Daily Poker Quiz: Archive

Re #3
2008-07-17

You decide to steal the blinds with J9 off-suit from the button at a tight table, after seeing everyone fold to you. Your plan is foiled when the small blind reraises and the big blind folds.

You call, of course, and the flop is 2 7 8. The small blind bets. What next?





Fold
You have a gutshot straight draw with two relatively low overcards - not a great flop by any means, but you do have ten outs against a lot of hands, and in the very worst case three outs (the three non-diamond tens). Folding is completely wrong.

Call (correct)
You have a gutshot straight draw with two relatively low overcards - not a great flop by any means, but you do have ten outs against a lot of hands, and in the very worst case three outs (the three non-diamond tens). Folding is completely wrong.

Calling is by no means a bad alternative, but I prefer to raise with a semi-bluff here.

Raise (correct)
You have a gutshot straight draw with two relatively low overcards - not a great flop by any means, but you do have ten outs against a lot of hands, and in the very worst case three outs (the three non-diamond tens). Folding is completely wrong.

Calling is by no means a bad alternative, but I prefer to raise with a semi-bluff here.



Result:

Fold 33%
Call 45%
Raise 22%

Totally 886 vote(s)