Daily Hand Quiz

Is someone deliberately making the visual of our 2 cards vary from the written description, so as to sabotage the site? A small thing, perhaps, but quite annoying.
With no apparent draw, SB is probably pulling this stunt with a 6, a 7, or a ten; I could also envision him turning up AT or AJ or small pp that he decided to stop ‘n go with. The 99 hand is +EV against this collection. The A9 is not.

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dosage Reply:
December 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

I agree with Don in that the description doesn’t match up with the visual, so which is it? Don’s explanation of “him turning up AT..” making this +EV doesn’t jive with me since AT is top pair and now over our 99 (if indeed we have 99 and not A9). If you’ve got him on AJ or a small PP, then maybe you go with it, but if you think he’s holding AT as Don explains I think it’s a pretty clear fold.

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Marty Reply:
December 9th, 2010 at 9:22 am

what are you on about?

If you’ve ‘got him’ on AJ or small PP then of course go with it… you’re crushing all that.

If you ‘think he’s holding’ AT of course it’s a fold… you’re crushed.

If you’re the kind of player that picks ranges of hands for his opponent and estimates his EV against that (rather than specific hands) then, as Don suggests, the 99 hand is +EV against this collection.

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Villains image is a little loose, but that doesn’t mean he can’t have a ten here. A check raise should usually be considered a strong move unless shown otherwise. Maybe he’s on an open ended straight draw or caught a weird two pair or something. I’m probably folding here.

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Fold.

There are all kinds of ways we can be behind here. Villain’s pre-flop calling range is huge, and includes such goodies as 76, KT, JTs, 66, 77 — and even some big premium hands such as TT+.

We have four outs to summon up a straight (with either A9 or 99) and the pot odds don’t justify sticking around. They also don’t justify sticking around with 99 to catch a set.

Yes, it’s possible that Villain is a sly bastard who can c/r all in with a small stack and no hand — making a very excellent move on us. But a small stack Villain who is trying to steal the pot might have been more likely to choose a stop-and-go, shoving the flop right away. I’m reading this c/r as most likely being the real thing.

In that case, regardless of whether we have 99 or A9, we’re up against a guy who’s got the goods, maybe wants to price out any thin draws, and is looking to double through an opponent who’s too attached to the second-best hand.

We got out-flopped or out-played again. No need to throw a temper tantrum about it. Time to regroup with 1900 chips and see if we can make a subsequent hand work out better. With the blinds at 20/40, there’s still time.

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Assuming we have A9d rather than 99, we’re really drawing to a flush in addition to the straight. Either way, at about 1.75-1 on our call… we’re not getting the right odds unless V is on a bluff.
Hell, we’re not even getting a good enough price if we assume the other three aces are clean outs (which I’m not convinced of).

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too many quizzes have incorrect info, or the graphics dont match the text. note to admins: this is making this site useless.

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Nelson Reply:
December 9th, 2010 at 10:06 am

Agreed. Seems like its been wrong a lot lately.

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Anonymous Reply:
December 9th, 2010 at 9:29 pm

Seems likes the site’s been abandoned, almost. I rarely get a chance to vote any more. Almost every day the choice is already picked which means they’re just recycling questions.

Plus there used to be a staff comment every day. Haven’t seen that in a long time.

Too bad. I like this little site.

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John Kugelman Reply:
December 9th, 2010 at 9:30 pm

^^^ me