   | 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?
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"There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one."
- Jack Yelton
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  | Game: No-Limit Texas Hold'em, Tournament | Position: Big Blind
| Blinds: $150/$300
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Only four players remain. You have the shortest stack of $1900 after posting the big blind. You've noticed that the game has become fairly tight. Third seat upsets you with a $800 raise. What are you going to do?
| | Fold: This is definitely an all-in or fold situation, but we still feel that your very low pair is of great disadvantage. A late player raises you and since the table is tight, you're likely up for very tough competition. In fact, you may even be up against a higher pair, although that is highly unlikely.
To sum it up, you still have a chance to make a stance in this tournament, but the fourth lowest pair is probably not going to do the trick.
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| All-in (62%) |  | | Call (23%) | | | Fold (15%) | |  |
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  | Game: No Limit Texas Hold'em, Cash Game | Position: Late
| Limit: $3/$6
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You are playing heads-up against an aggressive player who usually raises before the flop. Both of you have about $200 in chips. The opponent is on the button and raises to $12. What do you do?
| | Call: This is a very difficult situation. Most players raise with at least one solid card, such as king or ace. Holding pocket nines may very well hold up in this heads-up as the opponent is the underdog as long as he isn't holding a higher pair.
A raise would seem a bit too steep here and you could trigger an all-in situation, which is definitely not worth the risk with only 9-9.
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| All-in (36%) | | | Call (22%) | | | Fold (0%) | | | Raise ($24) (41%) | | |
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  | Game: No Limit Texas Hold'em, Cash Game | Position: Early
| Blinds: $3/$6
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You take two players with you to the flop with $60 in the pot. The flop comes Ks-Kd-5d. You bet $30, one player folds and the other raises to $60. You know he is a solid and aggressive player. Both of you have more than $700 in chips. What do you do?
| | Call: Your opponent may hold anything up to a full house in this situation. The turn card will be crucial to the development of the game, but you have a good chance of scoring a flush, or a Q or J, or T and A for a straight.
Raising here is too dangerous. In fact, your opponent may force you to go all-in if he holds something stronger than your hand.
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| All-in (22%) | | | Call (43%) | | | Fold (10%) | | | Re-raise to $100 (25%) | | |
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 | Game: No Limit Hold'em, tournament | Position: Early
| Limit: $300/$600
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You raise to $1200 and big blind is the only one to call. You have only $5,400 left in your stack. The flop is Q-J-7 and your opponent bets $1400. What do you do?
| | Call: You are obviously facing a very difficult situation here. Your opponent could hold a queen or KK if you are very unlucky, but the chances for this are rather slim. You've already put in a considerable amount of money to the pot, and, because your opponent is facing you alone, he is likely going to attempt to outraise you ands teal the blinds and your pot.
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| All-in (46%) | | | Call (24%) | | | Fold (13%) | | | Raise (16%) | | |
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 | Game: No Limit Hold'em, tournament | Position: Button
| Limit: $1000/$2000
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You are on the button with Q-Q in a tournament with four players left. All players call the big blind and flop shows J-Q-K. First player raises, everyone calls and turn card shows ace. It is then checked up to you. What do you do?
| | Strong raise: Sitting on the button gives you the opportunity to act last, and in this situation it proves to be of great advantage.
You are obviously putting yourself at risk with a strong raise, but we have to face the facts here. All opponents checked on the last card, indicating that they should not have a straight. If they did, it would be very likely for them to at least raise by a little, since they only risk a split pot if a 10 comes up.
A small raise is of course quite acceptable but not optimal in this situation, since you are on the button and since people may start thinking that you're only after the pot. Besides, you might get a common re-raise instead, and after that, there's no telling if your opponent really has a good card, or if he just called your "bluff".
In tournaments you must face great risks and this is definitely worth a shot, since you have already gotten so far in the tournament. Additionally, you might even win if an opponent thinks two pair is enough, or even a pair of aces.
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| All-in (29%) | | | Check (24%) | | | Small raise (15%) | | | Strong raise (32%) | | |
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  | Game: No Limit Hold'em, cash game | Position: Middle position
| Limit: $2/$4
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It is folded up to you and you call. The two players after you raise and re-raise. The following players fold up to you. What will you do?
| | Fold: You are probably up for some tough competition since two players in a late position raise and re-raise. If the re-raiser was on the button, you could of course assume he was going after the blinds, but in this situation, you must assume that your opponents hold sturdy hands.
On one hand, a pair of sevens is considered to be very solid against one player, but one of the other two may very well hold a high pair, if not AK, KQ or even QJ.
A call is obviously an acceptable move, but you will play against your odds.
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| All-in (12%) | | | Call (30%) | | | Fold (50%) | | | Raise (7%) | | |
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 | Game: No Limit Hold'em, cash game | Position: Big Blind
| Blinds: $5/$10
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You have three players with you on the flop (7-8-9 off suit), with no bets. No player bets, you raise and get called by one player. Turn card is 5. Player bets $10. What will you do?
| | Raise: This is a very difficult situation. Because there is no pre-flop raise, you cannot know for sure what a player holds but you can be pretty sure that it's not two high cards.
On the turn card, you have only one player with you who called your post-flop raise. Because of this, you can naturally assume that the player has a) an open straight draw, b) a straight or c) a pair of eights or nines. To rule out the first and last option, a re-raise should do the trick since the player wouldn't want to risk money on just the river card.
Call is not an option since you would trigger your opponent into thinking that you have an average hand. By raising, you re-assure that your hand is truly the best one on the table.
If you get re-raised, you should fold, knowing that your opponent is taking a risk you cannot afford, or the possibility of milking hands (in this case, straight).
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| Call (39%) | | | Fold (9%) | | | Raise (52%) | | |
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  | Game: No Limit Hold'em, cash game | Position: Big Blind
| Blinds: $5/$10
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You are on the big blind. It is raised around you when three players go all-in with pots bigger than yours. You have the option to fold or go all-in. What will you do?
| | Fold: Even though it is very likely that you have the best starting hand, going all-in against three other opponents in this game is nothing but dangerous. With four players involved in all-in situations, you are likely going to face the table with several possible combinations that could kill your strong hand.
All you can hope for in this situation is that another king pops up, or you're likely beaten out by two pairs, a straight, flush or even three of a kind.
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 | Game: No Limit Hold'em, cash game | Position: Button
| Blinds: $2/$4
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You are in heads-up against an opponent who has gone all-in with $25 before the flop. You happen to know that he is not holding a pair. What will you do?
| | Call: You always have a slight advantage with the lowest pair possible, even before the flop comes. In this scenario, if your opponent has any two cards better than yours and offsuit, you have a 52 percent chance of winning. If he holds a 2 and any other card on his hand, the odds are 65 percent in your favor.
Obviously, a fold is fully acceptable too but since you already know that he has no pair and since we are talking about $25 and not $1,000, it is definitely worth the risk.
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 | Game: No-Limit Hold’em, cash game | Position: Button
| Blinds: $2/$4
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You sit in front of a six player table and three players call in front of you. Your opponents are about average with plenty of chips at the table. What do you do?
| | Raise: It is unlikely that an opponent has a better hand than you. By raising at least four times the big blind, you will most certainly eliminate the people with the worst hands and maximize your chance of winning.
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| Call (19%) | | | Fold (3%) | | | Raise $16 (78%) | | |
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| Game: Limit Texas Hold'em, Cash game | Position: Big Blind
| Limit: $20-$40
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An early player raises and a late player calls. What do you do?
| | Call: You should 20 percent of all hand combinations are better than your hand. You should have a decent chance of winning this pot.
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| Call (56%) | | | Fold (24%) | | | Raise (20%) | | |
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 | Game: Limit Texas Hold'em, Cash game | Position: Middle
| Limit: $5-$10
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Everyone folds up to you. What do you do?
| | Raise: You should maximize your chances of winning by raising. Your hand is strong and if you hit an ace on the flop, you have a good chance of winning.
A fold is accepted too, although we recommend a raise.
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| Call (26%) | | | Fold (6%) | | | Raise (69%) | | |
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  | Game: No-Limit Hold'em, Cash game | Position: Small Blind
| Blinds: $1/$2
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Everyone folds up to you in the small blind. What do you do?
| | Fold: Obvious fold. You can't try to steal with whatever garbage you get, that's just way too aggressive and reckless.
Save your steal attempts to hands which atleast have some kind of potential to improve.
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| Call (33%) | | | Fold (27%) | | | Raise (40%) | | |
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 | Game: Limit Hold'em, Cash game | Position: Late pos.
| Limit: $5/$10
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A player in late position raises, you call and so does the big blind with the flop coming Q , T, 6. Both of your opponents check. What do you do?
| | Check. You have the best possible hand but the pot is still small and you only have two opponents. Betting might scare them with this kind of flop.
Since the chance of you being outdrawn is very small you should let them see the turn for a free chance at improving.
If no one bets on the turn you are of course going to have to.
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| Bet (60%) | | | Check (38%) | | | Fold (2%) | | |
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| Game: Limit Hold'em, Cash game | Position: Button
| Limit: $2/$4
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Everyone folds up to you on the button. What do you do?
| | Raise. You have a pretty good holding.
Seeing as no one has voluntarily entered the pot yet and you have the best position you should raise and challenge the blinds.
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| Call (36%) | | | Fold (2%) | | | Raise (62%) | | |
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  | Game: Limit Hold'em, Cash game | Position: Middle Pos.
| Limit: $15/$30
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An early position player has called and now it's your turn to act. What do you do?
| | Raise. You have a good hand with your AQ but it is unsuited and plays better against as few opponents as possible.
You raise in order to limit the field and hopefully drive out everyone left to act.
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| Call (35%) | | | Fold (3%) | | | Raise (61%) | | |
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| Game: Limit Hold'em, Cash game | Position: Button
| Limit: $10/$20
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Everyone folds up to the player on your right who raises. What do you do?
| | Raise. You should only consider calling with pocket aces on the button if you are more or less sure to be up against just one opponent, ie usually the big blind.
Since you have good reason to believe his raise was a position raise your opponent will not suspect you to necessarily be holding such a strong hand despite your re-raise.
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| Call (33%) | | | Fold (2%) | | | Raise (65%) | | |
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  | Game: Limit Hold'em, Cash game | Position: First pos.
| Limit: $2/$4
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You are the first player to act, what do you do?
| | Call. This is the kind of hand that plays well against many opponents as you are mostly hoping on hitting big, either a straight or a flush.
Raising will drive out opponents and you also risk getting re-raised by an even stronger hand, forcing you to possibly play an inferior hand heads-up.
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| Call (47%) | | | Fold (11%) | | | Raise (42%) | | |
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| Game: No-Limit Hold'em, Cash game | Position: First pos.
| Blinds: $2/$4
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You raise pre-flop and get called by two late position players with the two blinds folding. The flop comes Q , 6 , 6.
| | Potsize Bet. You unfortunately didn't hit any of your cards but the flop was fairly good anyway since it was paired thereby lowering the chance that it hit any of your opponents. Make a potsize bet and find out where you stand.
Betting all-in is not a good idea, if someone hit the flop you are either going to win a small pot or lose a big one.
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| Bet all-in (17%) | | | Check (42%) | | | Potsize bet (41%) | | |
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| Game: Limit Texas Hold'em, Cash game | Position: Small Blind
| Limit: $5/$10
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First player to act calls, the next one raises and everyone else folds up to you.
| | Fold. It might seem like a pretty good deal but this hand is very bad against an early position raiser as you stand a good chance of being dominated by for example AK. Plus your position of course is the worst possible.
If you had to play a hand in this situation then a suited connector such as 87s would've been better.
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| Call (50%) | | | Fold (22%) | | | Raise (29%) | | |
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| Game: Limit Texas Hold'em, Cash game | Position: Early pos.
| Limit: $1/$2
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The first player to act calls and now it's your turn.
| | Fold. You are sitting in a terrible position holding a hand which can easily be dominated even by not so great hands such as AJo.
If the cards were suited it might've been worth a call depending on the type of opponents you are up against, ie if there tends to be a lot of unraised hands pre-flop with many callers.
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| Call (62%) | | | Fold (14%) | | | Raise (24%) | | |
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