Daily puzzles — 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 — a risk premium of $13.35.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| $EV(call) | $-13.35 |
| $EV(fold) | $0.00 |
| Risk premium | $13.35 |