Poker Quiz

Tom McEvoy's 20 Questions
     -- Tournaments

1)	You are playing a Hold 'em super satellite that awards four seats and you are down to five players. Player A, short-stacked, goes all-in. Player B, another short stack, also goes all-in. Player C, a big stack, then pushes his stack in. You are in the big blind with a medium stack. You look down and discover pocket aces. What is your play?
2)	You are in a tournament that pays two tables, and there are four tables left. You have averages chips and you are at a tight table. You look down in 2nd position and find J-10 suited and are first to enter the pot. What is your play?
3)	There are three eight-handed tables left in a tournament that pays 18 places. You look down on the button and find A-K suited. You have average chips. Two players go all-in and another player caps it before it gets to you. What is your play?
4)	You are two spots from the money in a $500 buy-in tournament. You have an above average stack, but you're not the chip leader at your table. Everyone seems to be playing tight, survival-style poker to make the money. Everyone folds to you, and you are next to the button with 7-2 offsuit. The button and both blinds are short stacks and are trying to hang on for their money. They only play strong hands. What is your play?
5)	In a tournament that is two tables away from the money, you are dealt pocket aces under the gun. You have seen the big blind getting ready to fold his hand and are unsure what the other players will do. Do you raise or slowplay?
6)	Late in a tournament you have two jacks on the button. A player in middle position has raised. What is your play?
7)	Everyone has folded to you late in the tournament and you picked up a tell that the big blind is likely to fold. You have Q-9 offsuit, and you know the button is a tight player. What is your play?
8)	You have 9-8 suited on the button. Everyone has passed. The big blind is a tight player and you know nothing about the small blind who just sat down. What is your play?
9)	You are on the button with Q-J. An action player with a big stack has already raised. The blinds look ready to fold. What is your play?
10)	You have a below average stack, one table away from the money. You need to double-up soon because the limits are about to go up. One player has brought it in for a raise, and you have aces on the button. Do you flat call and try to trap after the flop, or re-raise now, get rid of the blinds and expose your hand?
11)	You are one spot out of the money with a short stack, and you have A-Q in the big blind. The chip leader who has been running over the table raises on the button for the 5th straight time. You know you have the best starting hand. You notice the player on your left must go all-in in the blind on the next hand. What do you do?
12)	You have a big stack in the middle stages of the tournament. An aggressive action player raises from middle position. Everyone passes. You have two queens in the big blind. What is your play?
13)	Same situation as Question #12. You decide to flat call and trap after the flop. It comes K-4-2 of mixed suits. What is your preferred play?
14)	Same situation as Question #13, only the ace hits. What is your play?
15)	You are at a five-handed table, one out of the money. You have a medium stack. You are first to act with pocket sixes, and the blinds are huge. If you don't play the sixes or the next two blinds, you will be extremely short-stacked, but still alive in the tournament. What do you do?
16)	You are playing a super satellite with multiple rebuys. You have a pair of twos on the button. It is the first hand of the satellite, and four people push all of their chips in the pot before it gets to you. What is your play?
17)	In a super satellite, you have pocket aces under the gun on the opening hand. What is your play?
18)	You have pocket jacks in the big blind with a very short stack. If you fold the big blind for a raise and fold in the little blind, you will survive with the button and with one chip left. You are two out of the money with several short stacks. A solid player raises. What do you do?
19)	Same situation as #18 except you have an A-K in the big blind. One player goes all-in and another player raises, which puts you all-in. What is your play?
20)	You have an average stack, one out of the money, and you have pocket nines in the big blind. The chip leader raises. If you play this hand all the way to the river and win, you are now a big stack. If you lose, you are short-stacked. What is your play?