Advanced Poker Strategy Quiz Welcome to your Advanced Poker Strategy Quiz. This quiz is based on the Advanced Poker Strategy Course, and its purpose is to test your understanding of the advanced poker principles with simple examples inspired by the tutorials of the course. On top of each question is a link to the corresponding tutorial in case you want to review the theory before answering the question. So, let's get started! Hand Ranges The above is an open range of about 38% hands. Would you say it is a good open range from: A middle position The cut-off The button An early positionExpected Value You are facing a rock-tight opponent. You have K♥3♥ and on the turn, the board is A♥10♥8♣4♠. There are 100$ in the pot, and your opponent bets his last 50$. You give your opponent credit for top pair or better. What should you do? Fold CallPot Odds You are facing a rock-tight opponent. On the turn, the board is A♣10♥9♣2♦. The pot is 100$, and you have only 30$ more in your stack. Your opponent goes all-in and you put him on top pair or better. With which of the following hands would you call? K♠J♠ K♣J♣ Q♠J♠ K♣10♣ Q♣J♣Implied Odds You are up against two relatively loose opponents with position. You are holding T♣9♥, and on the turn, the board is A♦8♥7♣2♠. The first opponent bets 75$, and the second calls. There are 250$ in the pot, and you have a total of 225$ more left, while your opponents have you covered. What should you do? Call, you are getting enough expressed and implied odds to make the call Raise all-in, fold equity combined with your chances of making your hand give you the highest EV Fold, you are not getting enough expressed and implied odds to make the callThree-Betting Which of the following situation would favor a polarized 3-bet range like above meaning 3-betting with the top and bottom parts of your continuing hands (hands in blue) while calling with the middle hands (hands in green), over a merged 3-bet range? Playing against an opponent that folds a lot to 3-bets Playing against a weak opponent Having good position Playing against a skilled opponent The cost of calling being lowFold Equity You open-raise from middle position with 10♥9♥ and get called by the big blind. The flop comes A♣5♠4♠, and your opponent checks. What should you do? Check, your opponent may well have called with an ace Bet full pot to maximize your fold equity Bet half pot, it should be enough if your opponent has airThree-Betting You are on the big blind with J♠J♦. An unknown player raises from the cut-off to 3bb, what should you do? Call, you do not want to play a big pot out of position Raise to 12bb, you want to make your opponent pay if wants to see a flop Raise to 9bb, you have a strong hand and want to induce some actionPot Commitment You are playing heads up against a tight opponent relatively short stacked. You 3-bet him preflop and he 4-bets all-in. At that point, you have committed 20% of your stack and estimate that your opponent has a tight, 10% hand range.With which of the following hands are you pot-committed to call? AQo JJ A6s 88 KJThe Gap Concept You are on the big-blind facing an early position open-raise. With which of these hands would you choose to defend (either call or 3-bet)? 99 AQo AJs 87s 44Limping in Poker You are in middle position in a weak, passive table. In front of you, two players have already limped in. With which of these hands would you consider limping instead of raising or folding? 97s 85o KQs TT 66 Your Name Your Email Subscribe me to your newsletter! Time is Up!
