Can you Ace my quiz?

[Jamougha]

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fold/call/raise for 1, 2 and 3.

Final one call or reraise are both OK.

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Help a brother out, what's the thought behind the raise on hand 3?

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He's raising a load of total crap that we dominate. Force him to lay it down or put money in as a dog. If called we still have a hand to play, and with the initiative we have a much better chance of winning.

[ValarMorghulis]

1) EZ Fold (Good chance of being dominated even if you hit)
2) EZ Call (Set value)
3) Call (Sometimes re-reraise)
4) EZ Call

[Isura]

All,

I think that calling in hand 4 for purely set value is wrong.

[Paul Thomson]

I like this kind of thinking. I think similar logic applies to the other hands. And yes i'm being obtuse on purpose.

[xwillience]

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All,

I think that calling in hand 4 for purely set value is wrong.

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you suggest reraising more often then calling then?

I dont like playing this hand OOP and against a wide range, you dont know where you at. Either way i think you have to lead the flop though or c/r maybe a strong line?

[yad]

I think 3 and 4 are both clear reraises.

Calling in hand 4 and playing exclusively for set value is just asking for the button to take your money IMO. Against his range, you have terrible implied odds for your set. But you do have lots of FE: reraise and make him pay for trying to steal your blinds.

I think #2 is a clear call. You can play for set value only and be fine, or you can play a bit more aggressively if you know what you're doing.

#1 is the most difficult IMO. I will sometimes call, sometimes reraise, and sometimes fold in this spot. I think calling is probably not a great idea but I will do it sometimes. My default is to reraise, but if UTG really is that tight in his raising standards I can see folding.

[Matt Flynn]

I'll try. Full time job plus kids plus baseball / Indian Guides / etc plus book to write plus poker plus can't type makes it difficult.

[Paul Thomson]

YAD-

THE BIG WINNER!!! You ACED my quiz.

But I'd fold Hand 4, the vast majority of the time. On occasion, I'll reraise.

And you're right, Hand 1 is tough. I thought of making his hand range tighter to make it a more obvious FOLD!

Well done.

[Jamougha]

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#1 is the most difficult IMO.

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H1 is by far the easiest. Fold this every single time against that range.

Btw, villain is a flipping nit.

[vulturesrow]

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I'll try. Full time job plus kids plus baseball / Indian Guides / etc plus book to write plus poker plus can't type makes it difficult.

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Understood. I have a life as well. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Figured it couldnt hurt to ask. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

PS Does your coauthor have a life? [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]