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Medium ace on the button facing UTG raise, nl tournament
Game type: Turbo MTT
Stage of tourney: Early
Avg stack: ~3k
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: No real read
Your hand: A♦9♥
The setup: You’ve built a little bit of a stack in this no limit turbo tournament when the following hand comes up. You’re dealt A9o on full article
Archive pick: Big pocket pair facing limp re-raise
Game type: PokerStars MTT, $150 buy in
Stage of tourney: Early
Avg stack: ~3k
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: J♦J♣
This quiz is taken from our archives and was originally posted on 1-31-08. To view the original quiz, comments and answer, click here
The setup: full article
Queens facing flop shove, Poker Stars Sunday Million
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: Q♦Q♥
This hand is taken from game play in the Stars Sunday Million on 4/20/08 between nurospoker and jaygee1984. You’ll full article
Archive Pick: Garbage hand on the final table bubble - PokerStars Sunday Million
Game type: NLHE tournament, PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 11 remain
Avg stack: ~6 million
Your image: Nursing the short stack
Opponent’s image: Relatively quiet
Your hand: 9♠2♥
This quiz is taken from our archives and originally appeared on 12/17/07. To view the original quiz, along with answer full article
Middle pair facing re-raise in the Sunday Million
Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 18 players remain
Avg stack: ~ 4M
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: Aggressive
Your hand: 8♦8♠
This hand is taken directly from game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on April 13th between NemoStars22 and Mescalin8. You will be full article
Archive Pick: KJ facing a three-bet shove, nl tourney
Game type: $50 Rebuy on Pokerstars
Stage of tourney: Rebut period closed, nowhere near the bubble
Avg stack: 13k
Your image: Unknown
Opponent’s image: You’ve seen this reshove once in the last couple of hands
Your hand: K♣J♦
This quiz is taken from our archives and originally ran on 11/30/07. full article
Top pair medium kicker on paired board, PokerStars Sunday Million
Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: In the money, 120 remain
Avg stack: ~ 600k
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: Smaller buy in losing player
Your hand: A♥9♥
This hand is taken directly from game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on April 6th
The setup: You’ve been full article
Pair and draw out of position on turn, PokerStars Sunday Million
Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million, $1k buy in
Stage of tourney: Close to the money
Avg stack: 42k
Your image: A little splashy
Opponent’s image: Has been playing the big stack aggressively
Your hand: 5♦5♥
This hand is based on actual game play in the PS Sunday Million on March full article
Top pair on monochrome board, PokerStars Sunday Million
Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: In the money
Avg stack: about 500k
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little desperate
Your hand: A♦9♥
Thsi hand is taken from actual gameplay in the PokerStars Sunday Million between pbdrunks and Big Pig 63. You’ll be standing in full article
Third pair on a draw-heavy board facing a turn lead, WCOOP main event
Game type: Main event of the WCOOP
Stage of tourney: Nowhere near a bubble
Avg stack: 208k
Your image: A little active
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: A♥7♥
The setup: It’s the main event of the World Championship of Online Poker. You have a below average stack full article
Missed turn with draw out of position, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 34 / 7300 remain
Avg stack: 2.6m
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: Has a history of being loose, but has been nitty last few orbits.
Your hand: A♦J♣
This hand is based on a hand that took place between pusteblume and full article
Draw facing a lead on the turn, PokerStars Sunday Million
Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 7 / 7600 remain
Avg stack: 11.2m
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: A little aggressive
Your hand: A♠Q♥
This hand is taken from game play in the PokerStars Sunday Million between Baikal7 and Kvanmo. You’ll be standing in for Kvanmo.
The full article
Kings on 3 flush turn, PokerStars Sunday Million
Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 37/3200
Avg stack: 860
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: A bit loose
Your hand: K♥K♦
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million between Pipedream17 and EASY DZ. You’ll be standing full article
Missed flop and turn, out of position, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Final table bubble, 12/6500
Avg stack: 5.7m
Your image: LAGish
Opponent’s image: Solid
Your hand: A♣8♣
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million between Queen West and Tired Loser. You’ll full article
Overpair versus a minimum raise, final table bubble of the Sunday Million
Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Final table bubble, 11 of ~7k remain
Avg stack: 6.5m
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: Ultra-tight
Your hand: K♣K♥
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million between pawelmaj and Gnuhunter. full article
Dumb end of the straight facing a river shove, no limit tournament
Game type: 1k buy in 6 max online, Full Tilt
Stage of tourney: Fairly early
Avg stack: ~6500
Your image: Active pre and post flop
Opponent’s image: Successful, thinking player
Your hand: 9♠9♣
The setup: You’ve accumulated a decent stack in this tournament when the following hand comes up. full article
Pair in early position facing a preflop re-raise, no limit tournament
Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: ITM, 33 / 7786 remain
Avg stack: ~2.5 m
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: ??
The setup: You’ve been a little more active than the table norm the last few orbits. You’re closing in on a full article
Improved draw on turn in position, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: ITM
Avg stack: ~800k
Your image: A little weak
Opponent’s image: Has been pretty aggressive with one of the leading stacks
Your hand: K♣Q♣
This hand is taken from actual gameplay in the Poker Stars Sunday Million. full article
Big pocket pair facing limp re-raise, no limit tournament
Game type: PokerStars MTT, $150 buy in
Stage of tourney: Early
Avg stack: ~3k
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: J♦J♣
The setup: It’s pretty early in this MTT on PokerStars. You’re an established tournament player with a very solid win rate. You don’t full article
Top pair medium kicker on the turn, Poker Stars Sunday Million
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♥T♣
This hand is taken from actual game play in the PS full article
Top pair out of position on the river, no limit tournament
Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Deep in the money, 51 / ~7000 remain
Avg stack: 1.2 million
Your image: Very aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little weird
Your hand: A♠Q♥
This hand is taken from actual gameplay in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on 12/9/07. The full article
Medium ace facing button raise, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Final table bubble, 11 remain
Avg stack: ~6.8 million
Your image: A little weak
Opponent’s image: Very aggressive
Your hand: A♦9♥
This hand is taken from actual gameplay in the PokerStars Sunday Million on January 20th. This hand took place full article
Overpair on the river in position, no limit tournament
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
AJ facing 4 bet shove, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: ITM, 37 / 7300 remain
Avg stack: ~ 2 million
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: Solid
Your hand: A♦J♥
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on January 13th. The full article
Missed flop in position on bubble, no limit tournament
Game type: 45 man SNG, no limit on Full Tilt
Stage of tourney: On bubble, money starts at 6th
Avg stack: ~9600
Your image: A little tight
Opponent’s image: Has been hitting everything and then some
Your hand: A♦10♠
The setup: You’re on the final table of a 45 man full article
