Daily Hand Quiz

Leading for value and check-calling are probably close, but I slightly prefer a lead for value. There’s nothing wrong with turning a decent hand into a bluff catcher when there are more draws your opponent could have missed, but this board was relatively dry.

You’ve also got your opponent in a nice rhythm of calling half-potish bets, and once people get locked into that kind of calling rhythm, it’s hard for some of them to quit. There’s also a pretty decent amount of hands he might call a bet with – KQ, QT, KJ, AJ, maybe even JT – but of those, he’s probably only betting the river with KQ and maybe AJ if you check.

I’m leading for about 580 or so here.

What actually happened: You checked. Your opponent bet 500 and you called. He showed KQo and you won the pot.

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I voted check call to catch a bluff and was concerned as only have a pair (i play mostly cash – would be good to see more cash quizzes) but thinking about it another half pot value bet is the way to go as there just aren’t any hands that have us beat that played it in that way unless the opponent is super passive or super tricky.

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I like a half-pot bet better than check-calling because he might not bluff and could check behind weaker queens that would pay us off. Pretty easy fold if we get raised.

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stay consistent and bet out. if he held a better hand he prolly would have told us at the turn, so it’s either a jack, another queen or some draw (though they rarely make the second call).

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check call. if hes got you beat he will only lead for what you would have bet out, minimizing your loss. if hes on a busted draw, its highly likley your check would induce him to bluff and try to take it away since its the only way he wins at this point and you look weak. betting out means he’ll fold a missed draw and raise a strong hand. he’ll also call with a mediocre hand, which would be value we miss if we check an he checks behind, but given all possible scenarios, more often then not, check call is the better option

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I’d lead for 800. His betting pattern seems to indicate that he does not have QJ – would have raised the turn, perhaps the flop. Probably on a str8t draw or has mid-pair. Checking may induce a bet, but he’s 2nd lowest stack. Even if he does not call your lead, your strong betting pattern during the hand may pay-off later.

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Definite value bet situation. He’s called you all the way down, and it’s highly unlikely he just made his flush (especially since you have the queen of hearts). You are almost certainly ahead here, and you need to make sure you get paid. I like DHQ’s recommendation, lead out for slightly less than half the pot. I would only bet more than half the pot if I knew my opponent was a strong, perceptive player who would recognize that oversized bet as a bluffing attempt.

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I voted check-call only because this is a tournament and his stack is at a point where he might shove as a bluff. This seems to happen alot in tourneys these days, and I’m gonna give him a chance to do that and take his stack and eliminate him.

In a cash game I agree with the value bet of about half the pot.

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I considered the ranges and the fact that the board is quite dry, only the KT or AK are likely to be drawing. KQ or AJ were the two hands that I would of thought most likely and I’d lead for 400-600.

Nice thought process DHQ

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Clear opportunity to make a small value lead, somewhere around 400 to 500.

This blocking bet makes it very easy to fold when raised, but gets value out of a hand like KQ. If this guy makes a suicidal raise all in on the river, well then you will have all his chips eventaully.

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I’m putting him on a KQ, QJ or a busted straight draw. A set is quite unlikely since he didn’t raise the turn.

I’ll go for check-call since this is so early and I don’t want to get check-raised if he’s got better hand. And if we win we will be about 200BB deep and still have lots of time to play poker.

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