Let’s do this test and see how you do. The beauty of the correct answer (and the beauty of poker) is that sometimes the best play is not that big an advantage to the lesser play. And as we all have learned by now, sometimes the best play still gets us felted anyway.
Here is the situation:
Limit Holdem 10-handed, $10 - $20. Three to five players see every flop, so it is a slightly loose game. You are sitting in Seat 10 – just off the actual dealer’s right.
Seat 1 is Faldo (Average – on tilt - and striking out with the waitresses again)
Seat 2 is Little Red Elf (great)
Seat 3 is Douge2 (very good)
Seat 6 is Beerhog (very good – aggressive)
Seat 7 is ThePunk75 (very good – aggressive)
The rest of the seats 4, 5, 8 and 9 are filled with non-NPP players. In other words, not very strong players.
This is a ‘decent’ table to play at. Certainly not a great one as it has some players at it you know will not only give you trouble, but compete for pots. But three lesser players playing - or more - is worth a shot.
If you could just get some extra strength Ex-Lax into the drinks of seats 2, 3, 6 and 7 – then you would be in a soft seat. But dreaming won’t get you the chips. This is your night out for poker and this IS your table.
Here are the questions:
1. You are in the big blind (BB) with (QQ). Seat 2 has limped in, as have seats 4,6, 7 and the small blind. Do you check or raise?
2. You are on the button (dealer) with a (AT) and the field folds to seat 7, who raises. Do you fold, call or raise?
3. You are on the button with (Jh Th). It is folded to Seat 8 who calls. Do you fold, call or raise?
4. You are on the button with (Ac Qc). Seat 2 - LittleRedElf opens for a raise and amazingly everyone folds to you. Do you fold, call or raise?
5. You are in 4rd position with (As 9s) and Beerhog in Seat 6 has raised without looking at his cards! Seats 7, 8 and 9 fold to you. Do you fold, call or raise?
6. You are in the (BB) with (AK). Seats 5, 6, 7 and 9 have limped in. You don’t like the way The Punk called. He almost raised there so you decide to just call and hide your strength. The flop is [KT7] rainbow - giving you top pair/top kicker – but a ton of straight draws for everyone else. Do you bet or check-raise?
Now the reason I like this quiz is that the best answer is not that much stronger than the other answers.
Answers will be on the next post.
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6 comments:
Wait Wait Wait a minute. You can look at your cards?
BH
1. Always, always always raise with a big pair, one of those limpers is holding ace-rag and you dont let an ace see a flop without paying for it.
2. Call. You have position and a pretty decent hand to play.
3. Most of the time you have to raise to try and get blinds to drop. So i say raise and hope for a good flop.
4. Depending on the size of raise, I say call and try and disguise hand strength.
5. Raise, always raise anyone who doesnt look at his cards.
6.Bet, always bet top pair top kicker, make the draws pay to see another cards, plus it gives you valuable info on the callers.
especially cuz Punk flopped a set of 7's and he wants to get paid on them.
Punk
Punk - this is a limit quiz - not a NL one.
fine! id still play the same limit or no limit, always raise..
the verbage changes for number 4, instead of depending how much the raise was change it to call no matter what, you have to play AQ suited on the button
so the correct answers are
raise
raise
raise
raise and raise!
i like that
lmao DD
Not quite DD, but raising doesn't seem to be the worst thing you can do.
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