I promised an article when the Dean left...

[The Camel]

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?

[thetank]

Who the fuck are you?

[The Camel]

Who the fuck are you?

Karl Simpson

[mondatoo]

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

[NoflopsHomer]

Who the fuck are you?

Karl Simpson

[hatthehole]

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

[moonandback]

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
 

[bolt pp]

I'll just +1 Alex Martin's answer.

[jezza777]

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

[tikay]

Nice article Keith, thanks.

It was good to chat with you on Sunday.

[George2Loose]

Nice article Keith, thanks.

It was good to chat with you on Sunday.

Not doing the quiz Tikay?

[Royal Flush]

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

[Karabiner]

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

[NoflopsHomer]

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

[Rupert]

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