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Daily Hand Quiz Archives: Tourney / NL
Tens facing a four bet, deep in the Super Tuesday
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
KQ in the SB facing weak player’s button raise
Game type: $150 freezout no limit tournament, FTP
Stage of tourney: Mid stages
Your image: Tight
Opponent’s image: Very bad
Your hand: K♥Q♥
The setup: You’re sitting on a shrinking but still playable stack in this 150 freezeout tournament when the following hand comes up. You get full article
Tens in the small blind, shortstacked, facing two raises
Game type: $150 freezeout on PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Middle stages
Your image: n/a
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: T♣T♦
The setup: You’ve dwindled to a short stack in this freezeout tournament. You’re pretty happy where you’re dealt TT in the SB, until a lot of full article
Sevens facing all in near bubble, NL MTT
Game type: $150 freezeout, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Nearing bubble
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: 7♣7♦
The setup: You’re nearing the bubble in this freezeout tournament on Full Tilt Poker. You’ve been fairly active preflop, and you haven’t gone full article
Archive Pick: Pocket pair facing all in re-raise, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million, $530 buy in
Stage of tourney: ITM, near bubble
Avg stack: ~420k
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: No strong read, solid winner in PokerDB
Your hand: J♦J♣
Tens with limpers in front, no limit multi
Game type: $109 Freezeout, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Fairly early
Your image: Tight
Opponent’s image: n/a
Your hand: T♣T♥
The setup: You’re sitting on a playable stack in this freezeout tournament when the following hand comes up. You get TT in the SB. UTG, who has full article
Jacks facing three bet deep stacked
Game type: $30 rebuy, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Moving toward money
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: Fairly aggressive
Your hand: J♦J♥
The setup: You’ve built a nice stack in this rebuy tournament. The rebuy period is long closed and you’re moving toward the money when full article
Mediocre broadway versus preflop reraise
Game type: 6 max $30 Rebuy, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Later stages, rebuy period closed
Your image: Tightish
Opponent’s image: Same
Your hand: K♣J♣
The setup: You’re in the later stages of this $30 rebuy tournament. You took a nasty beat a few orbits ago and you’ve full article
Archive Pick: Aces in position on the river, major online tournament
Game type: Online no limit tournament
Stage of tourney: 47 / 4500 remain, small bubble at 46
Avg stack: 1.5m
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: A♠A♥
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The setup: You’re deep full article
Middle pair on the bubble, Stars Sunday Million
Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 2 Players until money
Your image: You’ve been all in a lot
Opponent’s image: Very tight
Your hand: 9♠9♣
The setup: You’ve been up and down the last few levels as your short stack forced you to get in often. full article
Dicey draw facing short stack all in
Game type: 1k freezeout on FTP
Stage of tourney: Mid stage
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: A little weak
Your hand: K♥Q♥
The setup: You’re in the middle stages of the weekly 1k freezeout on FTP when the following hand comes up. You get KQh in middle position, full article
Medium pair with a short stack, no limit
Game type: $100 1 rebuy 1 add on, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Nearing bubble
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: Aggressive
Your hand: 9♣9♥
The setup: You’ve hit a slump in this tournament and have dwindled to a short stack. This hand a fairly active full article
Medium pair facing heavy preflop action, NL MTT
Game type: $100 1 rebuy 1 add on, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Nearing bubble
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: Aggressive
Your hand: 8♣8♥
The setup: You’ve got a healthy, but still vulnerable stack in this $100 one rebuy one add on tournament that’s nearing the full article
Straight facing checkraise and call, NL MTT
Game type: $75 freezeout on Full Tilt
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: Aggressive
Your hand: J♠J♣
The setup: You’ve had an unusually active table in the $75 freezeout and there have been a number of big pots, creating a group of deeper stacks that you don’t often full article
Ace queen facing a call and a raise, nl tournament
Game type: 109 freezeout on PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Early to mid
Your image: Aggressive
Your hand: A♦Q♦
The setup: You’ve been active but haven’t been able to accumulate many chips in this tournament. This hand you get AQ UTG and decide to make it 3x. full article
AJ in early position with a short stack
Game type: $320 Freezeout on PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Nearing bubble
Your image: Tight
Opponent’s image: Opening wide early
Your hand: A♠J♦
The setup: You’ve dwindled to a short stack in this freezeout tournament when the following hand comes up. You’re dealt AJ in early position. UTG full article
Missed AK facing flop shove from short stack, nl tournament
Game type: $320 freezeout on PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Early to mid stage
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little loose
Your hand: A♠K♠
The setup: You’ve built a nice little stack so far in this tournament when the following hand comes up.
The table folds full article
Tens facing two preflop raises, nl tournament
Game type: PokerStars, $320 freezeout
Stage of tourney: Mid stages
Your hand: T♦T♣
The setup: You’re dealt TT in the SB of this $320 freezeout on Stars. You have an active image but haven’t really gotten out of line. A few players fold and full article
Kings facing turn lead, early in nl tournament
Game type: $200 freezeout on Full Tilt
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: Strong
Opponent’s image: No real read
Your hand: K♦K♣
The setup: You’re still in the early stages of the Sunday Mulligan on FTP when the following hand comes up. You get dealt KK in full article
Nuts on the turn facing a raise, nl tournament
Game type: $50 buy in tournament on Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Early
Your image: You’ve taken some good hands to showdown
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: T♣8♣
The setup: It’s still very early in this $50 buy in no limit tournament on FTP when you full article
Overpair on scary board, no limit tournament
Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: ITM
Your image: Fairly active
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: T♣T♦
The setup: You’ve been pretty active the last few orbits. You’re approaching the second level of money in the PokerStars Sunday Million. This hand full article
Small pair in early position, no limit tournament
Game type: $150 freezeout on PokerStars
Stage of tourney: ITM
Avg stack: About 34k
Your image: Fairly active
Your hand: 3♣3♦
The setup: You’re in the second level of the money in the nightly $150 tournament on PokerStars. You’ve been a bit up and down with your stack full article
QQ preflop early, no limit tournament
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
AK facing two raises preflop, no limit tournament
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
Turned top pair out of position, NL tournament
Game type: $5200 Main Event of WCOOP, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Moving toward bubble
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: Loose
Your hand: A♠T♥
The setup: You’re moving toward the money in the main event of the 2008 WCOOP. This hand, the table folds to the CO, full article
