Daily Hand Quiz Archives: Tourney / NL
Strong hand, bad board, rebuy period
Game type: $200 Rebuy, no limit, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: During rebuy period
Your image: A little tight
Opponent’s image: Active
Your hand: 5♦5♣
The setup: You’re still in the first hour of the $200R on PokerStars when the following hand comes up. You’re dealt 55 in full article
Broadway blind battle near bubble, NL MTT
Game type: $50 1R 1A tournament, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Near bubble
Avg stack: 18k
Your image: Very aggressive
Opponent’s image: TAG
Your hand: K♣J♠
The setup: You’re nearing the bubble of a $50 1 rebuy 1, add on tournament on Full Tilt Poker. You’ve been playing full article
Overpair on tough turn, nearing final table
Game type: 100 Rebuy tournament, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Down to 2 tables
Your image: Fairly active
Opponent’s image: A little tight
Your hand: K♦K♠
The setup: You’re down to the final two tables of the nightly 100R on PokerStars. You’ve been fairly active but are sitting full article
Small pocket pair on overcard flop, blind vs blind, NL MTT
Game type: 1/2 no limit cash on PokerStars
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: TAG
Your hand: J♣J♦
The setup: Nothing’s really developed for you so far this session. You’ve been involved in a few pots, taking away some and being forced to walk away from full article
Blind battle deep in the money, NL MTT
Game type: No limit tournament 50+5, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: ITM
Your image: Tight
Opponent’s image: Aggressive, winning player
Your hand: A♦8♥
The setup: You’re down to just a few tables in the fifty fifty on Full Tilt when the following hand comes up. You’re full article
Draw in multi-way pot, NL MTT
Game type: $109 2R 1a PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Rebuy period closed
Your image: Active
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: A♠J♠
The setup: You’ve been playing quite a few pots the last couple of orbits when the following hand comes up. You get AJs in full article
Queens with overcard on turn, no limit MTT
Game type: $30 Rebuy, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Rebuy period closed
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little loose
Your hand: Q♣Q♥
The setup: You’ve got a solid stack in this rebuy tournament; the rebuy period is closed. This hand you get QQ in full article
Second pair to the board facing check raise, MTT
Game type: $150 NL tournament on Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little loose
Your hand: 9♦9♣
The setup: You’ve been playing aggressive poker but have been unable to get a hand to hold up. This hand you get 99 UTG full article
Broadway on the bubble, no limit MTT
Game type: $50 rebuy, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Bubble
Opponent’s image: Aggressive
Your hand: K♣Q♦
The setup: You are two players from the money in this rebuy tournament. Since it’s a rebuy, the min cash is much better than usual, worth about 2x your buy in.
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Top pair, tough board, NL MTT
Game type: $50 freezeout, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Mid stage
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: K♣J♦
The setup: You’ve got a shrinking stack as this tournament approaches the middle stages. This hand you limp in LP with KJo after a EP player full article
Medium ace with action in front, NL tournament
Game type: $50 MTT
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: n/a
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: A♠J♣
The setup: You’re on a 20 BB stack in this tournament that is still quite a ways from the money when the following hand comes up.
You get AJo in full article
Possible three-bet spot with weak hand, NL MTT
Game type: $100 1R 1A, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Moving toward money
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: Strong regular
Your hand: K♥9♥
The setup: You’ve got a playable but quickly shrinking stack in this $100 1r 1a tournament when the following hand comes up.
The table folds to the full article
Tens facing a four-bet, NL MTT
Game type: $1k freezeout on PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Two tables remain
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: Aggressive, solid winner
Your hand: T♣T♦
The setup: You’re deep in the PokerStars Super Tuesday $1,000 buy in tournament. 15 players remain when the following hand comes up.
You’re dealt tens full article
Aces with a draw, NL 6 Max MTT
Game type: $100 Rebuy 6 max, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Rebuy period closed
Your image: A little tight
Opponent’s image: Fairly aggressive
Your hand: A♣A♦
The setup: You’ve been playing a little tight when you get dealt AA in the SB. An aggressive player raises full article
Pair and draw multi-way, NL MTT
Game type: $20 1r1a, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Rebuy and addon passed
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: 5♦5♥
The setup: You’ve been aggressive but have only accumulated a few chips in this tournament. This hand you open for 395 with 55 UTG and full article
Baby set on the turn, no limit cash
Game type: .50 / 1 NL cash, PokerStars
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: Strong regular
Your hand: 9♥9♠
The setup: You call a EP preflop raise with nines and flop a set:
9♦T♠K♠
The preflop raiser bets $6 into $10. You call and the turn brings the 8♣.
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Queens with a lot of action ahead, NL MTT
Game type: Sunday Million, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: Quiet
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: Q♣Q♦
The setup: It’s early in the Sunday Million. You haven’t been involved in many hands when this one comes up.
You get QQ in the BB. Two full article
Marginal hand on the CO, final table bubble
Game type: $100 Rebuy tournament on PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Final table bubble, 12 remain
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: Strong, aggressive players
Your hand: 6♠6♦
The setup: You’re down to the final 12 players in this $100 rebuy tournament. You’ve been fairly quiet so far as full article
Jacks OOP nearing bubble, NL MTT
Game type: $50 rebuy PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Near money
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: J♣J♥
The setup: You’ve built a very strong stack as this $50 rebuy tournament approaches the money. This hand you get JJ and 2.5x it preflop. full article
Draw in three bet pot, NL cash game
Game type: 3/6 Full ring NL, Pokerstars
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: TAG
Your hand: A♥Q♦
The setup: You haven’t made much noise yet in this full ring no limit cash game. This hand you get AQo in the small blind. It folds to the aggressive full article
Flopped nuts, deep stacks, NL MTT
Game type: $25 buy in tournament, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: A♣T♣
The setup: You’re playing a very deep stack early on in this $25. This hand, the table folds to you on the button and you full article
Two pair on coordinated board, nl MTT
Game type: $75 freezeout, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: None
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: Q♠J♠
The setup: You’re in the first couple of stages of this no limit freezeout on FTP when the following hand comes up. You’re dealt a suited full article
Slowplayed set, NL MTT
Game type: 100R, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Nearing bubble
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: Aggressive
Your hand: K♦K♠
The setup: You’re near the bubble in the 100R tournament on PokerStars. You have a solid stack, but the blinds will start getting fearsome sooner than later. This full article
Set on drawy board, NL MTT
Game type: $75 buyin MTT, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: Aggressive
Your hand: K♦K♣
The setup: You’ve built a strong stack for early stage play with a lot of small pots and few showdowns. You’ve had a couple of full article
Weak ace in the cutoff, no limit tournament
Game type: $109 freezeout, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: 16 players remain
Your image: Tight
Opponent’s image:
Your hand: A♦8♥
The setup: You’re deep in this 109 freezeout on Stars. Two tables remain.
You’ve been pretty tight when the following hand comes up. You get A8o in full article
