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Dear fellow PokerStrategists,

when you find your self on the button and the action is folded around to you, it's always tempting to steal the blinds, no matter what kind of a hand you have. But to which extent does hand strength actually matter? Yet again, it's also a question of which type of player is in the blinds. Will they call a lot? Will they let their hand go?

This weeks quiz will confront you with different player types and different hole cards and it's your turn to decide if the spots presented are suitable for a profitable steal or not. Do you always know when to steal? Find out in this week's quiz!

Did you like the quiz? How many points did you score? Was it too hard or too easy? Share your thoughts!


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There were some i had to think about especially the connected suited.
Stealing the blinds is one of my leaks that i am working on.


gadget51
Joined: 23.06.2008

Ok, so I get the fold equity bit, but how do I know my card's equity preflop?


MrMardyBum
Joined: 14.03.2009

You scored 33 out of 39 possible points. This corresponds to 85 %!

Got the first one wrong completely, but I hate non-suited connectors that are not 7,8 +, the dropped a few on raising instead of folding. But overall not bad :)

Bit on the easy side though as there wasnt many wrong moves.


Fagin
Joined: 06.05.2008

Aced this quiz with 39 out of 39 possble points!!!

Thats a first for me _biggrin:


taavi1337
Joined: 29.05.2009

31/39

mwahaha I always pwn these NL quizzes (but fail the FL ones obv)


Heave112
Joined: 27.03.2009
alister15
Joined: 09.04.2009

33/39 - First time i've finished in top level. Normally miss out by a couple of points.


opal99
Joined: 05.02.2008

29/39

that's because of my 60+% openraise on button :f_biggrin:


bankrollmanagment
Joined: 05.05.2010

SB ($10) (14/10/1/86/2) [VPIP/PFR/AF/FSBTS/3-bSB]
BB ($10) (21/16/2/78/5) [VPIP/PFR/AF/FBBTS/3-bBB]

Hello. I Become silver few minutes ago. Can any one explain me these two rows? Every leter an every number or give a link that explains that?

Thank you very much.


tokyoaces
Joined: 01.04.2009

Easiest quiz ever. Always raise $0.40. 30/39


Originally posted by gadget51
Ok, so I get the fold equity bit, but how do I know my card's equity preflop?

Try using the PokerStrategy.com Equilator. Enter your hand, select "random" for one opponent and you will find out the percentage of often you have the better hand on the river against any2.

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/software/


Originally posted by djma123

Try using the PokerStrategy.com Equilator. Enter your hand, select "random" for one opponent and you will find out the percentage of often you have the better hand on the river against any2.

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/software/

Yeah, but in this case I think he just needs the fold equity (calculated as the chance SB will fold, multiplied by the chance BB folds) and the percentage of the times the steal has to be successful. Meaning when you risk 30 to win 15, it needs to be successful 66.67% of the time, in order for it to be a "even money play". (though in Q1 it says you need 66%, when 66.66666(6)% is closer to 67, so it's slightly less profitable :f_p:


jhustincase
Joined: 27.04.2010

29 out of 39! I m a fish! I hate raising hand like q7 from bu!nxt time!


NightFrostaSS
Joined: 25.10.2008

WAT, people fold OTB??


gadget51
Joined: 23.06.2008

That was exactly what I meant, thank you very much for the help.


MrMardyBum
Joined: 14.03.2009

Originally posted by bankrollmanagment
SB ($10) (14/10/1/86/2) [VPIP/PFR/AF/FSBTS/3-bSB]
BB ($10) (21/16/2/78/5) [VPIP/PFR/AF/FBBTS/3-bBB]

Hello. I Become silver few minutes ago. Can any one explain me these two rows? Every leter an every number or give a link that explains that?

Thank you very much.

VPIP = % of times they Voluntarily Put Money In Pot
PFR = % of times the Raise Pre-Flop
AF = Aggression Factor
FSBTS = % of time they Fold the Small Blind to a Steal attempt
3-bSB = % of time they 3-Bet vs a Steal from the Small Blind
FBBTS = % of times they fold the Big Blind to a Steal
3-bBB = % of times they 3-Bet vs a Steal from the Big Blind


33/39

Question 7:

PartyPoker $10 NL Hold'em (short-handed)

Stacks & Stats
UTG ($10)
MP ($10)
CO ($10)
Hero ($10)
SB ($10) (80/5/0/45/0) [VPIP/PFR/AF/FSBTS/3-bSB]
BB ($10) (20/10/1/55/1) [VPIP/PFR/AF/FBBTS/3-bBB]

Preflop: Hero is BU with A , 2
3 folds, Hero...?

raise $0.50 (1 Points)
raise $0.40 (3 Points)
raise $0.30 (3 Points)
fold (0 Points)

Your answer raise ----ANSWER7----.50 (1 Points)

A new situation and your fold equity is going south: these two opponents will provide you with as little as 0.45 * 0.55 = 25% fold equity.

You have to be prepared for frequent calls and definitely need a playable hand post-flop. A suitec ace certainly fits this criteria, so this is a spot for an open raise.

With such a fish, its better to raise bigger for value here IMO.

T.


vonki
Joined: 18.03.2008

39/39 =)

where can I find a list of old NL BSS quizzes? Thought there were a list somewhere but I cant seem to find it.


Waiboy
Joined: 18.09.2008

Originally posted by vonki
39/39 =)

where can I find a list of old NL BSS quizzes? Thought there were a list somewhere but I cant seem to find it.

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/strategy/weekly-no-limit/#basic

Not well publicized, but all there!