Daily puzzles — 2026-09-09
Slot 1: find-the-nuts
The nuts on each street.
- Flop board: Tc, 2c, 7c
- Flop nuts: Kc, Ac
- Flop why: A flush — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- Turn board: Tc, 2c, 7c, Jc
- Turn nuts: 8c, 9c
- Turn why: A straight flush — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- River board: Tc, 2c, 7c, Jc, Qh
- River nuts: 8c, 9c
- River why: A straight flush — no other two-card holding beats this board.
Slot 2: equity
True outs: 3.
- Your hand: 2h, 7d
- Villain: 4d, 4h
- Flop: 8c, Ah, 9h
- 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: 20 BB
- Bet: 5 BB
- To call: 5 BB
- Required equity: call / (pot + bet + call) = 5 / (20 + 5 + 5) = 5/30 = 16.7%
- Your hand: 6h, 8s
- Villain: 6s, Ks
- Turn: Ac, 3h, 5d, Qs
- Verdict: 6.8% falls short of the 16.7% you need, so calling loses chips long-run.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Required equity | 16.7% |
| Your equity | 6.8% |
| EV of calling | -2.95 BB |
Slot 4: hand-reading
Hand B wins.
- Hand A: 5s, 8d
- Hand B: 2h, 4s
- Board: 7d, 2c, 4d, Jc, 7h
Slot 5: icm
Correct action: Call.
- Seat A shoves: 16,000 chips
- Seat C stack: 5,000 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) 9.72 beats $EV(fold) 0.00, so calling is worth more in real money.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| $EV(call) | $9.72 |
| $EV(fold) | $0.00 |
| Risk premium | $0.00 |