1)You are playing a Hold 'em super satellite that awards four seats and you are down to five players. Player A, short-stacked, goes all-in. Player B, another short stack, also goes all-in. Player C, a big stack, then pushes his stack in. You are in the big blind with a medium stack. You look down and discover pocket aces. What is your play?
2)You are in a tournament that pays two tables, and there are four tables left. You have averages chips and you are at a tight table. You look down in 2nd position and find J-10 suited and are first to enter the pot. What is your play?
3)There are three eight-handed tables left in a tournament that pays 18 places. You look down on the button and find A-K suited. You have average chips. Two players go all-in and another player caps it before it gets to you. What is your play?
4)You are two spots from the money in a $500 buy-in tournament. You have an above average stack, but you're not the chip leader at your table. Everyone seems to be playing tight, survival-style poker to make the money. Everyone folds to you, and you are next to the button with 7-2 offsuit. The button and both blinds are short stacks and are trying to hang on for their money. They only play strong hands. What is your play?
5)In a tournament that is two tables away from the money, you are dealt pocket aces under the gun. You have seen the big blind getting ready to fold his hand and are unsure what the other players will do. Do you raise or slowplay?
6)Late in a tournament you have two jacks on the button. A player in middle position has raised. What is your play?
7)Everyone has folded to you late in the tournament and you picked up a tell that the big blind is likely to fold. You have Q-9 offsuit, and you know the button is a tight player. What is your play?
8)You have 9-8 suited on the button. Everyone has passed. The big blind is a tight player and you know nothing about the small blind who just sat down. What is your play?
9)You are on the button with Q-J. An action player with a big stack has already raised. The blinds look ready to fold. What is your play?
10)You have a below average stack, one table away from the money. You need to double-up soon because the limits are about to go up. One player has brought it in for a raise, and you have aces on the button. Do you flat call and try to trap after the flop, or re-raise now, get rid of the blinds and expose your hand?
11)You are one spot out of the money with a short stack, and you have A-Q in the big blind. The chip leader who has been running over the table raises on the button for the 5th straight time. You know you have the best starting hand. You notice the player on your left must go all-in in the blind on the next hand. What do you do?
12)You have a big stack in the middle stages of the tournament. An aggressive action player raises from middle position. Everyone passes. You have two queens in the big blind. What is your play?
13)Same situation as Question #12. You decide to flat call and trap after the flop. It comes K-4-2 of mixed suits. What is your preferred play?
14)Same situation as Question #13, only the ace hits. What is your play?
15)You are at a five-handed table, one out of the money. You have a medium stack. You are first to act with pocket sixes, and the blinds are huge. If you don't play the sixes or the next two blinds, you will be extremely short-stacked, but still alive in the tournament. What do you do?
16)You are playing a super satellite with multiple rebuys. You have a pair of twos on the button. It is the first hand of the satellite, and four people push all of their chips in the pot before it gets to you. What is your play?
17)In a super satellite, you have pocket aces under the gun on the opening hand. What is your play?
18)You have pocket jacks in the big blind with a very short stack. If you fold the big blind for a raise and fold in the little blind, you will survive with the button and with one chip left. You are two out of the money with several short stacks. A solid player raises. What do you do?
19)Same situation as #18 except you have an A-K in the big blind. One player goes all-in and another player raises, which puts you all-in. What is your play?
20)You have an average stack, one out of the money, and you have pocket nines in the big blind. The chip leader raises. If you play this hand all the way to the river and win, you are now a big stack. If you lose, you are short-stacked. What is your play?
2)You are in a tournament that pays two tables, and there are four tables left. You have averages chips and you are at a tight table. You look down in 2nd position and find J-10 suited and are first to enter the pot. What is your play?
3)There are three eight-handed tables left in a tournament that pays 18 places. You look down on the button and find A-K suited. You have average chips. Two players go all-in and another player caps it before it gets to you. What is your play?
4)You are two spots from the money in a $500 buy-in tournament. You have an above average stack, but you're not the chip leader at your table. Everyone seems to be playing tight, survival-style poker to make the money. Everyone folds to you, and you are next to the button with 7-2 offsuit. The button and both blinds are short stacks and are trying to hang on for their money. They only play strong hands. What is your play?
5)In a tournament that is two tables away from the money, you are dealt pocket aces under the gun. You have seen the big blind getting ready to fold his hand and are unsure what the other players will do. Do you raise or slowplay?
6)Late in a tournament you have two jacks on the button. A player in middle position has raised. What is your play?
7)Everyone has folded to you late in the tournament and you picked up a tell that the big blind is likely to fold. You have Q-9 offsuit, and you know the button is a tight player. What is your play?
8)You have 9-8 suited on the button. Everyone has passed. The big blind is a tight player and you know nothing about the small blind who just sat down. What is your play?
9)You are on the button with Q-J. An action player with a big stack has already raised. The blinds look ready to fold. What is your play?
10)You have a below average stack, one table away from the money. You need to double-up soon because the limits are about to go up. One player has brought it in for a raise, and you have aces on the button. Do you flat call and try to trap after the flop, or re-raise now, get rid of the blinds and expose your hand?
11)You are one spot out of the money with a short stack, and you have A-Q in the big blind. The chip leader who has been running over the table raises on the button for the 5th straight time. You know you have the best starting hand. You notice the player on your left must go all-in in the blind on the next hand. What do you do?
12)You have a big stack in the middle stages of the tournament. An aggressive action player raises from middle position. Everyone passes. You have two queens in the big blind. What is your play?
13)Same situation as Question #12. You decide to flat call and trap after the flop. It comes K-4-2 of mixed suits. What is your preferred play?
14)Same situation as Question #13, only the ace hits. What is your play?
15)You are at a five-handed table, one out of the money. You have a medium stack. You are first to act with pocket sixes, and the blinds are huge. If you don't play the sixes or the next two blinds, you will be extremely short-stacked, but still alive in the tournament. What do you do?
16)You are playing a super satellite with multiple rebuys. You have a pair of twos on the button. It is the first hand of the satellite, and four people push all of their chips in the pot before it gets to you. What is your play?
17)In a super satellite, you have pocket aces under the gun on the opening hand. What is your play?
18)You have pocket jacks in the big blind with a very short stack. If you fold the big blind for a raise and fold in the little blind, you will survive with the button and with one chip left. You are two out of the money with several short stacks. A solid player raises. What do you do?
19)Same situation as #18 except you have an A-K in the big blind. One player goes all-in and another player raises, which puts you all-in. What is your play?
20)You have an average stack, one out of the money, and you have pocket nines in the big blind. The chip leader raises. If you play this hand all the way to the river and win, you are now a big stack. If you lose, you are short-stacked. What is your play?
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1)You are playing a Hold 'em super satellite that awards four seats and you are down to five players. Player A, short-stacked, goes all-in. Player B, another short stack, also goes all-in. Player C, a big stack, then pushes his stack in. You are in the big blind with a medium stack. You look down and discover pocket aces. What is your play?
Answer: Throw them in the muck. One or more players should be eliminated in this hand. You are only trying to win a seat, not the satellite itself.
2)You are in a tournament that pays two tables, and there are four tables left. You have averages chips and you are at a tight table. You look down in 2nd position and find J-10 suited and are first to enter the pot. What is your play?
Answer: Fold. It is too early position to risk chips with a drawing hand like J-10 suited.
3)There are three eight-handed tables left in a tournament that pays 18 places. You look down on the button and find A-K suited. You have average chips. Two players go all-in and another player caps it before it gets to you. What is your play?
Answer: Fold. You are getting close to the money, and A-K is only a drawing hand. Wait until you can be the agressor.
4)You are two spots from the money in a $500 buy-in tournament. You have an above average stack, but you're not the chip leader at your table. Everyone seems to be playing tight, survival-style poker to make the money. Everyone folds to you, and you are next to the button with 7-2 offsuit. The button and both blinds are short stacks and are trying to hang on for their money. They only play strong hands. What is your play?
Answer: Raise. It is a perfect time to steal the blinds. On a steal attempt, it doesn't matter what your cards are.
5)In a tournament that is two tables away from the money, you are dealt pocket aces under the gun. You have seen the big blind getting ready to fold his hand and are unsure what the other players will do. Do you raise or slowplay?
Answer: Raise. If nobody calls, you at least win the blinds.
6)Late in a tournament you have two jacks on the button. A player in middle position has raised. What is your play?
Answer: Re-raise. You want to drive out the blinds and get it heads-up with position. Players are usually more conservative in tournaments and will fold more blinds.
7)Everyone has folded to you late in the tournament and you picked up a tell that the big blind is likely to fold. You have Q-9 offsuit, and you know the button is a tight player. What is your play?
Answer: Raise. This is a good chance to win the blinds here and get the button to fold slightly better hands than yours.
8)You have 9-8 suited on the button. Everyone has passed. The big blind is a tight player and you know nothing about the small blind who just sat down. What is your play?
Answer: Raise. Most players are more conservative about defending their blinds in tournaments, even against button raisers.
9)You are on the button with Q-J. An action player with a big stack has already raised. The blinds look ready to fold. What is your play?
Answer: Fold. The action player beat you to the steal. Q-J is too risky to play against him.
10)You have a below average stack, one table away from the money. You need to double-up soon because the limits are about to go up. One player has brought it in for a raise, and you have aces on the button. Do you flat call and try to trap after the flop, or re-raise now, get rid of the blinds and expose your hand?
Answer: Re-raise. Survival is essential late in the tournament with a shorter stack. Better to win a smaller pot than risk losing all your chips to one of the blinds that might have played.
11)You are one spot out of the money with a short stack, and you have A-Q in the big blind. The chip leader who has been running over the table raises on the button for the 5th straight time. You know you have the best starting hand. You notice the player on your left must go all-in in the blind on the next hand. What do you do?
Answer: If you have to go all-in to play, you should fold. If you can play and still have enough chips left to survive the small blind, then play. With a short stack, you want to survive to the money if possible, even with only one chip left.
12)You have a big stack in the middle stages of the tournament. An aggressive action player raises from middle position. Everyone passes. You have two queens in the big blind. What is your play?
Answer: Just call. Re-raising is not bad, but if little cards come you can trap him for extra bets and he might even call you down with ace-high. If an ace or king comes on the flop, you can still get away cheap if you think you're beat.
13)Same situation as Question #12. You decide to flat call and trap after the flop. It comes K-4-2 of mixed suits. What is your preferred play?
Answer: I would lead into him and see what he does. The king is not as dangerous as the ace would have been.
14)Same situation as Question #13, only the ace hits. What is your play?
Answer: I would either lead into him or check-raise. If I led and he raised, I'd fold. If he called my check-raise, I would check on 4th street and fold if he bets.
15)You are at a five-handed table, one out of the money. You have a medium stack. You are first to act with pocket sixes, and the blinds are huge. If you don't play the sixes or the next two blinds, you will be extremely short-stacked, but still alive in the tournament. What do you do?
Answer: Raise. If successful, you have a good chance of getting to the final table with chips. Don't forget that the big pay-offs are at the top three spots.
16)You are playing a super satellite with multiple rebuys. You have a pair of twos on the button. It is the first hand of the satellite, and four people push all of their chips in the pot before it gets to you. What is your play?
Answer: If you don't plan to rebuy, fold. If you do play to rebuy, call and gamble on hitting your set. If you win, you will have a huge chip advantage and probably not ever rebuy. If you lose, you can always rebuy and start over.
17)In a super satellite, you have pocket aces under the gun on the opening hand. What is your play?
Answer: With small blinds either make a small raise (about three times the size of the big blind) or flat call. You are hoping someone else will raise or you can trap somebody after the flop. If someone does draw out on you because of your slow-play, you can always rebuy.
18)You have pocket jacks in the big blind with a very short stack. If you fold the big blind for a raise and fold in the little blind, you will survive with the button and with one chip left. You are two out of the money with several short stacks. A solid player raises. What do you do?
Answer: Go all-in. With two players that have to get broke, not one, it is better to take a stand now and hope to double-up.
19)Same situation as #18 except you have an A-K in the big blind. One player goes all-in and another player raises, which puts you all-in. What is your play?
Answer: Call. You have a chance to triple-up, and even if you folded, the all-in player could still survive and you would still need to out-last two other players for the money.
20)You have an average stack, one out of the money, and you have pocket nines in the big blind. The chip leader raises. If you play this hand all the way to the river and win, you are now a big stack. If you lose, you are short-stacked. What is your play?
Answer: Fold, or call hoping to hit a set and folding if you don't have an over-pair to the flop or a set, or an open-end straight draw. Nines are very vulnerable to over-cards. It's better to be in a spot where you can be the agressor with them.
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