Question of the Week Test Your Poker Skills
No-Limit Hold'em
Pot: $141
Blinds: $1/$2
Question
Online 6-max game. You raise UTG to $8. Everyone folds to the blinds. They both come along. Flop: A
J
2
. Blinds check; you bet $18. SB folds, BB calls. Turn 7
. BB checks. You bet $40. BB calls. River Q
. BB bets $100. Your read on BB is he's a solid regular.
What should you do?
Correct Answer: Call
Your hand improves to two pair but raising doesn't accomplish anything. The big blind is very rarely going to call a raise with anything worse. Since the stacks are deep, you should flat-call and see a showdown.
Pot: $141
Fold
Button
$200
Fold
Small Blind
$130
Raise:
$100
Big Blind
$370
Your cards
Fold
2nd
$200
Fold
Cut-off
$320
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