Daily Poker Quiz: Archive

Early position #2
2008-07-31

You're first to speak at a fivehanded no-limit Texas table. Everybody has full stacks, and you look down at A7 suited. What should you do?





Fold (correct)
You can't afford to only play great hands on shorthanded tables, the blinds would kill you. Stealing the blinds is therefore way more necessary the fewer people there are at your table.

And yesterday, you should call to create a multi-way pot. But you're in a position where there can be no multi-way pot, so...

Calling is out of the question, and there are reasons both to raise (stealing the blinds, taking the initiative) and to fold (bad hand). Your choice should depend on your opposition, really.

Call
You can't afford to only play great hands on shorthanded tables, the blinds would kill you. Stealing the blinds is therefore way more necessary the fewer people there are at your table.

And yesterday, you should call to create a multi-way pot. But you're in a position where there can be no multi-way pot, so...

Calling is out of the question, and there are reasons both to raise (stealing the blinds, taking the initiative) and to fold (bad hand). Your choice should depend on your opposition, really.

Raise to $12 (correct)
You can't afford to only play great hands on shorthanded tables, the blinds would kill you. Stealing the blinds is therefore way more necessary the fewer people there are at your table.

And yesterday, you should call to create a multi-way pot. But you're in a position where there can be no multi-way pot, so...

Calling is out of the question, and there are reasons both to raise (stealing the blinds, taking the initiative) and to fold (bad hand). Your choice should depend on your opposition, really.



Result:

Fold 16%
Call 41%
Raise to $12 42%

Totally 845 vote(s)