Question of the Week Test Your Poker Skills
No-Limit Hold'em
Pot: $0
Blinds: $1/$2
Question
In your six-max $1/$2 game online, it’s folded around to the cut-off, who raises to $7. The button folds. Your read on the cut-off is that he plays a solid game. He is a winner in this game, and you two have played quite a bit together before.
What should you do?
Correct Answer: Fold
Pocket pairs are drawing hands. They only flop a set one-eighth of the time. The rest of the time you are going to be playing a (likely) underpair out of position against a tough opponent. It is very difficult to play small pocket pairs to a raise against a good player. Even when you flop your set, you are rarely going to win a stack. So just fold it now.
Pot: $0
Your cards
Fold
Big Blind
$350
Fold
1st
$550
Fold
2nd
$140
Raise:
$7
Cut-off
$195
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