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New Quiz

February 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Been awhile since a quiz, yeah?
Okay… this one is about getting maximum value out of big hands.
Your playing a $1/$2 cash game with a full ring of 10 players. The table is a mix bag of loose aggressive players to tight mice types that only play big hands. You sitting in the SB […]

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Quiz 7 - Against a flush draw

December 6th, 2007 · 3 Comments

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Okay as promised, this is taken from a hand that I witnessed at my table during the Boomtown Casino weekly tournament last night. Since I know the cards and how it played, I present it to you. BTW, pretend that you performed the action the player you are playing with did and decide […]

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Quiz 6: What about luck?

November 23rd, 2007 · 3 Comments

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I’m so sick of finishing near the money in this 5k tournament at Bodog… seriously… 4th time I’ve finished 30 or less from the money. Anyway, here’s one of the hands from that tournament.
You’re playing a $5000 multi-table online tournament. It’s more than midway through… only 180 of 402 players remain. Blinds […]

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Quiz 5: Small pockets in a micro-limit cash game

November 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments

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For this quiz, you’ll be playing as my opponent. This comes from a micro-limit game that I played yesterday on Bodog.
You’re on the button playing a .05/.10 cash game. You don’t have a lot of information on the other players… you’ve seen the UTG+1 (me) has only played 1 hand in the […]

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Time for a quiz

November 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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This is a hand that I played at the tournament at Boomtown on Wednesday.
It’s the final table. 9 players remain… 6 places pay. With your tight/aggressive style, you’ve managed to come back from a chip and a chair, literally, to $6200 in chips. The blinds are at $400/$800 and will be going […]

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WBCOP Finish and Another Quiz

October 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Just busted out of the WBCOP in 250th place out of 1337 total players. Not a bad showing, but certainly not as good as I hoped for. Anyway… I saved some of the more interesting hands from that tournament and I have quiz of one of them. This quiz is about getting maximum value out of a premium hand.

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Another quiz: In a squeeze

October 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments

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I realized that I never really answered the last quiz… which is fine, as I think it’s really just a problem to get the thoughts going. This quiz however, I will give my thoughts on in the comments section. Please feel free to agree/disagree and post your thoughts on this quiz in the […]

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