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PokerPlayer quiz: Fighting aggression
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In poker, aggression usually wins. It can be a nightmare playing against hyper-aggressive opponents, but there are ways to fight back. Do you have the skills? Find out with our testing quiz!
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How are your skills at fighting aggression?
0-4 Audley Harrison
You’re going to get trampled on5-7 Tyson Fury
Not bad but you need to do more to combat the hyper-aggressive opponents8-10 Mike Tyson
Rock solid. No-one’s going to mess with you again
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
Players: 9
Blinds: 50p/£1
Your stack: £125
Your hand: A♣-A♠You’re playing in a low-stakes cash game at your local casino. It’s folded to you on the button with pocket Aces and you raise to £3. An aggressive kid in a hoodie three-bets to £12 from the big blind. What should you do?
CorrectWhen you raise from the button it looks like a blind steal and aggressive opponents will try to take advantage. Four-betting small is an option here but it will usually indicate you have a monster. It’s much better just to call, feigning weakness, and allow your opponent the chance to hang themselves postflop.
IncorrectWhen you raise from the button it looks like a blind steal and aggressive opponents will try to take advantage. Four-betting small is an option here but it will usually indicate you have a monster. It’s much better just to call, feigning weakness, and allow your opponent the chance to hang themselves postflop.
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
Players: 9
Blinds: 50p/£1
Your stack: £125
Your hand: A♣-A♠It’s the same hand as before and you just called the three-bet preflop. The flop is T♣-2♣-2♥. Your opponent bets £20. What should you do and why?
CorrectThis is one of the best flops you could hope for. If you decide to raise it’s much more likely you simply stop your opponent from bluffing than it is you get any extra value.
IncorrectThis is one of the best flops you could hope for. If you decide to raise it’s much more likely you simply stop your opponent from bluffing than it is you get any extra value.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
Players: 8
Blinds: 500/1000
Your stack: 24,000
Your hand: A♣-T♠It’s a $22 online MTT and you are approaching the bubble. A big stack to your left has been bullying the table ever since he got a ton of chips. It’s folded to you in the cutoff and you raise to 2,000 with A-T. The button and small blind both fold before the bully shoves all-in on you from the big blind. What do you do?
CorrectIt’s never fun to risk your tournament life near the bubble, but it’s crucial to always go for the win in tournaments and not fixate on just cashing. In this spot A-T is way ahead of an aggressive opponent’s shoving range.
IncorrectIt’s never fun to risk your tournament life near the bubble, but it’s crucial to always go for the win in tournaments and not fixate on just cashing. In this spot A-T is way ahead of an aggressive opponent’s shoving range.
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
Players: 6
Blinds: $1/$2
Your stack: $200
Your hand: 7♣-6♣You’re playing in a six-max online cash game filled with aggressive, strong players. You call a raise with 7♣-6♣ and the flop is 2♠-7♠-6♠. Your opponent bets, you raise with two pair and now your opponent makes another raise. What should you do?
CorrectIf you were up against a tight opponent this would be a fairly easy fold. However, when playing an aggressive player they are just as likely to have the bare nut flush draw as they will a made flush. As such, you must be prepared to gamble.
IncorrectIf you were up against a tight opponent this would be a fairly easy fold. However, when playing an aggressive player they are just as likely to have the bare nut flush draw as they will a made flush. As such, you must be prepared to gamble.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
Players: 9
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Your stack: 1,500,000
Your hand: Q♣-Q♠It’s the final table of a major online MTT with huge pay jumps. Nine players remain, including a number of short stacks. You have a tight image and are second in chips. Only the button has you covered, and he’s a maniac. You raise Q-Q from the cutoff to 50k, the button three-bets to 150k and you four-bet to 350k. The button clicks it back to 520k. What do you do?
CorrectOn a final table like this, there are more considerations than simply ‘do I have the best hand?’ Pocket Queens is a very strong holding but it would be a disaster for you to bust out in ninth place when there are several short stacks at the table. Even a maniac is unlikely to go to war with a weak hand in this spot – it seems like a race versus Ace-King would be the best case scenario.
IncorrectOn a final table like this, there are more considerations than simply ‘do I have the best hand?’ Pocket Queens is a very strong holding but it would be a disaster for you to bust out in ninth place when there are several short stacks at the table. Even a maniac is unlikely to go to war with a weak hand in this spot – it seems like a race versus Ace-King would be the best case scenario.
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
Which of these players is often said to be the most aggressive of all time?
CorrectBefore his untimely death in 1998, Stu Ungar redefined the way that Texas hold’em was played by bringing unseen levels of aggression to both cash games and tournaments.
IncorrectBefore his untimely death in 1998, Stu Ungar redefined the way that Texas hold’em was played by bringing unseen levels of aggression to both cash games and tournaments.
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
Why is aggression so important in poker?
CorrectIf you aren’t aggressive at the poker table players will walk all over you. The only way you’ll be able to win is if you hit a good run of cards.
IncorrectIf you aren’t aggressive at the poker table players will walk all over you. The only way you’ll be able to win is if you hit a good run of cards.
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
If you are an aggressive player how will it affect your variance at the tables?
CorrectAs you get more aggressive you will start semi-bluffing and bluffing more, and start looking for thin spots to value bet. This will see your variance shoot up but, crucially, it’s the only way to give yourself a shot at winning big.
IncorrectAs you get more aggressive you will start semi-bluffing and bluffing more, and start looking for thin spots to value bet. This will see your variance shoot up but, crucially, it’s the only way to give yourself a shot at winning big.
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
Lex Veldhuis and ElkY had a kickboxing battle in 2011. It was an aggressive fight but what happened?
CorrectBig MMA fan Lex Veldhuis channelled his martial arts hero Mirko Cro Cop by knocking ElkY unconscious with a powerful head kick.
IncorrectBig MMA fan Lex Veldhuis channelled his martial arts hero Mirko Cro Cop by knocking ElkY unconscious with a powerful head kick.
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2007 WSOP Main Event champ Jerry Yang was aggressive on the final table. But which of these sayings became famous after his victory?
CorrectYang seemed to only bet in multiples of one million on the final table, routinely raising to ten times the big blind preflop. It led to a lot of pi**-taking on online forums, but Yang had the last laugh as he cashed his $8.25m cheque at the bank.
IncorrectYang seemed to only bet in multiples of one million on the final table, routinely raising to ten times the big blind preflop. It led to a lot of pi**-taking on online forums, but Yang had the last laugh as he cashed his $8.25m cheque at the bank.
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