Re: Answer Sheet
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This was a quiz that tested your knowledge of Implied / Reverse-Implied Odds. Now I'm know genius and have only recently begun thinking about these concepts deeply.
I tried to create a quiz that hid which concepts I was trying to emphasize to see how people would respond. At the same time, I think it’s quite interesting how implied odds and reverse implied odds can have a counter intuitive logic.
Implied odds has a significant effect in all rounds of play. Although people often take them into consideration when figuring out how to play a draw, this concept is often over-looked preflop.
Some player simply think about the strength of their hand versus their opponents range. Instead it’s more beneficial to think how the hand is likely to play out (implied odds) given the relative strength of your hand vs your opponents range. Let’s see how this can be applied to the hands I posted.
Hand 1: FOLD. You are behind compared to his range. You have poor Reverse Implied Odds, even if you hit your Ace you’re likely to be behind or splitting the pot. It’ll be hard to get value out of your hand, since you’re OOP.
Hand 2: CALL. You have GOOD Implied Odds. If you hit your set, then you’re likely to be up against a strong hand by your opponent. Therefore, you can stack him.
Hand 3: RERAISE. Since it’s 6max, I think a reraise is the best play. However, I think the next best play is to fold. It’s hard to play hands oop against strong opponents. But since you’re hand is so much stronger than his range and since he plays a lot of Aces, you have good implied odds. The point of the reraise is to win it there or take control of the hand on the flop.
Hand 4: FOLD. You have Poor Implied Odds. Even though your hand is stronger than his range. It’ll be hard to play this hand oop against the opponent if you don’t flop a set. At the same time, even if you do flop a set, you’re unlikely to get paid-off since most flops miss your opponent.
Why it can be hard to grasp. You fold AQo and call with 33 against a strong range. You ReRaise with AQo and fold with 33 against a loose range.
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My answers:
1) Fold.
2) Fold or call. What does "aggressive smart post-flop style" mean? Will he be able to lay down an overpair to aggresion? If i have reason to belive that i will frequently get his stack if i hit, i call.
In practice i would probably call anyway..
3)Reraise.
4) Fold or rereaise. I know i should be reraising more often, but i usually just folds. It depend on the kind of opponent(is he folding often to reraises?). If i have folded to most of his button raises lately, this might be a good time to reraise, as his loose range makes it unlikely that he will be able to call.
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