Daily puzzles for 2026-08-28
Slot 1: find-the-nuts
The nuts on each street.
- Flop board: 5d, As, Qs
- 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: 5d, As, Qs, Kd
- Turn nuts: Tc, Jc or Tc, Jd or Tc, Jh or Tc, Js or Td, Jc or Td, Jd or Td, Jh or Td, Js or Th, Jc or Th, Jd or Th, Jh or Th, Js or Ts, Jc or Ts, Jd or Ts, Jh or Ts, Js
- Turn why: A straight: no other two-card holding beats this board.
- River board: 5d, As, Qs, Kd, Js
- River nuts: Ts, Ks
- River why: A straight flush: no other two-card holding beats this board.
Slot 2: equity
True outs: 3.
- Your hand: 7h, Qh
- Villain: 9c, Qd
- Flop: Qs, 2d, 6h
- What counts as an out: An out is a card that takes you from behind to in front. Cards that improve your hand but still lose to villain do not count. That gap is where most outs miscounts come from.
- True outs: 3
Slot 3: pot-odds
Correct action: Fold.
- Pot: 12 BB
- Bet: 18 BB
- To call: 18 BB
- Required equity: call / (pot + bet + call) = 18 / (12 + 18 + 18) = 18/48 = 37.5%
- Your hand: Kd, Td
- Villain: Qd, As
- Flop: Th, 4s, Qc
- Verdict: 20.9% falls short of the 37.5% you need, so calling loses chips long-run.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Required equity | 37.5% |
| Your equity | 20.9% |
| EV of calling | -7.96 BB |
Slot 4: hand-reading
Hand B wins.
- Hand A: 7s, Jc
- Hand B: 9s, Td
- Board: 9c, 4s, Th, 5s, Ts
Slot 5: icm
Correct action: Fold.
- Seat D shoves: 3,000 chips
- Seat B stack: 9,000 chips
- Dead money already in the pot: 600 chips
- Win probability if called: 40.0%
- Chip-EV of calling: -360 chips
- Chip-EV of folding: 0 chips
- Verdict: $EV(call) -13.35 falls short of $EV(fold) 0.00, with a risk premium of $13.35.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| $EV(call) | $-13.35 |
| $EV(fold) | $0.00 |
| Risk premium | $13.35 |