Daily puzzles — 2026-09-03
Slot 1: find-the-nuts
The nuts on each street.
- Flop board: 8d, Ad, Js
- Flop nuts: Ac, Ah or Ac, As or Ah, As
- Flop why: Three of a kind — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- Turn board: 8d, Ad, Js, 4d
- Turn nuts: Qd, Kd
- Turn why: A flush — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- River board: 8d, Ad, Js, 4d, 6h
- River nuts: Qd, Kd
- River why: A flush — no other two-card holding beats this board.
Slot 2: equity
True outs: 3.
- Your hand: 4d, 9h
- Villain: 9s, Td
- Flop: 2h, Kc, 8d
- 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: Call.
- Pot: 50 BB
- Bet: 50 BB
- To call: 50 BB
- Required equity: call / (pot + bet + call) = 50 / (50 + 50 + 50) = 50/150 = 33.3%
- Your hand: 2h, 5c
- Villain: 3h, 3s
- Flop: 6h, 6c, 5h
- Verdict: 83.0% clears the 33.3% you need, so calling wins chips long-run.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Required equity | 33.3% |
| Your equity | 83.0% |
| EV of calling | +74.47 BB |
Slot 4: hand-reading
Hand A wins.
- Hand A: 7c, 3s
- Hand B: 3h, 6d
- Board: Ac, 9c, 7d, Jc, 9h
Slot 5: icm
Correct action: Fold.
- Seat A shoves: 13,000 chips
- Seat B stack: 9,000 chips
- Dead money already in the pot: 1,800 chips
- Win probability if called: 55.0%
- Chip-EV of calling: 1890 chips
- Chip-EV of folding: 0 chips
- Verdict: $EV(call) -12.24 falls short of $EV(fold) 0.00 — a risk premium of $12.24. Chip-EV alone would say call — the ICM risk is what flips it to a fold.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| $EV(call) | $-12.24 |
| $EV(fold) | $0.00 |
| Risk premium | $12.24 |