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Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Saturday, January 23, 2010

Your Hand
$14,420
Button
$13,000
Small blind
$12,999
Big blind
$9,000
1st
$42,300
2nd
$10,420
3rd
$2,000
4th
$3,420
5th
$21,400
Flop
Turn
Pot
$2,900
$2,900
Blinds
$100/$200

Question

You're playing in the early stages of a live tournament. In this hand it's folded to you in the cut-off and you raise to $600. Everyone folds to the big blind who calls. The flop comes T♠ 5♦ 2♥. He checks and you bet $800. He calls and the turn comes A♦. He checks.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Bet

This is a good second-barrel spot. The ace of diamonds is a great scare card vs. your opponent's range. He's often now going to check/fold his pocket pairs and weak tens. Furthermore it also gives you a gutshot to the nut straight, so even if called you can hit your hand and win.

  • Check (31%)
  • Bet (69%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Friday, January 22, 2010

Your Hand
$188
$20
Small blind
$40
$120
Big blind
$120
$0
1st
$320
2nd
$320
Cut-off
$142
Flop
Pot
$24
$24
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game online, it's folded to you on the button and you raise to $8. The small and big blinds both call and the flop comes A♦ 7♥ 8♥. Both blinds check and you bet $20. The small blind min-raises to $40 and the big blind shoves all-in for $120.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Raise All-in

That's a lot of action but you do have top pair with the nut flush draw and the pot is already huge. Shove all-in and pray you're up against either bottom two pair or a worse combo draw, which is completely likely.

  • Fold (13%)
  • Call (26%)
  • Raise All-in (60%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Thursday, January 21, 2010

Your Hand
$340
$10
1st
$88
2nd
$430
3rd
$45
$354
4th
$534
5th
$320
Cut-off
$120
Button
$280
Small blind
$154
Flop
Pot
$10
$10
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your live $1/$2 game Players 3, 5, and the button limp. The small blind completes and you check your option. The flop comes T♦ T♣ 5♠. The small blind checks and you lead for $10. Player 3, a tight player, instantly raises to $45 and everyone else folds.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

Just call here. If he has a ten it's almost surely better than yours. Putting in a second raise will only get action from a better hand. Just call this bet and tread lightly on the turn.

  • Raise (22%)
  • Fold (13%)
  • Call (65%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Your Hand
$180
1st
$40
$88
2nd
$320
Cut-off
$66
Button
$40
$100
Small blind
$320
Flop
Pot
$48
$48
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game online a player raises under the gun to $8. The entire table calls and you call in the big blind. The flop comes K♥ 8♣ 2♦. The small blind checks and you check. UTG bets $40. It's folded to the button, who calls. The small blind folds.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

If you just call here there will be $168 in the pot with effective stacks of $100. There is no reason to raise now. This board is completely dry. Just call and call again when your opponent shoves the turn. You may even get both players' money.

  • Call (64%)
  • Fold (1%)
  • Raise (35%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Your Hand
$540
Button
$120
Small blind
$320
Big blind
$60
$432
1st
$80
2nd
$320
3rd
$140
4th
$88
5th
$500
Flop
Pot
$85
$85
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

You're playing in a full-ring game at your local casino. In this hand, Players 2 and 5 limp and you make it $12 in the cut-off. The small blind folds and the good regular in the big blind raises to $40. The limpers fold and you call. The flop comes J♥ Q♠ 4♦ and the big blind bets $60.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Fold

Even though you're deep you should still fold this gutshot. This is a board that even if you hit your gutshot you still don't have the nuts. If your opponent has something like AK then you're drawing dead with a ton of money still to be bet. Just fold and move on to the next hand.

  • Call (18%)
  • Fold (72%)
  • Raise (10%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Monday, January 18, 2010

Your Hand
$210
$70
2nd
$320
Cut-off
$88
Button
$220
$0
Small blind
$320
Big blind
$198
Flop
Turn
River
Pot
$113
$113
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game you make it $8 under the gun and only the fish on the button calls. The flop comes K♠ A♠ 4♥. You bet $12 and he calls. The turn is the 3♠. You bet $35 and he calls. The river comes 5♦. You bet $70 and he shoves all-in for $220.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Call

This is a call. You have the second nuts and, though you're deep, your opponent can be value-towning worse here. So make this call.

  • Fold (4%)
  • Call (96%)

Question of the Day : No-Limit Hold'em – Sunday, January 17, 2010

Your Hand
$130
Small blind
$145
Big blind
$198
1st
$88
2nd
$450
Cut-off
$66
Flop
Turn
River
Pot
$196
$196
Blinds
$1/$2

Question

In your six-max game online it's folded to you on the button. You make it $7 and only the bad player in the small blind calls. The flop comes down 4♥ 5♠ 6♥ and your opponent leads for $5. You raise to $25 and he calls. The turn comes 4♦. He checks. You bet $65 and he calls. The river comes 5♣. He checks.

What should you do?

Correct Answer: Check

You missed a huge draw. Your inclination might be to shove all-in here but you really have to just check. When your bad opponent has already put so much money in he probably isn't going to fold. He likely has some sort of pair and he's going to call much more often than he's going to fold. So just suck it up and check behind.

  • Check (70%)
  • Bet all-in (30%)

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