Category: Poker Hand Scenarios

LearnWPT Poker Hands of the Month!

Decision-Making-Learn-canva

We've been listening to all the feedback from everyone and love hearing how you're using the "Poker Hands" scenario emails to practice the strategies you are learning.

Here's a collection of your favorite and most discussed Poker Hands of the month.

  1. A♥2♥ on the Flop, what do you do here?
  2. J♦J♠ on the River, what do you do here?
  3. A♠10♥ on the Flop, what do you do here?
  4. A♦K♥ on the Flop, what do you do here?

Building a habit of thinking about poker away from the table will improve your game and how you will Learn to Think Like a Pro!

That's why we ask that you read these articles to keep you thinking and learning about poker... even if you don't always agree with our analysis (keep those comments coming)!

-LearnWPT

PS: a Membership with LearnWPT is the easiest and fastest way to start adding more levels of complexity and nuance to your game.

How are these Poker Hand Scenarios helping improve your game?
Post your answers in the comments below.


Ready to Win More Playing Poker?

When you join LearnWPT for just $5 you'll get:

  • On-demand access to in-depth Strategy Episodes
  • All of your poker questions answered with Ask a Pro
  • Sharper decision-making skills with Poker Hand scenarios
  • Downloadable Tools to use at and away from the tables

Everyone else is improving their game... are YOU?

LearnWPT Poker Hands of the Month!

Decision-Making-Practice

We've been listening to all the feedback from everyone and love hearing how you're using the "Poker Hands" scenario emails to practice the strategies you are learning.

Here's a collection of your favorite and most discussed Poker Hands of the month.

  1. Turned a Big Draw, what do you do here?
  2. 8♣7♣ vs a UTG raise, what do you do here?
  3. A♣Q♦ vs a Flop Donk Bet, what do you do here?
  4. 10♥10♦ vs a Raise and Reshove, what do you do here?

Building a habit of thinking about poker away from the table will improve your game and how you will Learn to Think Like a Pro!

That's why we ask that you read these articles to keep you thinking and learning about poker... even if you don't always agree with our analysis (keep those comments coming)!

-LearnWPT

PS: a Membership with LearnWPT is the easiest and fastest way to start adding more levels of complexity and nuance to your game.

How are these Poker Hand Scenarios helping improve your game?
Post your answers in the comments below.


Ready to Win More Playing Poker?

When you join LearnWPT for just $5 you'll get:

  • On-demand access to in-depth Strategy Episodes
  • All of your poker questions answered with Ask a Pro
  • Sharper decision-making skills with Poker Hand scenarios
  • Downloadable Tools to use at and away from the tables

Everyone else is improving their game... are you?

LearnWPT Hands of the Month!

Player-Action-Buttons.png

We've been listening to all the feedback from everyone and love hearing how you're using the "Poker Hands" emails to practice your decision making.

We'll keep sending them, but here's a collection of your favorite and most discussed Poker Hands of the month.

  1. A♦K♦ on the Turn, what do you do here?
  2. Q♦J♦ on the Flop, what do you do here?
  3. A♠A♥ vs a Flop check-raise, what do you do here?
  4. K♦Q♣ on the Turn, what do you do here?

Hand analysis is one of the best things you can do to improve your results at the table. Constant practice of your decision-making skills is essential for success in No-Limit Hold'em.

That's why we ask that you read these articles and keep practicing your decision making skills... even if you don't always agree with our analysis (keep those comments coming)!

-LearnWPT

PS: a Membership with LearnWPT is the easiest and fastest way to start adding more levels of complexity and nuance to your game.

What are you working on to improve your game?
Post your answers in the comments below.


Ready to Win More Playing Poker?

When you join LearnWPT for just $5 you'll get:

  • On-demand access to in-depth Strategy Episodes
  • All of your poker questions answered with Ask a Pro
  • Sharper decision-making skills with Poker Hand scenarios

Everyone else is improving their game... are you?

LearnWPT Poker Hands of the Month!

Decision-Making-Practice

We've been listening to all the feedback from everyone and love hearing how you're using the "Poker Hands" emails to practice your decision making.

We'll keep sending them, but here's a collection of your favorite and most discussed Poker Hands of the month.

  1. J♦J♠ vs a 4-Bet, what do you do here?
  2. A♠A♥ on the Turn, what do you do here?
  3. Set of 3♦3♣ on the Turn, what do you do here?
  4. Q♥Q♠ on the Flop, what do you do here?

Hand analysis is one of the best things you can do to improve your results at the table. Constant practice of your decision-making skills is essential for success in No-Limit Hold'em.

That's why we ask that you read these articles and keep practicing your decision making skills... even if you don't always agree with our analysis (keep those comments coming)!

-LearnWPT

PS: a Membership with LearnWPT is the easiest and fastest way to start adding more levels of complexity and nuance to your game.

What are you working on to improve your game?
Post your answers in the comments below.


Ready to Win More Playing Poker?

When you join LearnWPT for just $5 you'll get:

  • On-demand access to in-depth Strategy Episodes
  • All of your poker questions answered with Ask a Pro
  • Sharper decision-making skills with Poker Hand scenarios

Everyone else is improving their game... are you?

Trip Aces Facing a River Bet... What do you do here?

Trip Aces vs River Bet-optmzd.gif

DECISION POINT: The UTG player raised preflop, MP2 calls, you call with A♣5♣ and the other players fold. The flop comes A♥A♦4♣. UTG and MP2 check and you bet. UTG calls and MP2 folds. The turn is the K♦. UTG checks, you bet, and UTG calls. The river is the Q♠, and UTG shoves all-in. Action is on you, what do you do?

PRO ANSWER: In this hand, we flopped trips with a bad kicker and bet both the flop and turn. Our opponent, after check-calling our bets, now moves all-in on the river. We are getting over 3-1 pot odds on a call. In order for a call to be profitable, we need to have at least 23% equity in this hand.

Given that our opponent check-called two streets then moved all-in on the river, we can assign them a range of hands that consists mostly of hands they are betting for value. Bluffs are far less likely given this action. Also, it is unlikely that our opponent is value-betting any hands worse than trip aces. Therefore we are either chopping the pot with another trip aces, or they have us beat with a full house.

Given that they raised from early position, the number of combinations of trip aces is lower than if they had raised from a later position. In fact, if we assume this opponent has a range of QQ+, 44, ATs+, ATo+ (pocket pairs QQ or bigger, pocket 44, or all broadway aces), then we only have around 17% equity in this hand. We lose the hand around 65% of the time and chop around 35% of the time.

Since we are only chopping at best and often losing this hand, folding this river is the best play, despite us having trip aces.

Folding is the best play.

How would you play it?
Share your answer in the comments below!


THERE IS MUCH MORE TO LEARN FROM THIS POKER HAND!

Episode - Decision Point 94 - optmzd.png

That's Why LearnWPT Members Get a Full Episode of Analysis with All the Details!


LearnWPT recently made a Strategy Episode featuring this hand. In it, Nick Binger goes step-by-step through the play of this hand so Members can get all the key takeaways.

As a VERY SPECIAL BONUS, when you become a Member of LearnWPT for just $5 you'll also get access to this full Strategy Episode (normally only available to Monthly/Yearly Members)!

GIVE LEARNWPT A TRY NOW FOR $5 AND GET ACCESS TO THIS FULL LENGTH EPISODE!

START IMPROVING YOUR GAME TODAY!


LearnWPT-Poker-Training

Think Like a Pro

LearnWPT Top Hands of the Month

We've been listening to all the feedback from everyone and love hearing how you're using the "Poker Hands" emails to practice your decision making (and not just guessing the correct moves)!

We'll keep sending them, but here's a collection with you of the most popular and thought provoking Poker Hands of the month:

1. J♦8♦ Flush Draw vs 3 Opponents, what do you do here?
2. K♦K♣ vs a Preflop Reraise, what do you do here?
3. Q♠ Q♥ vs a Flop check-raise, what do you do here?
4. A♠J♦ vs Raise and a Call Preflop, what do you do here?
5. Trip Aces vs a River Bet, what do you do here?*

*$5 First Month Members get access to a full LearnWPT Strategy Episode featuring this hand as bonus!

Hand analysis is one of the best things you can do to improve your results at the table.

That's why we ask that you read these articles and keep practicing your decision making skills... even if you don't always agree with our analysis (we see your comments)!

-LearnWPT

PS: a Membership with LearnWPT is the easiest and fastest way to start adding more levels of complexity and nuance to your game.

What are you working on to improve your game?
Post your answers in the comments below.


Ready to Win More in Poker?

When you join LearnWPT for just $5 you'll get:

  • On-demand access to in-depth Strategy Episodes
  • All of your poker questions answered with Ask a Pro
  • Sharper decision-making skills with Poker Hand scenarios

Everyone else is improving their game... are you?

Paws and make the right decision 🐾

Animal - Decisions Hands.jpg

We can't get enough of the feedback from everyone and love hearing how much you're enjoying the "Poker Hands" emails.

We'll be sending more in the near future, but for now we thought we'd share this collection with you (in case you missed any).

1. Top Pair on the Flop, what do you do here?
2. A♠ J♥ vs UTG+1 Raise, what do you do here?
3. K♠ Q♣ vs 2 Opponents, what do you do here?
4. 5♥ 5♦ vs a C-Bet, what do you do here?
5. Flopped set of Tens, what do you do here?
6. A♥ K♠ vs All-In on the Flop, what do you do here?

Hand analysis is one of the best things you can learn to improve your results at the table. So we ask that you read these articles with an open mind (even if you don't always agree with our recommendations... we see the comments you leave!).

-LearnWPT

PS: a Membership with LearnWPT will be the easiest and fastest way to start adding more levels of complexity and nuance to your game.

LearnWPT Live Training Events are the fastest, most comprehensive, and most fun way to radically change the way you play poker.

So what was the best decision YOU made at the table in 2016?
Post your answers in the comments below.