Daily puzzles — 2026-09-13
Slot 1: 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: 60.0%
- Chip-EV of calling: 2880 chips
- Chip-EV of folding: 0 chips
- Verdict: $EV(call) -0.05 falls short of $EV(fold) 0.00 — a risk premium of $0.05. Chip-EV alone would say call — the ICM risk is what flips it to a fold.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| $EV(call) | $-0.05 |
| $EV(fold) | $0.00 |
| Risk premium | $0.05 |
Slot 2: push-fold
Optimal action: Call.
- Stack: 10 BB
- Position: Big blind
- Structure: 1 BB ante (BB)
- Nash range: 59% of the grid calls at this depth — see the grid below.
| Action | EV (BB) |
|---|---|
| Call (optimal) | -1.36 |
| Fold | -2.00 |
Slot 3: find-the-nuts
The nuts on each street.
- Flop board: 6s, 7s, 6d
- Flop nuts: 7c, 7d or 7c, 7h or 7d, 7h
- Flop why: A full house — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- Turn board: 6s, 7s, 6d, 4d
- Turn nuts: 7c, 7d or 7c, 7h or 7d, 7h
- Turn why: A full house — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- River board: 6s, 7s, 6d, 4d, 8h
- River nuts: 8c, 8d or 8c, 8s or 8d, 8s
- River why: A full house — no other two-card holding beats this board.
Slot 4: equity
True equity: 72.4%.
- Your hand: Jd, 9h
- Villain: 6s, 8s
- Flop: 3d, As, Ah
- Rule of thumb: Each out is worth about 4% equity on the flop — useful for estimating a draw's equity at a glance.
Slot 5: pot-odds
Correct action: Fold.
- Pot: 30 BB
- Bet: 23 BB
- To call: 23 BB
- Required equity: call / (pot + bet + call) = 23 / (30 + 23 + 23) = 23/76 = 30.3%
- Your hand: 3d, Qs
- Villain: 6h, 7h
- Turn: 6c, Ts, 3c, 5d
- Verdict: 11.4% falls short of the 30.3% you need, so calling loses chips long-run.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Required equity | 30.3% |
| Your equity | 11.4% |
| EV of calling | -14.36 BB |