Daily puzzles — 2026-08-22
Slot 1: find-the-nuts
The nuts on each street.
- Flop board: 3c, 6h, Qh
- Flop nuts: Qc, Qd or Qc, Qs or Qd, Qs
- Flop why: Three of a kind — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- Turn board: 3c, 6h, Qh, 5c
- Turn nuts: 4c, 7c or 4c, 7d or 4c, 7h or 4c, 7s or 4d, 7c or 4d, 7d or 4d, 7h or 4d, 7s or 4h, 7c or 4h, 7d or 4h, 7h or 4h, 7s or 4s, 7c or 4s, 7d or 4s, 7h or 4s, 7s
- Turn why: A straight — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- River board: 3c, 6h, Qh, 5c, 2s
- River nuts: 4c, 7c or 4c, 7d or 4c, 7h or 4c, 7s or 4d, 7c or 4d, 7d or 4d, 7h or 4d, 7s or 4h, 7c or 4h, 7d or 4h, 7h or 4h, 7s or 4s, 7c or 4s, 7d or 4s, 7h or 4s, 7s
- River why: A straight — no other two-card holding beats this board.
Slot 2: equity
Rule-of-4 estimate: 24.0%.
- Your hand: 9h, 6h
- Villain: 8d, Ad
- Flop: 2s, 7d, 3h
- True outs: 6
- Rule of 4: outs × 4 = 6 × 4 = 24.0%
- Why: On the flop (two cards to come), each out is worth roughly 4% equity.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| True outs | 6 |
| Multiplier | ×4 |
| Estimated equity | 24.0% |
Slot 3: pot-odds
Correct action: Fold.
- Pot: 30 BB
- Bet: 10 BB
- To call: 10 BB
- Required equity: call / (pot + bet + call) = 10 / (30 + 10 + 10) = 10/50 = 20.0%
- Your hand: Jh, 6h
- Villain: 9d, Qh
- Turn: 9s, 5h, 2s, 5c
- Verdict: 6.8% falls short of the 20.0% you need, so calling loses chips long-run.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Required equity | 20.0% |
| Your equity | 6.8% |
| EV of calling | -6.59 BB |
Slot 4: hand-reading
Hand B wins.
- Hand A: 4d, 3c
- Hand B: 9c, Th
- Board: 8d, 6d, 7c, Kh, Td
Slot 5: icm
Correct action: Call.
- Seat C shoves: 5,000 chips
- Seat A stack: 16,000 chips
- Dead money already in the pot: 1,000 chips
- Win probability if called: 60.0%
- Chip-EV of calling: 1600 chips
- Chip-EV of folding: 0 chips
- Verdict: $EV(call) 13.01 beats $EV(fold) 0.00, so calling is worth more in real money.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| $EV(call) | $13.01 |
| $EV(fold) | $0.00 |
| Risk premium | $0.00 |