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Question of the Day : Limit Hold'em – Friday, December 31, 2010

Your Hand
$6,000
1st
$2,800
Cut-off
$10,000
Button
$4,300
Small blind
$50
$3,500
Flop
Pot
$400
$400
Blinds
$50/$100

Question

Your online $50/$100 Limit game is five-handed and has been playing very aggressively. In this hand it’s folded to your opponent in the small blind - a winner at these stakes - and he raises, making it $100. You three-bet to $150 and he caps at $200. The flop comes down 5♥ 5♠ 2♦. Your opponent bets.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Raise

This is blind versus blind against a winning $50/$100 player. BVB is often very aggressive. This flop is unlikely to have helped your opponent. Your ace-high figures to be the best hand right now. Raise it up and be prepared to see a showdown.

  • Raise (34%)
  • Fold (28%)
  • Call (38%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Thursday, December 30, 2010

Your Hand
$200
Big blind
$192
1st
$300
2nd
$220
Cut-off
$400
Flop
Pot
$17
$17
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. The small blind folds and the decent regular calls in the big blind. The flop comes J♠ T♣ 8♥ and your opponent checks.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Check

You have second pair and a gut-shot. Because of the texture of this board you are going to be often checking through here with a very wide portion of your button-raising range. As a result, you should also check through with some of your decent hands that have showdown value.

  • Check (32%)
  • Bet (68%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Your Hand
2,700
100
3rd
3080
4th
3100
5th
3000
Cut-off
2850
Button
250
3110
Small blind
3040
Big blind
3000
1st
3020
Pot
$0
Blinds
20/40

Question

It’s early in a big online multi-table tournament. You make it 100 to go with A♠ J♠ and it’s folded to the button, who raises up to 250. The blinds fold.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

Playing this sort of trap hand out of position is really hard. If you decide to call, there are very few flops you will feel comfortable with. Raising is far too aggressive as well, as you’ll only get action from hands that have you beat.

  • Fold (32%)
  • Call (54%)
  • Raise to $900 (14%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Your Hand
$200
1st
$350
2nd
$500
Cut-off
$220
Button
$8
$200
Small blind
$200
Pot
$0
$0
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In this aggressive six-max game online it’s folded to the button, who raises it to $8. The button is a fairly aggressive, albeit ABC, TAG/LAG. He opens many pots from late position, although he is not a total bleeder. He often folds to three-bets and will only call a three-bet with the top of his range. The small blind folds.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

Although three-betting might be good against some players, it would effectively turn your hand into a bluff in this case. Your opponent is going to only call with hands that you are behind to. By smooth-calling you allow yourself to play a pot against a range that you dominate.

  • Three-bet to $24 (66%)
  • Fold (3%)
  • Call (30%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Monday, December 27, 2010

Your Hand
$730
Big blind
$700
1st
$560
2nd
$340
3rd
$660
4th
$700
5th
$800
Cut-off
$575
Flop
Pot
$89
$89
Blinds
$3/$6

Question

You're playing in a live $3/$6 game at your local casino. In this hand, a very weak calling station calls under the gun and it's somehow folded to you on the button. You raise to $40 and only the limper calls. The flop comes A♦ 3♠ 8♥ and your opponent checks.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet $80

Bet $80 and start building the pot right away. If your opponent has an ace he's not folding, so bet the larger amount. When you're playing loose-passive fish they're always going to call if they have top pair, regardless of bet size. Always make the bigger bet to build the pot you can win by showdown.

  • Bet $50 (46%)
  • Bet $80 (44%)
  • Check (10%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Sunday, December 26, 2010

Your Hand
$1,450
Big blind
$1,430
1st
$1,700
2nd
$1,500
3rd
$1,240
4th
$5,000
5th
$1,230
6th
$4,050
Cut-off
$1,000
Flop
Turn
Pot
$240
$240
Blinds
$10/$20

Question

In the early stages of your online tournament, the play has been fairly bad, with many limpers seeing the flop. In this hand players 3, 5 and 6 limp. You limp the button with A♣ 8♣; the blinds come along. The flop comes A♦ J♠ 4♥. The blinds check and player 3 bets $60, players 5 and 6 fold and you call. The blinds muck and the turn comes 8♥. Player 3 checks.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet

You have two pair here. Your hand is good a very high percentage of the time. Don't slow-play. The pot is still small. You want to build the pot so you can bet big on the river and get paid off.

  • Bet (79%)
  • Check to slow-play (19%)
  • Check because you think your hand is no good (2%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Saturday, December 25, 2010

Your Hand
$1,400
5th
$1,200
Cut-off
$1,690
Button
$1,500
Small blind
$2,100
Big blind
$1,200
1st
$1,300
2nd
$1,223
3rd
$3,100
Flop
Turn
Pot
$510
$510
Blinds
$10/$20

Question

You’re playing in the early stages of an online multi-table tournament. In this hand players 1 and 2 limp and you raise to $80 from middle position. Only player 1 calls, and you take a flop heads-up of 3♠ K♥ J♠. He checks; you bet $150, and he calls. The turn comes 5♦.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet $400

If you bet $400 when he calls, there will be $1,310 in the pot, and you can comfortably shove the river. If you bet any less to get all-in on the river, you have to overbet.

  • Bet $250 (34%)
  • Bet $400 (57%)
  • Check (9%)

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