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

Your Hand
$1,500
Button
$2,200
Small blind
$1,800
Big blind
$1,800
1st
$1,235
2nd
$3,200
3rd
$1,875
4th
$720
5th
$900
6th
$1,800
Flop
Pot
$680
$680
Blinds
$10/$25

Question

You’re playing in the first level of an online tourney. Play has been fairly erratic with pots playing multi-handed and numerous hands going to showdown. Players 1, 3 and 5 limp and you raise A♦ Q♦ to $170 from the cut-off. The button and the blinds fold but all of the limpers call. The flop comes 6♦ T♣ 7♣. All of the limpers check.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Check

You were called in three spots. The flop didn’t help you. This is a tournament and your chips are finite. If you were to c-bet, you would have to make it around $400, which is a good portion of your stack. Just check through and hope to hit the turn.

  • Continuation bet (28%)
  • Check (72%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Friday, September 24, 2010

Your Hand
$200
$24
Big blind
$400
1st
$250
2nd
$550
Cut-off
$280
Button
$8
$450
Flop
Pot
$48
$48
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You’re playing in an aggressive six-max game online. In this hand it's folded to the button, who raises to $8. The button is your average TAG/LAG. He's a fairly good player and you haven’t ever seen him get out of line. You three-bet to $24 out of the small blind. The button calls and the flop comes down A♥ 7♦ Q♠.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Check/call

Before you bet, ask yourself if you’re betting for value or as a bluff. With an ace on the board you are certainly not betting for value. Thus you must be betting hoping that he’ll fold if you bet. Because this is a three-bet pot, you have to treat this situation gingerly. You are not going to get any action out of the hands that you beat by betting. If you look at your opponent's range, only a small percentage contains aces. If you check, your opponent may check behind, or he may bet. There is a chance that he could bet his entire range when checked to, so a call on the flop is fine. This opponent is not going to follow up with a turn bet unless he has you beat, so play accordingly.

  • Bet (58%)
  • Check/call (27%)
  • Check/fold (15%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Thursday, September 23, 2010

Your Hand
$5,000
2nd
$5,000
3rd
$5,000
4th
$5,000
5th
$5,000
6th
$5,000
Cut-off
$5,000
Button
$5,000
Small blind
$5,000
Big blind
$5,000
Flop
Pot
$525
$525
Blinds
$25/$50

Question

This is the first hand of a live No-Limit Hold'em tournament at your local casino. You raise to $150 and get calls from Players 3, 5 and 7. Everyone else folds. The flop comes down 4♦ T♠ 9♦.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Check

You’re out of position against two callers on the first hand of the event and you have no pair, no draw. This is no time to continuation bet into two players. Just check. If you can’t resist betting, a small bet is better than a large one.

  • Continuation bet $300 (18%)
  • Continuation bet $450 (11%)
  • Check (71%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Your Hand
$200
Cut-off
$800
Button
$350
Small blind
$190
Big blind
$30
$220
1st
$280
Flop
Pot
$32
$32
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

The play in your six-max online game has been fairly tight-aggressive. You have been playing aggressively and have not limped yet, instead coming in raising. In this hand it’s folded to you in MP and you make it $8 to go. The button elects to call, and the small blind and big blind come along as well. The flop comes 3♦ 9♦ T♣. The small blind checks but the big bets $30.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

The big blind is showing strength by betting into this many players. You have ace-high. Let it go now; there are too many players behind to try something silly like raising the donk-bettor. Just fold and wait for a better spot.

  • Fold (84%)
  • Call (9%)
  • Raise (7%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Your Hand
1700
Big blind
1200
1st
500
3300
2nd
600
3rd
800
5th
500
2400
Cut-off
500
2800
Pot
1800
1800
Blinds
100/200

Question

You're playing in a $30 sit-and-go online. This is the last hand before the blinds are raised to 150/300. An aggressive player raises to 500 from first position. Fifth position and the cut-off call. With 1,700 left in your stack you look down at two nines.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Raise All-in

Next hand you'll only have eight big blinds left and if you fold one or two more rounds you’ll have to make a move with any random hand. In these situations it’s better to push your chips into the middle before it becomes an automatic call for your opponents. Your pair of nines might very well be the best hand and you basically only fear the original raiser. Even if he calls (and the other players fold), you might face a coin-flip for a 4,600 pot and the chip lead.

  • Fold (15%)
  • Call (6%)
  • Raise All-in (79%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Monday, September 20, 2010

Your Hand
$250
2nd
$170
Cut-off
$85
Button
$450
Small blind
$65
$220
Big blind
$500
Flop
Turn
Pot
$125
$125
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You're playing in a tight-aggressive six-max game online. You raise from under the gun to $7. Everyone folds to the small blind, who calls. The big blind folds. The small blind plays a tight, ABC style of poker. He will not get out of line but he won't be pushed around either. The flop comes A♠ 6♣ 2♦. Your opponent checks and you bet $12. He calls and the turn comes J♣. Your opponent checks and you bet $20. Your opponent now raises to $65.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

Check-raising in itself is a very strong move. Smooth-calling the flop and check-raising the turn screams monster. The worst hand he would possibly do this with is A-J. Fold and get out of the way now, or end up losing a monster at showdown.

  • Raise all-in (30%)
  • Fold (34%)
  • Call (36%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Sunday, September 19, 2010

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

Question

You're playing in the late stages of an online sit-and-go. There are four people left out of a starting field of nine. 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 will fold but if he calls you still have a hand that stacks up well versus his range.

  • Fold (6%)
  • Shove all-in (86%)
  • Call (9%)

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