Quiz of the Week: Value from Sets

Joined: 16.06.2007

29.10.2009, 04:03 0

Hello fellow PokerStrategists!

Playing pocket pairs for value is one of the first things you learn when dealing with basic strategy. In the beginning, sets make up a considerable part of your winning rate.

Once you've hit your set, it feels like your luck has finally turned around. You have been waiting for ages and - naturally - you can't wait to get all your money in. This leaves a lot of room for beginner mistakes, though.

Being too passive and trying to trap your opponent every time you've finally hit this evasive hand on the flop is amongst the most common mistakes to be made. Slow-playing a set can be very fruitful in the right spot, though.

At the same time, being too impatient and aggressive at the wrong moment can mean that you lose substantial value and thus fail in achieving your goal of extracting maximum value.

Can you dodge the pitfalls when it comes to getting your opponents to pay the maximum for your sets?

Quiz Of The Week: Value from Sets

13 replies

_Anonymous_

29.10.2009, 05:00 0

Nice quiz, got 34/36, so looks like I can play my sets decently.

So i guess folding a set is almost always out of the question?

tokyoaces

Joined: 01.04.2009

Posts: 1,875

29.10.2009, 05:55 0

I'm not so sure that quiz was actually written for NL10 or I must be playing on way different sites than the author.

When fish take such strong lines, especially on the flop, they have much better ranges than the author gave in their answers. A lot of the answers assume the players are playing much stronger cards than they do in reality.

Also, what's up with the full stacks? Maybe the author meant NL100?

aloofkid

Joined: 09.06.2009

Posts: 57

29.10.2009, 13:07 0

You have achieved a total 31 of 36 possible points. This corresponds to 86 %!

Question 7:

PartyPoker $10 NL Hold'em (10 handed) HandRecorder v0.9b

Stacks & Stats
UTG ($10)
UTG+1 ($10)
UTG+2 ($10)
MP ($10)
MP1 ($10)
MP2 ($10)
CO ($10) TAG
BU ($10) Calling Station
SB ($10)
BB ($10)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9 , 9
5 folds, Hero raises to $0.40, CO calls $0.40, BU calls $0.40, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.35) A , J, 9 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.90, CO calls $0.90, BU pushes all-in, Hero...?

call (3 Points)
fold (0 Points)

Your answer fold (0 Points)

I fold here no matter what happen

andyb43

Joined: 23.07.2008

Posts: 902

29.10.2009, 13:31 0

Originally posted by aloofkid
You have achieved a total 31 of 36 possible points. This corresponds to 86 %!

Question 7:

PartyPoker $10 NL Hold'em (10 handed) HandRecorder v0.9b

Stacks & Stats
UTG ($10)
UTG+1 ($10)
UTG+2 ($10)
MP ($10)
MP1 ($10)
MP2 ($10)
CO ($10) TAG
BU ($10) Calling Station
SB ($10)
BB ($10)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9 , 9
5 folds, Hero raises to $0.40, CO calls $0.40, BU calls $0.40, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.35) A , J, 9 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.90, CO calls $0.90, BU pushes all-in, Hero...?

call (3 Points)
fold (0 Points)

Your answer fold (0 Points)

I fold here no matter what happen

So you fold a set every time a big bet appears with overcards? UR losing $$$

I spent most of my bankroll on woman and beer.................
the rest I wasted

_Anonymous_

29.10.2009, 13:40 0

i got 29 out of 36 b/c i did not pay attention to the villian discriptions

taavi1337

Joined: 29.05.2009

Posts: 5,118

29.10.2009, 13:44 0

This is awesome! I'm a FL player, I filled the test quickly and got 32/36 which is the best result ever for me. I'm not doing that well in FL quizes ♦.

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Fongie

Joined: 02.12.2006

Posts: 3,072

29.10.2009, 14:25 0

You have achieved a total 36 of 36 possible points. This corresponds to 100 %!

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ronekinky

Joined: 25.04.2008

Posts: 518

30.10.2009, 14:51 0

33 of 36 possible points. This corresponds to 92 %!

im dissapointed

_Anonymous_

30.10.2009, 21:07 0

33 coz I folded to a bet/raise/push in front of me in Q4... interesting insight on that one though.

ronekinky

Joined: 25.04.2008

Posts: 518

01.11.2009, 12:23 0

nafar84

yeah i think it was the same for me.. i figured if there is ever a spot to fold the set... but no..

_Anonymous_

02.11.2009, 03:25 0

This is the second quiz I've done now and again I did quite poorly. 26 of 36. I found the explanations very helpful and I've started getting more value from my sets. Is there a place on the site where I can do the older quizes?

Thanks

Deusvox

Joined: 26.10.2009

Posts: 1

02.11.2009, 13:08 0

I noticed that every time hero is in position, would the game changes when ur oop and how to play then uh? I get sets more times in oop than in ip and its hard for me to extract max value.

Katu1900

Joined: 06.07.2009

Posts: 284

02.11.2009, 21:54 0

You have achieved a total 30 of 36 possible points. This corresponds to 83 %!

weee =[

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