Examples III (No Limit)

Example 1
You are in early position and you get . The player before you folds. What should you do?

Answer:
You should call Given that there are so many more players to come calling is the best to do. In case you would raise it will be very hard to fold against a reraise. In case you just call you will be able to call a (small) raise with the chance to hit three of a kind or a two pair

Example 2
You are on the small blind and you get . The first player (under the gun) raises 3 times the big blind and the 3 players after him call What should you do?

Answer:
You should fold This hand is playable on a shorthand table or heads-up. At a longhand table with so many players in the pot the chance is too large that someone else will hit a higher flush (given that he might have two cards of the same suit but higher). Besides that you might also get in trouble against someone with a low pocket pair (who flops a set).

Example 3
You are in middle position and you get . The player under the gun raises to 5 times the big blind All others fold What should you do?

Answer
You should fold To start with, AJ is not a very good hand in a no limit cash game! Furthermore a player in early position made a large raise which means that it is very likely that he/she has an AK or a high pocket pair Moreover, it is also still possible that a player after you will do a re raise (especially in case you are at a table with loose aggressive players). Even if you would call and hit an Ace or Jack at the flop you could still get in trouble very easily because for example someone else has a higher kicker or an over pair This should be an easy fold

Example 4
You are under the gun and you get what should you do?

Answer
You should call When being in a no limit cash game it is best with any pocket pair to just call unless you are in a late position or when you have a high pocket pair (JJ or higher). In this case you are the first to make a decision so it is the best to just call and hope to flop a set or three of a kind In case you decide to raise anyway you should most definitely fold when someone else makes a re raise

Example 5
You are in the big blind and you have . The player under the gun raises 4 times the big blind All other players fold What should you do?

Answer
In general it is best to play suited connectors in pots with many players and in which you only have to pay a fraction of the total amount in the pot. Even if you hit a good flop the chance is still too small that you will earn a significant amount. In other words, you should fold

Example 6
You are in the small blind and you have . The player under the gun raises to 4 times the big blind and another player calls. What should you do?

Answer
You should call What you want is a flop with a 10 or only low cards. Besides that in this situation it is a good thing that another player has called as well. It makes the pot bigger in case you hit a set or a three of a kind on the flop Keep in mind that even when the flop hits only low cards you still have to be very careful'

Example 7
You are on the big blind and you get . The player under the gun raises 7 times the big blind and another player re raises to 14 times the big blind What should you do?

Answer
AK is always very hard to play against a raise and after that a re raise First of all there is the chance that the re raiser has an AA or KK Besides that, even if not you will still need another Ace or King on the flop in order to win. The chance for this to happen is not big enough to call (it is about 1/3 so in other words no good pot odds) so you should fold

Example 8
You are at the button and you get . An aggressive player in late position raises 2 times the big blind as he has done before. What should you do?

Answer
You should raise You have a strong hand. Besides that there is the fact that this opponent raises many hands and the fact that your hand is strong in a heads up confrontation. Therefore you should raise around 6 till 8 times the big blind

Example 9
You are at the big blind and you get . The player under the gun raises 3 times the big blind Two other players call All players have a stack of around 100 times the big blind What should you do?

Answer
You should raise a re raise of around 10 times the big blind would be the best. Both callers probably have weaker hands that AK given that they have only called. The original raiser will in most cases not have a hand as strong as yours. In case he does have an AA or KK he will most likely reraise which means you should fold If a player calls you it means that they very likely have an AK as well or a lower pocket pair Whatever happens after your re raise it will give you valuable information for the next stage of playing this hand.

Example 10
You are at the button and you get . a player in early position raises to 4 times the big blind All other players fold What should you do?

Answer
You should call You have a very strong hand and you are in good position against your opponent.