Daily puzzles — 2026-09-15
Slot 1: find-the-nuts
The nuts on each street.
- Flop board: 2d, 8c, 6d
- Flop nuts: 8d, 8h or 8d, 8s or 8h, 8s
- Flop why: Three of a kind — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- Turn board: 2d, 8c, 6d, 3c
- Turn nuts: 4c, 5c or 4c, 5d or 4c, 5h or 4c, 5s or 4d, 5c or 4d, 5d or 4d, 5h or 4d, 5s or 4h, 5c or 4h, 5d or 4h, 5h or 4h, 5s or 4s, 5c or 4s, 5d or 4s, 5h or 4s, 5s
- Turn why: A straight — no other two-card holding beats this board.
- River board: 2d, 8c, 6d, 3c, 5d
- River nuts: 3d, 4d
- River why: A straight flush — no other two-card holding beats this board.
Slot 2: equity
True outs: 3.
- Your hand: 9d, 8d
- Villain: 9s, Ah
- Flop: 7d, 3c, Kc
- 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: 8 BB
- Bet: 12 BB
- To call: 12 BB
- Required equity: call / (pot + bet + call) = 12 / (8 + 12 + 12) = 12/32 = 37.5%
- Your hand: 9d, Js
- Villain: Qc, Qd
- Turn: 3d, Jd, Th, Ad
- Verdict: 11.4% falls short of the 37.5% you need, so calling loses chips long-run.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Required equity | 37.5% |
| Your equity | 11.4% |
| EV of calling | -8.36 BB |
Slot 4: hand-reading
Hand A wins.
- Hand A: Jd, Ts
- Hand B: 4d, 7h
- Board: 2c, 2d, 8d, Qd, 6c
Slot 5: icm
Correct action: Call.
- Seat D shoves: 1,000 chips
- Seat C stack: 7,000 chips
- Dead money already in the pot: 200 chips
- Win probability if called: 60.0%
- Chip-EV of calling: 320 chips
- Chip-EV of folding: 0 chips
- Verdict: $EV(call) 9.28 beats $EV(fold) 0.00, so calling is worth more in real money.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| $EV(call) | $9.28 |
| $EV(fold) | $0.00 |
| Risk premium | $0.00 |