Question of the Week Test Your Poker Skills
No-Limit Hold'em
Pot: $192
Blinds: $2/$4
Question
Fairly tough six-max game online. The big blind is a pretty competent regular who can reraise light and is on the looser end of TAG-LAG spectrum. You make it $14 to go and he three-bets to $40. You four-bet to $95 with your J
J
and he flat-calls. The flop comes K
5
9
. He donks $160.
What should you do?
Correct Answer: Raise all-in
His line does not make sense here with almost any king. A-K would almost always have shoved in pre-flop; the same can be said for KK; and K-Q would not call your four-bet. So you are left with AA, QQ (unlikely again because would have shoved pre-flop), JJ, and smaller pocket pairs. If he had a hand like AA or a set, why wouldn't he check-shove? You are c-betting fairly often and that guarantees the money going in. His line just does not look like a hand that beats yours. Get it in now, despite the overcard, and hope for the best.
Pot: $192
Your cards
Raise:
$160
Big Blind
$310
Fold
1st
$350
Fold
2nd
$550
Fold
Cut-off
$800
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