Checkpoint: perfect strategy
Ten quick decisions across all three streets.
Time to put it together. Each question is one decision. Answer from the rules, then play out the scene to see the EV sheet agree.
Quiz
Preflop. Best play?
- Bet 4x
- Bet 3x
- Check
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A: Bet 4x. Q6s+ suited queens are 4x.
Quiz
Preflop. Best play?
- Bet 4x
- Bet 3x
- Check
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C: Check. Offsuit queens need Q8o+.
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Preflop. Best play?
- Bet 4x
- Check
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A: Bet 4x. Pairs from 33 up are 4x.
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Board:
Flop. Best play?
- Bet 2x
- Check
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A: Bet 2x. Hidden pair of jacks.
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Board:
Flop. Best play?
- Bet 2x
- Check
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B: Check. Flush draw, but your best heart is below a ten.
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Board:
Flop. Best play?
- Bet 2x
- Check
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B: Check. King high and no pair: check, and decide on the river.
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Board:
River. Best play?
- Bet 1x
- Fold
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A: Bet 1x. 19 outs, fewer than 21.
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Board:
River. Best play?
- Bet 1x
- Fold
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B: Fold. 15 board-pair outs, plus 16 cards (A, K, Q, T) that beat your J-9-8-7: 31. Fold.
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Which is never the best play?
- Bet 4x
- Bet 3x
- Check preflop
- Fold on the river
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B: Bet 3x. 3x is always beaten by 4x or by checking.
Quiz
Over many hands, what does perfect play cost at a $10 Ante, 30 hands an hour?
- About $0.66 an hour
- About $6.55 an hour
- About $16 an hour
- Nothing
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B: About $6.55 an hour. 30 × $10 × 2.185% ≈ $6.55.