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Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Saturday, July 17, 2010

Your Hand
$340
2nd
$80
$125
Cut-off
$500
Button
$450
Small blind
$100
Big blind
$180
Flop
Turn
River
Pot
$97
$97
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You're playing in an aggressive six-max game online. In this hand you raise under the gun to $8 and get called by a player in middle position. The flop comes 7♠ 6♦ 2♠. You bet $14 and he calls. The turn is the Q♦. You check and he bets $25. You call and the river comes 3♦. You check and the villain fires $80.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

You played this hand weird by checking the turn. You really should have bet all three streets for value. By checking the turn you make your range look very weak, so it looks like you're on a naked flush draw. By the river you have TPTK and your perceived range is weak. He could be betting a variety of hands on the river, from TT for value to a small flush draw to a complete bluff. Snap this off - you are good here fairly often.

  • Call (68%)
  • Fold (19%)
  • Raise (13%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Friday, July 16, 2010

Your Hand
$234
3rd
$6
$750
4th
$210
5th
$6
$375
6th
$500
Cut-off
$1,000
Button
$6
$180
Small blind
$6
$180
Big blind
$6
$190
1st
$500
Flop
Turn
Pot
$48
$48
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

This is an extension of yesterday’s question. Still in your regular $1/$2 game at your local casino, in this hand you limp from early position with 6♠ 7♠. Players 3 and 5 call; so do the button and the blinds. You go six-handed to the flop of 5♥ 3♦ K♠. You check and player 3 bets $6. Player 5, the button, and the blinds call. You call and the turn comes 4♣.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Check-raise

There is very little chance this turn will be checked around. Hopefully the player on your left will make another donkish bet and the whole table will call it. Then you can raise them all. Also if somehow the turn is checked through, it won’t be a big deal, as there are very few cards that can kill your hand on the river. Check and hope the player on your left bets.

  • Check-raise (69%)
  • Check-fold (1%)
  • Bet (30%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Thursday, July 15, 2010

Your Hand
$48
1st
$230
2nd
$10
Button
$70
Small blind
$76
Flop
Turn
River
Pot
$44.25
$44.25
Blinds
25¢/50¢

Question

You are playing in an aggressive six-max game online. It is folded to the cut-off, who makes it $2. The button flat-calls and you squeeze out of the big blind to $8 with 7♥ 8♥. The cut-off folds and the button calls. The flop comes 8♠ 3♦ 2♣. You bet $13 and he calls. The turn comes 2♦. You check; so does he. The river comes J♠.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Check/call

This question is almost identical to yesterday’s; however, there is one difference. You are playing much smaller stakes. In this version you can almost guarantee your opponent is not as competent as the one playing the higher stakes. When playing smaller stakes, you need to be able to adjust. Your opponent can bet a wider range of hands on the river, from any pocket pair to an ace-high type hand that he may have called the flop with. Depending on the bet size, it’s likely a good idea to look a player up here. Often you will have the best hand.

  • Bet (32%)
  • Check/call (49%)
  • Check/fold (19%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Your Hand
$480
Button
$350
Small blind
$400
Big blind
$300
1st
$60
$450
2nd
$550
3rd
$600
4th
$60
$570
5th
$180
6th
$100
Flop
Pot
$112
$112
Blinds
$2/$5

Question

In your $2/$5 Hold'em game at your local casino, Players 1 and 4 limp and you raise to $35 from the cut-off. The button and blinds fold and the limpers call. You go three-handed to a flop of T♥ J♥ 2♣. Player 1 bets $60 and Player 4 calls.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Raise to $225

The board is fairly wet, with several draws. Raise it now and hope to get heads-up with one player. There are many possible turn cards that are unfavorable to you, so pound this flop. You likely have the best hand now; take advantage of that.

  • Raise to $225 (88%)
  • Fold (2%)
  • Call (10%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Your Hand
$400
Button
$740
Small blind
$1,000
Big blind
$120
1st
$25
$200
2nd
$190
3rd
$25
$500
4th
$890
5th
$209
6th
$680
Flop
Pot
$43
$43
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You’re playing in a live $1/$2 No-Limit game at your local casino. In this hand the player from under the gun raises to $10 and players 3 and 5 call; you call in the cut-off, and the button and blinds fold. The flop comes T♥ Q♦ J♠. The under-the-gun player bets $25 and player 3 calls. Player 5 folds.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Raise

This is not the time to be slow-playing. Though you flopped a straight, the board is dangerous. Any king has an open-ender to beat you and there are many set, two pair combinations. Raise this hand now to around $75 and hope to get it all-in.

  • Raise (71%)
  • Fold (6%)
  • Call (23%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Monday, July 12, 2010

Your Hand
$146
Big blind
$170
1st
$200
2nd
$130
Cut-off
$350
Flop
Turn
River
Pot
$109
$109
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You’re playing in an aggressive six-max game online. In this hand it’s folded to you on the button. You make it $9 to go with A♥ K♥. The small blind folds and the big blind calls. The big blind is a tight-aggressive regular. He does not three-bet much pre-flop, instead choosing to play poker on the flop. The flop comes A♣ 7♦ 8♦. The BB checks and you bet $15; the big blind calls and the turn comes 2♠. Once again your opponent checks and you bet $30. He lets his time run all the way down before calling. The river drops the 3♠ and he checks again.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet $50 for value

Bet $50 for value. Checking through is your next-best option, but betting for value is good. This board looks very drawy. Usually a river bet = a monster or a bluff. Your opponent likely called the turn with a hand, not a draw, as he was not getting the required odds to call on a draw. On the river a bet will look more like a bluff than a value bet and thus your opponent may pay you off light.

  • Bet $50 for value (69%)
  • Check through (27%)
  • Go all-in and hope he will fold (4%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Sunday, July 11, 2010

Your Hand
Big blind
$1,900
1st
$5,300
2nd
$300
$1,500
Pot
$450
$450
Blinds
$50/$100

Question

Out of nine who started, there are four people left in the late stages of your tight online sit-and-go. The top three get paid. Player 1 folds and Player 2, who has been fairly active in the blind-stealing department, makes it $300.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Shove all-in

Your opponent has been fairly active and you have a good hand. Calling and seeing a flop is bad. Shove it all-in now. Ideally he’ll fold, but if he calls you still have a hand that stacks up well against his range.

  • Fold (5%)
  • Shove all-in (84%)
  • Call (12%)

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