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Title: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: The Camel on September 08, 2009, 05:24:39 PM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it)
Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: thetank on September 08, 2009, 06:01:53 PM Who the fuck are you?
Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: The Camel on September 08, 2009, 06:02:34 PM Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: mondatoo on September 08, 2009, 06:03:34 PM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass?pass 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play?call 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold?complete 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here?fold 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise?raise 1.2k Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass?Raise/Snap 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play?Jam 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time?Jam 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass?Jam 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play?Shove Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play?3b 25k 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise?call 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do?Position dependant early mid pos i fold,late pos maybe 3bet 26k depends on my image 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise?call 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action?raise Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play?call 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you?peell 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise?raise pot 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do?fold 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call?raise 220k Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise?Raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here?Raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what?3b to 14.5m 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise?call 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise?call Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: NoflopsHomer on September 08, 2009, 06:03:52 PM :D Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: hatthehole on September 08, 2009, 06:06:37 PM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? raise 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? call 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? complete 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? fold 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? call Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? jam 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? jam 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? jam 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? jam 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? jam Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? 3bet to induce a 4bet so you can 5bet jam 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? peel or as above if you think hes aggro - blockers ftw 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? fold or 3bet fold as a bluff or 3bet to induce a 4bet to 5bet jam probs fold tho 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? call 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? erm it depends raise i guess Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? fold 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? call 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? eww call tho 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? fold 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? depends if youe've been 3betting often b4 if you then 3bet call otherwise just call Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? fold peel if suited 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? peel 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? 16.75 mil to go flat if your 3bet % is 0 tho Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: moonandback on September 08, 2009, 06:17:18 PM part one
1. pass 2. call to set mine 3. complete 4. muck it 5. raise to 1500 part two 1. shove 2. shove 3. shove 4. raise 5. shove can you tell i play sng's !!! part 3 1. call to set mine 2. raise to 26k 3. fold 4. call to set mine 5. fold part 4 1. fold 2. call 3. call 4. fold unless i have been card dead and havent raised a pot for 2- 3 orbits then i raise 5. shove part five 1. raise 2. raise 3. call 4. raise to 14m 5. call and check raise aceless flop unless i have been 3 betting like carzy then i continue to 3 bet hoping for a shove. be interested to see if im even close to what a better player would do. thanks Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: bolt pp on September 08, 2009, 06:24:35 PM I'll just +1 Alex Martin's answer.
Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: jezza777 on September 08, 2009, 06:24:44 PM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? RAISE 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? FLAT 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? COMPLETE 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? RAISE 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise?1150 TO GO Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? RAISE SNAP 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play?PASS 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time?JAM 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass?RAISE SNAP 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? JAM Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play?RAISE 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise?RAISE 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do?PASS 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise?FLAT IS OK 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? PUMP IT UP Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play?PASS 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you?FLAT 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise?FLAT 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do?PASS 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? RAISE Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise?RAISE 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here?RAISE 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? JUST PASS 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise?CALL 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise?RAISE Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: tikay on September 08, 2009, 07:02:30 PM Nice article Keith, thanks. It was good to chat with you on Sunday. Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: George2Loose on September 08, 2009, 07:33:31 PM Nice article Keith, thanks. It was good to chat with you on Sunday. Not doing the quiz Tikay? Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Royal Flush on September 08, 2009, 08:01:07 PM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? Raise 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? Call 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? Call 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? Fold 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? Call Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? Jam 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? Jam 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? Jam 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? Jam 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? Jam Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? 3bet to 5bet assuming i have aggro image 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? 3bet 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? Fold 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? Flat 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? Raise to 8k Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? Fold 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? Flat 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? Flat 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? Raise 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? 3bet Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? Raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? Raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? Flat 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? Flat 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? 3bet Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Karabiner on September 08, 2009, 10:33:26 PM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? Fold 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? Call 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? Call 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? Call 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? Raise Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? Raise 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? Fold 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? Fold 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? Raise 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? Shove Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? Raise to 20k 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? Call 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? Fold 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? Call 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? Raise to 7.5k Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? Fold 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? Call 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? Raise 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? Fold 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? Raise Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? Raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? Raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? Call 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? Fold 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? Call Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: NoflopsHomer on September 09, 2009, 12:50:58 AM Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? Raise 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? Call 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? Limp 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? Limp 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? Call Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? Shove 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? Shove 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? Shove 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? Shove 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? Shove and put one finger in the air saying, "I'm getting paid." Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? 3-bet to 20k 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? 3bet to 33k 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? Fold 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? Call 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? Raise to 7,800 Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? Fold 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? Call 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? Call while secretly lol-ing about Rousso's call. 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? Fold 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? Raise to 315k Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? Raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? Raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? Call 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? Call 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? Call Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Rupert on September 09, 2009, 01:36:33 AM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? raise 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? call 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? call 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? fold 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? call Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? all in 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? all in 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? all in 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? all in 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? all in Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? call 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? raise 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? fold (dont mind defending this) 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? oooh call 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? fold Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? fold 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? fold 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? ugh, cal - i think neils pretty tight in this spot and 3 bet folding to him kind of wastes our hand when we can stack all manner of suited ace if we flop top pair 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? fold 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? raise Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? fold, can 3 bet occasionally 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? all are fine here IMO, depends on flow 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? just raise it Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Rupert on September 09, 2009, 01:39:06 AM defending A2o as default HU has to be a leak
Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: AlexMartin on September 09, 2009, 01:55:04 AM meh, was gonna do this then looked at flushies and agreed to 90%. Fkit ill edit his.
Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? Raise 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? Call 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? Call 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? Fold 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? Call Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? Jam 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? Jam 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? Jam 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? Jam 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? Jam Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? 3bet to 5bet assuming i have aggro imageOr if frenchies are in the blinds flat to induce a squeeze 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? 3bet 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? Fold 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? Flat 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? Raise to 8k Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? Fold 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? Flat 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? FlatSqueeze, 6handed, augment by 25% when all fold, he will be opening wide enough utg 6handed for this to be profitable 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? Raise Fold 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? 3bet Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. Even in chips Keith? 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? Raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? Raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? Flat3bet 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? Flat 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? 3betFlat Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Claw75 on September 09, 2009, 01:59:36 AM meh, was gonna do this then looked at flushies and agreed to 90%. Fkit ill edit his. Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? Raise 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? Call 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? Call 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? Fold 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? Call Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? Jam 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? Jam 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? Jam 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? Jam 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? Jam Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? 3bet to 5bet assuming i have aggro imageOr if frenchies are in the blinds flat to induce a squeeze 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? 3bet 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? Fold 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? Flat 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? Raise to 8k Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? Fold 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? Flat 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? FlatSqueeze, 6handed, augment by 25% when all fold, he will be opening wide enough utg 6handed for this to be profitable 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? Raise Fold 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? 3bet Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. Even in chips Keith? 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? Raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? Raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? Flat3bet 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? Flat 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? 3betFlat +2 (one for me, and one for bolt) Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: The Camel on September 09, 2009, 02:04:08 AM I don't think I would jam with AQ in part 2.
I'm looking for action, hoping for a shove from a big stack. I make it 1000 to play. Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Rupert on September 09, 2009, 02:24:45 AM I don't think I would jam with AQ in part 2. I'm looking for action, hoping for a shove from a big stack. I make it 1000 to play. Too many mega nits that if they 3 bet i'd almost feel compelled to fold. Also gets awkward when good reg flats Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: The Camel on September 09, 2009, 02:30:54 AM I don't think I would jam with AQ in part 2. I'm looking for action, hoping for a shove from a big stack. I make it 1000 to play. Too many mega nits that if they 3 bet i'd almost feel compelled to fold. Also gets awkward when good reg flats Have you played a UKPT event recently. Not many mega nits around these days. Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: The Camel on September 09, 2009, 02:33:18 AM I would definitely flat with the QJ in part 5 and sometimes flat with the A2 (depending exactly how active he's been on the button).
Flatting from the bb quite regularly sets up the flat with KK in Q5. If you've not flat called before flatting with KK is just too obvious. Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Royal Flush on September 09, 2009, 02:36:10 AM I don't think I would jam with AQ in part 2. I'm looking for action, hoping for a shove from a big stack. I make it 1000 to play. Too many mega nits that if they 3 bet i'd almost feel compelled to fold. Also gets awkward when good reg flats lolz a reg who flats an open from a 12bb stack is by definition not a good reg, unless they setting someone up with the nuts. Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Rupert on September 09, 2009, 05:59:01 AM I don't think I would jam with AQ in part 2. I'm looking for action, hoping for a shove from a big stack. I make it 1000 to play. Too many mega nits that if they 3 bet i'd almost feel compelled to fold. Also gets awkward when good reg flats lolz a reg who flats an open from a 12bb stack is by definition not a good reg, unless they setting someone up with the nuts. true dat Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: AlexMartin on September 09, 2009, 11:05:41 AM I don't think I would jam with AQ in part 2. I'm looking for action, hoping for a shove from a big stack. I make it 1000 to play. dangerous risk that you will spark a baguette calling train and have to giveup postflop after missing. Opening small with 5k utg looks stronger than a 5k allin jam too i think. Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: BulldozerD on September 09, 2009, 01:35:00 PM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? raise 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? call 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? complete 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? fold 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? call mostly, occasionally raise Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? shove 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? shove 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? shove mostly, sometimes fold 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? shove 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? shove Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? 3bet to 21k 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? 3bet to 28k, but can depend on my table image 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? pass 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? call 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? raise to 7.5k Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? pass quickly 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? call 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? raise 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? pass 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? raise Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? probably pass, maybe call 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? call 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? make it 12.5m or call depending on recent history Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: The Baron on September 09, 2009, 07:12:26 PM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? Raise 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? Flat 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? Flat 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? Flat 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? Flat Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? Shove 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? Shove 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? Shove 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? Raise 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? Shove Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? 3 bet 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? raise 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? depends on his position 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? raise 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? raise to 7.5-8k Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? riase 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? raise 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? raise 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? pass 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? raise Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? raise 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? raise 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? 3 bet 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? flat 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? 3 bet Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: lucky_scrote on September 09, 2009, 08:10:22 PM Came here to post that defending HU with A2o with deepish stacks is very very bad. A8 is the cutoff unless stacks are really shallow.
Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: AlexMartin on September 10, 2009, 12:42:09 AM Came here to post that defending HU with A2o with deepish stacks is very very bad. A8 is the cutoff unless stacks are really shallow. w 45bb? dont buy it. Appreciate that A rag plays like death postflop hu but please extrapolate Dan as i know u are a hu guru. Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Cf on September 10, 2009, 01:55:13 AM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass? raise 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play? flat 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold? complete 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here? 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise? either is fine Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass? shove 2. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play? shove 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time? shove 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass? shove 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play? Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play? 3bet 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise? 3bet 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do? depends how active i've been defending, fold or flat 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise? 3bet/flat 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action? fold Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play? bow down to phil ivey, then fold 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you? bow down to phil ivey, then call 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise? bow down to phil ivey, then call 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do? raise, then take satisfaction that i've raised phil ivey off a hand with 76s if he folds 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call? 3bet Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise? min-raise, then flat any reasonable 3bet 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here? min-raise, then flat any reasonable 3-bet 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what? depends how active i've been defending. generally fold though, occasionally call 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise? call 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise? call, i virtually never raise from the BB heads up so raising would be a bit of a giveaway (My preflop heads up play is v straightforward. min-raise button 90% of the time, fold other 10%. if BB raises then fold trash, and flat with anything half decent and premiums. In BB fold most of the time, if defending then call 95% of time, raise 5%. Only defend with pairs/scs/good aces/kings. Fold raggy aces/kings/trash. Basically: play bigger pots in position, don't play pots out of position, and stay v consistent with my preflop action so it's hard to get a read of my hand) Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: lucky_scrote on September 10, 2009, 09:51:28 AM Came here to post that defending HU with A2o with deepish stacks is very very bad. A8 is the cutoff unless stacks are really shallow. w 45bb? dont buy it. Appreciate that A rag plays like death postflop hu but please extrapolate Dan as i know u are a hu guru. Well, you have all his 2's crushed :). When a hand plays so poorly post flop then playing it OOP with an awkward stack isn't going to be a good idea. The only way to play A2o is to get it in pre with much shallower stacks. Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: enemyno1 on September 10, 2009, 02:51:48 PM Well here is a quiz.. (I actually wrote it for somewhere else, but I figured some peeps might enjoy doing it) Quiz One: Starting Hands Knowing which hands to play and when to play them is the most important factor in how you are going to fare in a tournament. Let's find out what you would do in these situations. Part One: First Level of the WSOP. You have your starting stack of 30k and know nothing of about your tablemates. Do you enter the pot (call or raise) with these holdings? 1. UTG you are dealt AT suited, call, raise or pass?ALL IN 2. You have 66 on the button, a player in middle position makes it 300 to play, the cutoff calls, what is your best play?ALL IN 3. Four Players limp for 100, you have T9o in the small blind, do you complete, raise or fold?ALL IN 4. Four Players limp for 100, you have K2o in the small blind, what do you do here?ALL IN 5. An early position player makes it 400 to go, everyone folds to you in the bb where you squeeze KK. Call or raise?PASS Part Two: Level 5 of a UKPT (200-400). The Chip Average is 15,000 but you have lost a big pot and are struggling with 5,000. Which of these hands do you play? 1. UTG you are dealt AQo. Call, Raise or Pass?ALL INto go everyone folds to you on the button where you have 55. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play?ALL IN 3. A loose aggressive (LAG) player with over 20k makes it 1000 to go everyone folds to you on the button where you have ATo. The blinds both have roughly average stacks. What is your play this time?ALL IN 4. Everyoneone folds to you on the button where you have KQs. Both blinds are somewhat tight and have a little below average stacks. Call, raise or pass?ALL IN 5. UTG (A loose player with 25k) makes it 1000 to go. Four players call. You have JJ in the bb. What is your play?ALL IN Part Three: Level 9 of the EPT Monte Carlo (1,500-3,000/300). You are two off the money. You have exactly the chip average of 210,000. Your table is a normal mix of two aggressive Scandies, two lunatic Frenchmen, a tight German and couple of Pokerstars qualifiers who both play really well. All of them have comfortable positions but no one has a dominant stack. (They all have between 150 and 250k). 1. One of the Scandies opens in the cutoff for 8k. You have TT on the button. What is your play?ALL IN 2. The German opens in middle position for 10k. You have AKo in the small blind, call or raise?ALL IN 3. One of the pokerstars players opens for 7.5k. You have A9o in the bb. This time what do you do?ALL IN 4. The Frenchman with the biggest stack on the table opens for 9k and you have 88 on the button. Pass, call or raise?ALL IN 5. You are dealt AJo UTG. What is you best course of action?ALL IN Part Four: The start of the Final Table of the WPT Championship at Bellagio. The blinds are 20,000-40,000/3,000. You have a medium stack of 2mill. The chip leader is Phil Ivey with 5mill. Daniel Negreanu has 3mill; Neil Channing has the same stack as you. A Dot.com millionaire has 1.2mill and Vannessa Rousso has 750k. 1. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have ATo in the sb. What is the best play?ALL IN 2. Ivey opens UTG for 100k. Negreanu calls on the button. You have 66 in the sb. This time what do you?ALL IN 3. Channing raises to 110k UTG. Ivey, Negreanu and Rousso all call. You have AQ in the bb. Call or Raise?ALL IN 4. You have 76s UTG. What do you do?ALL IN 5. Negreanu opens for 95k in the cuttoff. You have AKs on the button. Raise or Call?ALL IN Part Five: You are heads up for the WSOP main event. You are dead even in chips with a guy who has no cashes according to the hendonmob database. Yet he has played pretty well. He uses position well, is pretty aggressive and understands all the key concepts. He doesn't seem overawed by the situation he finds himself. Blinds are 1mill-2mill/100k. Your stack is 90mill. 1. You have the button and are dealt KQo. Pass, Call or Raise?ALL IN 2. You have the button and have 98s. What is best here?ALL IN 3. Your opponent opens for 5.5mill. You have A2 in the bb. Now what?ALL IN 4. Same scenario. He Raises to 5.5m, this time you hold QJ in the bb. Call, Pass or Raise?ALL IN 5. One more time he raises to 5.5million. This time you have KK in the bb. Call or raise?PASS Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: AlexMartin on September 11, 2009, 01:57:45 PM Came here to post that defending HU with A2o with deepish stacks is very very bad. A8 is the cutoff unless stacks are really shallow. w 45bb? dont buy it. Appreciate that A rag plays like death postflop hu but please extrapolate Dan as i know u are a hu guru. Well, you have all his 2's crushed :). When a hand plays so poorly post flop then playing it OOP with an awkward stack isn't going to be a good idea. The only way to play A2o is to get it in pre with much shallower stacks. does he not just fold a tonne pre though? Or does it just put us in too shitty a spot when he calls. FWIW i am 3b folding this, but that is probably an enormous leak. Title: Re: I promised an article when the Dean left... Post by: Rupert on September 12, 2009, 09:54:54 AM 3 betting A2o in a vacuum is fine but obviously in HU play it's dependant on flow and it's much more important to have an overall 3 betting strategy than simply saying yes it's a 3 bet or no it's not. Unless they are simply never adjusting to you 3 betting 20% of hands or are giving up on far too many flops, it is going to be rare where always 3 betting A2o is profitable. If there had been no previous 3 betting history, this is definitely a good hand to establish the history with since he's more likely to give you credit the first time and also you have the nut blocker.
Unless they are making it really small (in fact, nothing bigger than a minraise) then I would never call A2o OOP. Reverse implied odds and all that. |