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How good is your hold'em...

by firsttsunami

The time has come again to bring a new quiz to our fixed limit players. Even though the quiz unfolds along the usual "How good is your Limit Hold'em?" line, there will be only one sample hand with given reads, while the second part deals with various situations in heads-up and 3-handed play.

PART 1

In the first hand, you're playing against an opponent of the loose-aggressive type. Over 500 hands, he has stats of (40/28/2.3/44), but isn't completely
brain-dead and thinks about the game.

Reads you've collected so far:

  • raises with small pocket pairs and pure bluffs on the flop
  • makes small value bets
  • high turn-bet frequency
  • selective river bluff-bets

Problem 1.1.

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 8
4 folds, You raise, BB calls.

Flop: (4.00 SB) K, 8, 5 (2
players)
You bet, BB raises. You?

You're the small blind and openraised with A8. The opponent immediately raises you on the flop. How do you react?




Problem 1.2.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, J
4 folds, You raise, BB calls.

Flop: (4.00 SB) K, 8, 5 (2 players)
You bet, BB raises. You?

Let's suppose you don't hold A8 but Q J instead. Would you react different? What would you do?




Problem 1.3.

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 8
4 folds, You raise, BB calls.

Flop: (4.00 SB) K, 8, 5 (2 players)
You bet, BB raises, You call.

Turn: (4.00 BB) 3
You?

You decided to merely call the flop and the turn brings a blank with the 3 of clubs. What will you do?




Problem 1.4.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, J
4 folds, You raise, BB calls.

Flop: (4.00 SB) K, 8, 5 (2 players)
You bet, BB raises, You call.

Turn: (4.00 BB) T
You?

You stare down the dealer in anger because he took your pair away from you. All you have left is Q high on the turn, but luckily, you also improved to an open-ended straight draw. What's the plan?




Problem 1.5.

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 8
4 folds, You raise, BB calls.

Flop: (4.00 SB) K, 8, 5 (2 players)
You bet, BB raises, You call.

Turn: (4.00 BB) 3
You check, BB Bets, You Raise, BB 3bets, You?

You check-raised the turn and the villain immediately fires a 3-bet. How do you react?




PART 2

Problem 2.1.

Preflop: Hero is BU with 4, 4
3 folds, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, BB folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (7.00 SB) T, 7, 5 (1 players)
SB bets.You?

In this situation, you raised 44 on the button and the small blind, who is uknown, 3-bets. He also conti-bets the flop. How do you proceed?




Problem 2.2.

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, A
MP2 folds, MP3 raises, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, BB calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (9.40 SB) A, 8, 2 (2 players)
BB bets, MP3 calls. You?

You 3-betted on the cut-off against a MP3-openraise. The BB cold-called. You have the nuts with your top set of aces and the BB donks the flop. Should you ...




Problem 2.3.

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, A
MP2 folds, MP3 raises, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, BB calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (9.40 SB) A, 8, 2 (3 players)
BB bets, MP3 calls, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, MP3 calls. You?

The BB 3-betted you and MP3 coldcalled 2 SB. You have to decide again.




Problem 2.4.

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 7
4 folds, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB caps, Hero calls.

Flop: (8.00 SB) A, 6, T (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.00 BB) J (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (7.00 BB) 2 (2 players)
SB Checks, You?

You play against a thinking TAG from pokerstrategy in the blind battle. You 3-bet with A7 and are capped. The opponent bets the flop and the turn, but suddenly only checks the river. What do you do?