Daily Hand Quiz Archives: Tourney / NL
Small pair facing raise preflop, NL MTT
Game type: $50 rebuy tournament, NL, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: In the money
Your image: A little loose
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: 6♥6♣
The setup: You’ve got about a 30BB stack in the money of this $50 rebuy tournament. The bubble just broke a full article
Top pair facing a checkraise, NL MTT
Game type: $50 freezeout, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Mid stage
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: A♣7♣
The setup: You’ve got a shrinking stack in this freezeout. This hand you limp the CO after the hijack limps. The button folds and full article
Eights facing 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: 8♣8♦
The setup: You’re deep in this $1,000 buy in tournament. 15 players remain when the following hand comes up.
You’re dealt 88 in the BB. full article
Queens on mono flop, OOP, NL 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: Q♣Q♦
The setup: You’ve been playing a little tight when you get dealt QQ in the SB. An aggressive player raises full article
Tens on an undercard flop
Game type: $100 rebuy, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Rebuy period closed
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: Aggressive, thinking players
Your hand: T♣T♦
The setup: You’ve got a solid stack in the 100R when the following hand comes up. UTG raises to about 2.5 and UTG+1 flats. full article
Two pair facing lead, NL MTT
Game type: $100 1R 1A, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Getting near money
Your image: LAGish
Opponent’s image: Solid regular
Your hand: T♦9♦
The setup: You’re nearing the money with a solid stack in this $100 1r 1a tournament. This hand you get a suited T9 on full article
Underpair on turn, NL MTT
Game type: $150 freezeout, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: n/a
Opponent’s image: Strong regular
Your hand: Q♥Q♦
The setup: It’s very early in this $150 freezeout on FTP. You raise in EP to 3x with QQ and get two callers. You flop full article
Bluff or check, turn play NL MTT
Game type: $50 freezeout, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Midstages
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: Aggressive, but solid
Your hand: 9♥6♣
The setup: You’ve been pretty quiet with your stack for the last few orbits and no one has a real reason to suspect you of getting out full article
Small pair facing shove on bubble, NL turbo MTT
Game type: $50 turbo MTT, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Final table bubble
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: Very aggressive
Your hand: 5♣5♣
The setup: You’re on the final table bubble of this $50 turbo on PokerStars when the following hand comes up.
You get 55 in the SB. full article
Bluff or fold on river, NL MTT
Game type: $50 freezeout 6 max, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: LAG
Opponent’s image: Average
Your hand: J♣8♥
The setup: You’re sitting on a nice stack early in this tournament when the following hand comes up.
You get J8o in the BB. A player limps, the full article
Kings facing limp re-raise, NL MTT
Game type: PokerStars MTT, $150 buy in
Stage of tourney: Early
Avg stack: ~3k
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: K♦K♣
The setup: It’s pretty early in this MTT on PokerStars. You don’t have any read on your opponent and you haven’t had any full article
Overpair on river, IP, NL MTT
Game type: No limit tournament
Stage of tourney: 47/7000 remain
Avg stack: 1.5 million
Your image: A little conservative
Opponent’s image: Seems a little splashy
Your hand: Q♦Q♥
The setup: You’re on a small bubble in this online poker tournament when the following hand comes up. You’re in middle full article
Top pair on dry turn, OOP, NL MTT
Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million, $530 buy in
Stage of tourney: In the money, 64 of 3192 remain
Avg stack: ~500k
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: Has been involved in a lot of pots recently
Your hand: A♣8♣
The setup: You’re dealt A8 in early position. Two players full article
AK facing two raises, major online MTT
Game type: WCOOP Main Event, $5200 buyin, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Mid stages
Your image: Aggressive
Your hand: A♣K♦
The setup: You’re in the middle stages of the main event of the WCOOP on PokerStars. The bubble is on the horizon, but still a good full article
Queens early stages, NL MTT
Game type: $150 freezeout on PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: Q♣Q♦
The setup: It’s still the first level in this $150 freezeout. You’ve already raised a few pots, getting called once and taking down the rest preflop. full article
Medium Queen facing reship, bvb, 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: Q♣T♠
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
Tens facing flop shove, NL MTT
Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: ITM, 42 / 7176 remain
Avg stack: 1.7 m
Your image: Possibly tilty
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: T♦T♥
You pick up TT in EP. You raise to about 2.5x and the table folds to the BB, who full article
Nines facing three bet, NL MTT final table
Game type: $200 Rebuy, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Final Table
Your image: Tight
Opponent’s image: Top online players
Your hand: 9♦9♣
The setup: You’re at the final table of the 200 Rebuy tournament. You’re guaranteed about 10k, and first is right about 45k.
You get 99 in the full article
Medium ace facing all in, NL MTT
Game type: $109 freezeout, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Nearing money
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: LAG
Your hand: A♣T♦
The setup: You’re not quite on the bubble but nearing the money when the following hand comes up.
An aggressive player who just lost a big pot two full article
Weak Queen on the CO, NL MTT
Game type: $109 freezeout, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: 16 players remain
Your image: Tight
Opponent’s image:
Your hand: Q♦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 Q8s in full article
Tens with over on turn, NL 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: T♣T♥
The setup: You’ve got a solid stack in this rebuy tournament; the rebuy period is closed. This hand you get TT in full article
Weak 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: J♠T♠
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
Nines facing pressure, NL MTT
Game type: NL 6 max tournament, Full Tilt Poker
Your image: A little tight
Opponent’s image: Very aggro
Your hand: 9♠9♦
The setup: You’re at a pretty active table in this tournament. This hand, UTG raises to 3x and change. You call and flop an overpair:
2♣2♥4♠
UTG full article
Flopped straight draw, 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
Slowplayed two pair, NL MTT
Game type: 109 PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Nearing bubble
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: Aggressive
Your hand: K♦J♠
The setup: You have a solid stack, but the blinds will start getting fearsome sooner than later. The hijack raises it preflop and you decide to flat. You full article