   | Game: No-Limit Texas Hold'em | Position: Middle
| Blinds: $10/$20
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You're raising three times the big blind before the flop and get two players with you, including the player on the button. Flop comes and deals Ac-Js-Ts. First player raises by $20 and you decide to raise to $60. One player folds, button goes all-in. You have $620 left, a call costs you $250. What do you do?
| Call (Correct) (74%) |  | | Fold (26%) | |
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| Amarillo Slim (Correct) (45%) | | | Doyle Brunson (8%) | | | James Woods (7%) | | | Phil Ivey (40%) | |
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How many hours do you spend on playing online poker every week?
| 1 hour (4%) | | | 10+ hours (25%) | | | 3 hours (6%) | | | 7 hours (9%) | | | Never tried it (57%) | |
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"Poker is a combination of luck and skill. People think mastering the skill part is hard, but they're wrong. The trick to poker is mastering the luck."
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