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You are dealt an Ace-Jack off suit on the button in hold-em. There have been two limpers and the players in the blind tend to be loose. What is the correct play?
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You are in a no limit game and have been dealt pocket queens right under the gun. Your best play is:
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You are playing 7 card stud and a liberal player with a Jack up raises and you have split queens with a seven kicker. There is another queen out. A very conservative player with a four as his doorcard then raises again. The original player with a jack showing folds what is your best play?
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You are in a hold-em tournament and have a ten-four suited. You are going to have to post the big blind next and will be all in when you do. Your best play is to:
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The same scenario as Question 4 except you have a king-jack off suit now what do you do?
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You are on the button in a limit hold-em tournament and have been dealt a queen-jack--it doesn't make much difference if it is suited or not because everyone else has folded to you. If you play the hand for a raise you will be all in and the big blind has a lot of chips and will probably call with any two cards. It is uncertain what the small blind will do. What is your best play?
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Same situation as question 6 except your hand is Ace-deuce off-suit and you have about 4 big bets left. The big blind figures to always defend in this situation. Your play is:
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You are playing 7-card stud hi-low split with an 8 or better qualifier for low. You have a 6-7-8 of different suits. A low card brings it, in a three raises the pot, and it gets re-raised by a player with a king showing. None of your connecting straight cards are showing. What is the best play?
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Referring to question 8. You decide to call and the low hand now catches an Ace and the high hand catches another face card. You pair the seven. The Ace in board now bets, the player with the two face cards calls and it is up to you. Should you
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Lets go back to question 9 and the Ace Bets out and is now raised by the two face cards. What is your play?
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You are dealt pocket Aces under the gun in limit hold-em and bring it in for a raise. A solid player raises again and another solid player puts in the 3rd raise. There is one raise left and you decide to cap it, and everyone calls. The flop comes King- Queen Five of different suits. You decide to bet and get raised by both opponents. What is your play?
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You hold pocket queens in limit hold-em. A solid player raises under the gun, another solid player puts in another raise, and a 3rd solid player raises again. You are on the button. What do you do?
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You are in a game against extremely tight players and one player is raising every other hand--a maniac. The maniac raises once again in middle position--there are no limpers. You are next to act with an Ace-Ten off-suit. What do you do?
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Most players know that you want loose aggressive players on your right and more passive players on your left. What would you do if you were in a game with two maniacs on your immediate left that were raising every hand no matter what their cards were and betting out on every flop no matter what came. A seat came open that you could take that would put both maniacs on your immediate right. So far you are losing. What option would you take?
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You are dealt a 2-3-7 of mixed suits in a 7-card stud hi-low split 8 or better game. A high card raises and you were the low card bring in. Everyone folds and it is up to you. What is your play?
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You are low with deuce showing in 7 Stud 8 or Better. A king raises and is called by a queen. A player with an 8 also calls. You look down and find yourself with rolled up deuces. What should you do?
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In hold 'em you have pocket 7's on the button. There have been 5 limpers and then an action player on your right raises the pot. The limpers generally do not re-raise. What is your best play?
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You are playing in the first round of Binion's $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker. You have only been playing about 20 minutes and you find pocket Kings and raise to $300. A player you have never played with before then raises another $1,000 you decide to call his $1,000 and raise $2,000 more. This means you have 1/3 of your starting stack already in the pot. Your opponent then moves all in. If you call and win you have doubled up if you call and lose you are out of the tournament. If you fold you are now the shortest stack at the table. There is only one hand (ACES) that can beat you. What do you do now?
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You are in late position two off the button with Queen-Jack suited. There are two limpers and the players behind you will not raise in this situation without big hands. What is your best play.
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In hold 'em you raise in early position with Ace-King and much to your surprise get four callers. The flop comes ten-seven-three of different suits. What is your best play?
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Tom McEvoy's 20 Questions
