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FL: Slowplay

by Cornholio

Slowplay means that you initially just check and/or call a strong hand in order to get active with bets and raises on the later streets. Your aim thus is to represent a weak hand in order to keep your opponent(s) in the pot with worse hands instead of getting rid of them by raising.

This quiz allows you to check whether you are able to spot and use opportunities for a slowplay.

It's strongly relating to the concepts dealt with in the Slowplay - Trapping Your Opponents article of the Gold strategy section.

Question 1.

BB: TAG

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with T 9
3 folds, BU calls, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, BU calls, Hero calls.

Flop: 7 8 J (9 SB, 3 players)
Hero ?




Question 2.

BB: TAG

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with 8 8
3 folds, BU calls, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, BU calls, Hero calls.

Flop: 8 8 T (9 SB, 3 players)
Hero ?




Question 3.

BB: TAG

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BU with 8 8
3 folds, CO calls, Hero raises, 1 folds, BB 3-bets, CO calls, Hero calls.

Flop: 8 Q T (9,5 SB, 3 players)
BB bets, CO calls, Hero ?



Question 4.

BB: TAG

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BU with 8 8
3 folds, CO calls, Hero raises, 1 folds, BB 3-bets, BU calls, Hero calls.

Flop: 8 3 2 (9,5 SB, 3 players)
BB bets, CO calls, Hero ?



Question 5.

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with 4 7
3 folds, CO calls, 1 folds, SB raises, Hero calls, CO calls.

Flop: 4 T 7 (6 SB, 3 players)
SB bets, Hero?



Question 6.

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with 4 4
3 folds, CO calls, 1 folds, SB raises, Hero calls, CO calls.

Flop: 4 J 7 (6 SB, 3 players)
SB bets, Hero?



Question 7.

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with 3 3
3 folds, MP calls, CO calls, 1 folds, SB raises, Hero calls, MP calls, CO calls.

Flop: 3 K 8 (8 SB, 4 players)
SB bets, Hero?



Question 8.

SB = 40, 17, 1.5, 38
CO = 50, 7, 0.8, 39

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with Q 7

3 folds, CO calls, 1 folds, SB raises, Hero calls, CO calls.

Flop: 2 Q 7 (6 SB, 3 players)
SB bets, Hero?



Question 9.

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with 7 7
1 folds, MP calls, 1 folds, CO raises, BU calls, SB calls, Hero calls, MP calls.

Flop: 2 K 7 (10 SB, 5 players)
SB bets, Hero?



Question 10.

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BU with 4 4
1 folds, MP calls, CO Calls, Hero calls, SB raises, 1 folds,MP calls, CO calls, Hero calls.

Flop: 2 J 4 (8 SB, 4 players)
SB bets, MP calls, CO calls, Hero ?