and bets $30.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

A good regular is almost always going to fire a second barrel at this card. Aces and kings make very good second-barrel cards, and your opponent would likely continue with the bulk of his range. Peel this turn card and watch to see what he does on the river.

  • Fold (75%)
  • Call (7%)
  • Raise (18%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Monday, February 23, 2009

Your Hand
$30,000
1st
$21,000
2nd
$10,000
3rd
$14,000
4th
$95,000
Cut-off
$33,000
Button
$50,000
Small blind
$7,000
$0
Flop
Pot
$7,200
$7,200
Blinds
$500/$1,000

Question

You’re playing in the later stages of an online tournament, and the blinds are $500/$1,000 with a $150 ante. In this hand it’s folded to the small blind, who limps in. You raise to $3,000 and he calls. The flop comes 9♥ J♣ 7♣ and he shoves all-in for $7,000.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

Your hand is likely best here, with your opponent trying to steal the pot away from you. Worst-case scenario, you do have a gut-shot to go along with your second pair, so make the call.

  • Fold (16%)
  • Call (84%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Sunday, February 22, 2009

Your Hand
$430
1st
$200
2nd
$110
Cut-off
$370
Button
$500
Small blind
$350
Flop
Turn
Pot
$147
$147
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In a six-max game online, it’s folded to the button, who raises to $8. You three-bet to $28 and he calls. The flop comes J♦ A♣ 4♠. You bet $45; he calls again. The turn comes 2♠.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: $100

If you bet $50 the pot won’t be big enough to bet all of your chips. Betting $100 puts the pot to $347 with his call, and you’ll only have $330 left to bet on the river, slightly less than pot – thereby avoiding an overbet. Thus the $100 raise sets up your river shove the best.

  • Check (12%)
  • $50 (5%)
  • $100 (59%)
  • $150 (24%)

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