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Question of the Day - Week 47

Saturday 11/21/2009

No-Limit Hold'em

Blinds: $1/$2
Pot: $141
  •      
    Flop
     
    Turn
     
    River
    $141
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    Your Hand $128
  • 2nd $240
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  • Cut-off $99
  • Button $113
  • Small blind $220
  • Big blind $320

Question:

You're playing in a six-max game online. In this hand, you raise to $8 under the gun and a bad, loose-aggressive player calls on the button. The blinds fold and the flop comes Ks3c8c. You bet $16 and he calls. The turn comes 2s. You bet $45 and he calls. The river comes 9d. What should you do?

Answer:

Bet $2. In a spot like this, you can sometimes induce a really bad LAG to shove with whatever two cards he has by betting the minimum. It takes a certain type of opponent, but when you find the right guy it works very well. Bet $2 and then snap off his stupid bluff.

Check/Call (45%) Check/Fold (1%) Bet all-in (46%) Bet $2 (8%)

Friday 11/20/2009

No-Limit Hold'em

Blinds: $1/$2
Pot: $68
  •      
    Flop
     
    Turn
     
    River
    $68
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    Your Hand
    $155
    $50
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  • Big blind $0
    $172
  • 1st $88
  • 2nd $230
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  • Cut-off $300

Question:

You're playing in a six-max game online. In this hand, it's folded to you in the small blind. You raise to $6 and a tight, ABC player calls in the big blind. The flop comes Ah4c9s. You bet $8 and he calls. The turn comes 5h. You bet $20; he calls. The river comes Ad. You bet $50 and he shoves all-in for $172. What should you do?

Answer:

Fold. You're beat here. The odds your opponent is bluffing on this board are slim to none. Just fold your three of a kind and move on.

Fold (80%) Call (20%)

Thursday 11/19/2009

No-Limit Hold'em

Blinds: $1/$2
Pot: $19
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    Flop
    $19
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    Your Hand $192
  • 2nd $420
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  • Cut-off $100
  • Button $99
  • Small blind $199
  • Big blind $198

Question:

In your six-max game online, you raise to $8 under the gun. It's folded to the fishy button, who calls. The blinds fold. The flop comes Kh4s8c. What should you do?

Answer:

Check/Call. This is a good spot to check-call. Chances are your opponent missed this flop. If you bet, he's going to fold everything. If you check, he may just decide to bet one or more streets with any two cards. So check and call a bet.

Check/Call (16%) Check/Fold (4%) Check/Raise (11%) Bet (70%)

Wednesday 11/18/2009

No-Limit Hold'em

Blinds: $1/$2
Pot: $13
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    Flop
    $13
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    Your Hand $380
    $10
  • 1st $178
  • 2nd $250
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  • Cut-off $540
  • Button $320
    $45
  • Small blind $99

Question:

In your six-max game online, it's folded to the button who raises to $6. The small blind folds and you call in the big blind. The flop comes 5h6h8c. You lead for $10 and he raises to $45. What should you do?

Answer:

Raise. This is a spot where you have to raise. You have middle set on a very draw-y board. Though you're deep, you should probably put another raise in. If you just call there are several bad cards that either kill your action or your hand on the turn. Raise now and try to get it in vs. an overpair or a big draw.

Raise (74%) Fold (2%) Call (24%)

Tuesday 11/17/2009

No-Limit Hold'em

Blinds: $1/$2
Pot: $341
  •      
    Flop
     
    Turn
     
    River
    $341
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    Your Hand
    $188
  • Small blind $300
  • Big blind $0
    $220
  • 1st $188
  • 2nd $730
  • 3rd $500
  • 4th $88
  • 5th $90
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  • Cut-off $70

Question:

You're playing in a live game at your local casino. In this hand, Player 3 raises to $10 and Players 5 and 6 call. You call on the button and a loose-passive player calls in the big blind. The flop comes Kh7d4d. Player 3 checks, as does Player 5. Player 6 bets $10 and you raise to $40. The big blind thinks and calls. Everyone else folds. The turn comes 2s. He checks. You bet $100 and he calls. The river comes 8d. He shoves all-in for $220. What should you do?

Answer:

Fold. It's hard, but you have to fold. It's very unlikely your opponent is all of a sudden shoving all-in with a king. He very likely has the flush. Just suck it up, save your $188 and fold.

Call (33%) Fold (67%)

Monday 11/16/2009

No-Limit Hold'em

Blinds: $1/$2
Pot: $149
  •      
    Flop
     
    Turn
     
    River
    $149
  •    
    Your Hand
    $149
  • Small blind $199
  • Big blind $198
  • 1st $155
  • 2nd $300
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  • Cut-off $88

Question:

You're playing in a six-max game online. In this hand, a loose-passive player calls under the gun. You raise to $10 on the button and he calls. The flop comes JhTs4c. He checks and you bet $18. He calls and the turn comes 3h. He checks and you bet $45. He calls and the river comes 2c. He checks. What should you do?

Answer:

Check. You missed everything. You built the pot to stack your opponent if you hit any of your numerous outs but unfortunately you missed. A shove here is going to be called a large percentage of the time from this loose player. Just swear and check behind.

Check (72%) Bet all-in (28%)

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