CC Final Exam Flashcards
BU vs BB
TdTc3h X-B33-C
8s X-?
Estimate EV of each hand in terms of pot & explain estimate
a) AsTs
b) Qs9s
c) AcAh
d) AdQd
a) AsTs
220%, as it is nutted and can earn more pot share on river.
[143% pot, flop already large. smaller spr means less stack left]
b) Qs9s,
50% as it has some implied odds aside from just it’s raw equity
[26% pot, more than just raw equity though, relevant pair draw too against non-trips. Fold equity near BE point so not fold equity raising EV]
c) AcAh
150%, great hand entitled to more of the pot
[94% pot, if people don’t slowplay even more!
d) AdQd
-40%, as it is just two overcards with no nut potential, but future fold equity.
[30%, SDV, future fold equity w/ pair draw]
HJ vs BB
Kd8s7s X-B33-C
Ah X-?
Estimate equity and assign whether optional, cannot, or must value bet.
a) Kh9h
b) AsJs
c) 7s7h
d) AdTc
a) Kh9h probably has 50-60% equity, which is not enough to meet the 75-80% necessary for a B75. CANNOT value bet
[correct]
b) AsJs probably in the 80% equity range. but urgency not so high for this hand. OPTIONAL
[A removes Ax from deck that would call, lean towards bet against stations]
c) 7c7h probably in the 96%, and urgency is high as well. MUST
[correct, don’t slowplay]
d) AdTc probably 65% equity, not enough but urgency is not high either if it was. wouldn’t be surprised if higher and optional, but i think too low to value bet.
[is optional, just like b) . frequent value bet, more often. when hand doesn’t have spade it’s mandatory value bet]
BU vs BB
Qc4h4c X-B33-C
7s X-X
3d ?
Assign whether these hands must bluff, cannot bluff, or optional bluff.
a) Jh9h
b) KdTc
c) 5c5h
d) AsTc
Villain is mergy. Need to polarize w/ B75
a) Jh9h must bluff. not much showdown value and the situation is favorable.
[favorable world for range 58% ev on this note, J9 has more fold equity (GTO villain folds 40% compared to BE 25%) blockers not sufficient]
b) KdTc optional bet because actually has showdown value suprisingly, blocks continue range
[don’t get fancy. in a favorable world, AGAIN, even showdown value hands will be slammed and pressed to bluff. MANDATORY BLUFF]
c) 5c5h has too much SDV to bluff on this board. cannot bluff as must check.
d) AsTc optional bet because showdown value surprsingly.
[cannot bluff situation since closer to value bet when solver does choose to mix small frequency bet, MANDATORY CHECK ]
SB vs BB
AsTc4s B33-C
9h B150-C
5h B150-?
a) What is the difference in shape between ranges on river?
b) Whose range on river has more equity before SB bets and why?
c) True or False: SB shouldn’t bluff here at all bc he has a range disadvantage. Explain answer.
d) True or False: BB shold only call the river if he has two pair or better. Explain your answer.
a) SB is super polarized, but his equity has gone down with each bet.
BB is capping with each call but equity is going up w/ each call by shedding worse hands.
[correct]
b) BB for same reason above, each call sheds worst hands. Capped, but higher equity.
[correct, less nut prevalence for BB]
c) False. He must bluff here
w/ low equity hands because he has polarized his range on the turn and the runout was neutral. SB actually has a range advantage on the flop, but less by the river, just more polarized.
d) True unless top pair can be called?: this is an extremely polar spot, so marginal showdown should be folded.
[a lot of 1 pair calling, even third pair is supposed to be called to 2x pot shove. probably overfolded by humans to big bet! EXPLOITATIVELY OVERBLUFF THIS SITUATION WHEN IN SB AGAINST MOST REGS, especially cagier players or especially nitty peeps]
BB vs CO
Jd8s8h X-B33-C
4h X-B75-?
a) Is it profitable (meaning better than folding) for BB to call with: Qh9h. Why/Why Not?
b) Explain the effect of position on the EV of calling with a draw here.
c) Explain the difference in realizability between 6c6h.
d) This is an open action spot. What is the difference in protocol between thinking about open action spots and thinking about end of action spots?
a) It is profitable to call Qh9h because of implied odds if it hits, future fold equity if villain gives up, and realizability is high due to nut potential & many outs.
[raising is the better line! but it is continuing. calling is +EV but not best choice]
b) EV of calling with a draw will be less when OOP because the realizability is poorer.
[when OOP and for instance you miss the river w/ a draw, don’t get chance to bluff or value bet the river after villain checked to you which is favorable situation for bluffing that OOP misses out on compared to IP. in that situation you can bluff w/ loads of your air. poorer implied odds too. both sides of EV value and bluff are affected by lack of opportunity]
c) 66 is a hand that has marginal showdown value and only 2 outs. its improvability is poor and would have to fold to a third barrel most likely so low realizability.
KhQh has nutted outs and huge improvability due to large number of outs (flush+overcards) so high realizability.
[correct, realizes more equity and have higher EV]
d) Open action spots still have streets/actions left to go and draws still exist. Implied odds make it so EV is higher than raw equities. End of action spots where all cards are out and facing a bet, equities are equal to EV for calling spots.
[correct, still have to consider about implied odds, realizability, position, future fold equity etc. in open action spots. Don’t in end of action.]
In following spots, describe your rough flop frequency and the single bet-size you will use. Explain your answers.
a) BB vs CO
KdKc2h X-?
b) BB vs CO
9d8s2h X-?
c) BB vs CO
Jh8h6h X-?
d) BB vs CO
Ah7c5c X-?
a) range advantage, dry board. small nut advantage due to only 1 overpair. Better kings though. Would bet this merged for small sizing at high frequency.
[bet super frequently, great for range, small since lost nut advantage. solver chooses to bet everything! 100% B33. king favors the raiser. 15% more fold equity than breakeven point so CO bets everything. don’t have a nut advantage, surprisingly the continue range is incredibly polarized for BB, all their kings have above 200% pot share. bet small since opponent has huge dichotomy of strength, no reason to blast into BB’s polar range]
b) range and large nut advantage from overpairs. betting large sizing high frequency
[big bet or check, 56% B75 else check. big betting a lot of overpairs, sets, throw in them bluffs and check middling hands.]
c) J86 monotone. Neutral world. No one more polarized. Bet small infrequently
[polarizing to opponent, creates hands that are incredibly powerful and hands that aren’t at all. 3 to a suit means BB becomes more polar, so nut advantage decreases and then sizing does too as result. Even-ish amount of heart-heart hands. lower frequency for small sizing. solver says B33 for 56% of time, completely ignoring 75%. overpairs without heart aren’t good enough to go big. ]
d) range advantage but no huge nut advantage for CO though they have more pocket pairs. Will bet more small sizing at high frequency.
[A is polarizing to BB range, flush draw is slightly merging thing though. low to moderate frequency w/ small sizing. solver splits between B75 or B33 though, (checks 55%, B33 27%, B75 18%) betting not useful for denial. choose how to construct strategy]
Explain whether the following worlds are: favorable, neutral, or unfavorable? Remember favorability is about EV, not Equity. Name lowest equity hand you’d be allowed to bluff in each spot.
a) BB vs BU
9d8d2h X-B75-C
Kh X-?
b) BB vs BU
8s6h2h X-B75-C
5h X-?
c) BB vs BU
KcJc5d X-B75-C
2s X-?
d) BB vs BU
JdTc2h X-B75-C
Kh X-?
a) this is a hugely favorable turn card for BU as he’s polarized and receives a great card for his range. absolute garbage can bet here like even 0 overcards. even Q-high could bet here.
[ALWAYS THINK OF FAVORABILITY FIRST and threshold, then choose bluffs accordingly not vice versa. IP has 70% equity so mega favorable. solver only checks 15%, B75 for 66% and B150% for 20%. 54s is even betting. so many value bets that practically everything gets included as bluffs.]
b) flush completing turn great for BB. unfavorable world. BU should check middling hands more. lowest equity bluff would be a premium draw, maybe like a flush draw or open ender.
[clearly less favorable, bust out the selectivity in range. 40% B33. NEUTRAL WORLD since IP EV is 49%, but getting close to unfavorable. K4cc can’t bluff, only 1 overcard without heart blockers give up on bluffing. even open enders without flush draw opt to check! two overcard pair draws are worst equity hands that bluff]
c) this is a brick turn. highly favorable to BU as flush missed. lowest bluff would be A-high.
[blank turn is better for range than most cards to preserve nut advantage. BU uses overbets B150 here or B75. B150 48% of time, B75% 10%, check 42%. solver is not picky since world is favorable! even hands like 97hh bet here! don’t fall into linearization pitfall!! natural to accidentally build too strong of betting range by not finding these lower bluffs!!! so don’t let them exploit your unbalanced value-heavy betting range by overfolding, you gotta include those low equity bluffs otherwise you will be exploited.]
d) neutral world since really connected, but still good for BU. a-high could bluff.
[related to question a, still good situation for BU but more connected. ANOTHER favorable world. lowest equity hand is shockingly low down. lots of betting for BU, splits overbets mostly chooses 56% for B75 but also 17% B150. spot is nutted enough to use overbets, but nut advantage not as huge since connected, but high frequency large betting. so even 54cc bets a lot here, 54 don’t block kicker to J or T. solver chooses strategy then fils out bluffs, vs a human does not find enough low equity bluffs so OVERFOLD at low stakes and they’re also not slowplaying good hands enough. top pair is supposed to check half the time. they don’t check enough top pair and bet enough 54.]
Explain whether you will be deploying a semi-polarzied of fully polarized strategy and state the sizing you will be using (either B33 or B75)
a) SB vs BU 3bet pot
9d7d3s X-?
b) SB vs BU 3bet pot
KdQsTs X-?
c) SB vs BB
7d7h6h X-?
d) SB vs BB
AdQs6c X-?
a) low board, semi-polarized since SB could be checking overpairs so less frequent though. Tighter ranges. B33 for mid frequency
[they will sometimes be setting up check raise and having a strong checking range. reasonable frequency for small sizing! B33 50% of time! IP is very mergy, OOP looks way more polar in solver. more polar range does large investments, more mergy range does small investments!
b) fully polarized, high board where SB smashes board w/ tight range. B75 for low frequency
[when i’m floating in this spot in 3bet pot as button, what hands am i interested in betting? pete might simplify to large sizing and be way more selective w/ bluffs. Bet rarely here bc bad spot for range and err on side of big betting nutted combo as value bets. SOLVER AGREES! ]
c) 776 is semi-polarized, as it’s a low board and ranges are wide. can bet B33 for large frequency.
[nut advantage resides with big blind, range advantage. small sizing super often]
d) fully polarized, high board no overpairs so B75
[big bet infrequently, unfavorable spot. build betting range w/ value hands worth getting it in with like good top pair+ , but not much else. check back all Qx as no benefit of denial to nudge into value region]
For two river spots below give example of
a)weakest hand you could value bet for B33
b) Highest SDV bluff you could use
c) A hand that is a pure check due to being too medium to bet.
i) SB vs BB
Jc5d3s X-X
7d X-X
Qd ?
II) BB vs BU
AcAd7h X-B33-C
7c X-X
6h?
ia) B33 requires 65-70% equity on a dry turn or river, here it is wet river which means we need less? nonetheless, both players merged. Choppy runout so relative hand strength similar to absolute. Fourth pair?
ib) K-high?
ic) Probably 22 or A-high value bet
[double delayed cbet spot, inherently favorable of OOP as PFR w/ 55% pot share. maintain range advantage all the way through since villain has checked back IP twice as well. still have decent pairs etc. choppy sea not tsunami. blind vs blind node when both players weakened range, everything gets upgraded. flush much less relevant due to action]
a) weakest hand to bet is pocket 4’s (just below fourth pair! got it right!) is incredibly thin value bet
b) not bluffing Ax, but starting to bluff Kx is where we start bluffing like K9 (got it right!!)
c) A-high or tiny pocket pair (got it right!!)]
ii) neutral runout, hard to hti.
iia) Q high?
iib) T high?
iiic) 99
[much harder to hit, still lake in nature. ranges that arrive here are wide. BB has strengthened w/ condensing, but after checks BU is weaker capped more air-heavy range. BB has range advantage from shedding weaker hands. BB has to bluff basically every time. B75 mostly but mixes b33
a) value bets starts at some K-high but they mostly check. pocket 88s though is starting point for this sizing though
b) highest SDV bluff is J9dd
c) any Kx or Qx fits the bill]
On the following boards, rank hands from most frequent bet to least frequent bet and explain why.
a) BB vs BU
8s5c3s X-B75-C
5h X-?
-Tc9s, Ad9d, Tc9h
b) BB vs HJ
Js8c2c X-B75-C
6h X-B75-C
4h X-?
-KcQc, QdTd, QcTh
a) all bluffs, so which bluff most? in this spot it’s still all about world favorability. It’s a horrible runout for BU as middle card paired, so in unfavorable world you bet mergy.
Tc9s most, Tc9h, Ad9d least (Ace has SDV)
[Ad9d checks. w/ Tc9s the spade is good because you block some BDFD but also the 9 part blocks offsuit connected hands that float too. Better to have the spade. neither T9 here is great because they both have Tc which BDFD just bricked and if bluffing you’d want them to have a busted BDFD that can’t continue instead of value. this Tc9s is prob lowest overcard bluff)
b) on river, it’s bad to have flush blockers when bluffing since you block their folding range.
QdTd most (doesn’t block folding FD range), QcTh blocks folding range less, then KcQc blocks folding range to much so is the least bet (some SDV too w/ K-high)
[correct]
