Daily puzzles — 2026-08-04
Slot 1: find-the-nuts
The nuts on each street.
- Flop board: 2d, 9s, As
- Flop nuts: Ac, Ad or Ac, Ah or Ad, Ah
- Flop why: Three of a kind — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- Turn board: 2d, 9s, As, Th
- Turn nuts: Ac, Ad or Ac, Ah or Ad, Ah
- Turn why: Three of a kind — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- River board: 2d, 9s, As, Th, Ks
- River nuts: Js, Qs
- River why: A flush — no other two-card holding beats this board.
Slot 2: equity
True equity: 71.0%.
- Your hand: 7c, 7d
- Villain: Ts, Ah
- Flop: 8s, 3d, 9s
- Rule of thumb: Each out is worth about 4% equity on the flop — useful for estimating a draw's equity at a glance.
Slot 3: pot-odds
Correct action: Fold.
- Pot: 50 BB
- Bet: 25 BB
- To call: 25 BB
- Required equity: call / (pot + bet + call) = 25 / (50 + 25 + 25) = 25/100 = 25.0%
- Your hand: Th, 9h
- Villain: 9c, Kh
- Flop: 6h, Qc, 3s
- Verdict: 18.8% falls short of the 25.0% you need, so calling loses chips long-run.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Required equity | 25.0% |
| Your equity | 18.8% |
| EV of calling | -6.21 BB |
Slot 4: hand-reading
Hand B wins.
- Hand A: 5h, 5s
- Hand B: 8h, Ad
- Board: 9c, 4d, Jd, 9h, Ac
Slot 5: icm
Correct action: Call.
- Seat D shoves: 3,000 chips
- Seat B stack: 9,000 chips
- Dead money already in the pot: 600 chips
- Win probability if called: 55.0%
- Chip-EV of calling: 630 chips
- Chip-EV of folding: 0 chips
- Verdict: $EV(call) 7.75 beats $EV(fold) 0.00, so calling is worth more in real money.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| $EV(call) | $7.75 |
| $EV(fold) | $0.00 |
| Risk premium | $0.00 |