Daily puzzles — 2026-09-16
Slot 1: equity
True outs: 6.
- Your hand: 9h, 4d
- Villain: Qh, Kd
- Flop: Ah, Jd, 6c
- 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: 6
Slot 2: pot-odds
Correct action: Call.
- Pot: 8 BB
- Bet: 2 BB
- To call: 2 BB
- Required equity: call / (pot + bet + call) = 2 / (8 + 2 + 2) = 2/12 = 16.7%
- Your hand: Ts, Ah
- Villain: 9c, Jh
- Turn: 7h, Tc, Td, 2s
- Verdict: 90.9% clears the 16.7% you need, so calling wins chips long-run.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Required equity | 16.7% |
| Your equity | 90.9% |
| EV of calling | +8.91 BB |
Slot 3: hand-reading
Hand B wins.
- Hand A: Ks, 2c
- Hand B: Ac, 8c
- Board: Qh, 5s, 3c, Jh, 6d
Slot 4: 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 5: push-fold
Optimal action: Fold.
- Stack: 10 BB
- Position: Big blind
- Structure: No antes
- Nash range: 42% of the grid calls at this depth — see the grid below.
| Action | EV (BB) |
|---|---|
| Call | -1.27 |
| Fold (optimal) | -1.00 |