Question of the Week Test Your Poker Skills
No-Limit Hold'em
Pot: $31
Blinds: $1/$2
Question
You are playing in an aggressive six-max game online. It is folded to the good loose-aggressive button, who raises to $8. The small blind folds and you elect to flat-call. The flop comes Q
6
5
. You check and he bets $14.
What should you do?
Correct Answer: Smooth-call
Although check-raising may also be valid more times than not, you are going to get an instant fold. Those times your opponent does call, you’ll be a dog. If you flat-call the flop bet it allows your opponent to continue with the bulk of his range on the turn. Your hand is very likely best. Best-case scenario, you can get the button to fire three barrels with a worse hand.
Pot: $31
Raise:
$14
Button
$210
Fold
Small Blind
$280
Your cards
Fold
1st
$300
Fold
2nd
$280
Fold
Cut-off
$650
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