Daily puzzles for 2026-09-27
Slot 1: find-the-nuts
The nuts on each street.
- Flop board: 2c, Kc, Kh
- Flop nuts: 2d, Kd or 2d, Ks or 2h, Kd or 2h, Ks or 2s, Kd or 2s, Ks
- Flop why: A full house: no other two-card holding beats this board.
- Turn board: 2c, Kc, Kh, Qc
- Turn nuts: Qd, Kd or Qd, Ks or Qh, Kd or Qh, Ks or Qs, Kd or Qs, Ks
- Turn why: A full house: no other two-card holding beats this board.
- River board: 2c, Kc, Kh, Qc, Ad
- River nuts: Ac, Ah or Ac, As or Ah, As
- River why: A full house: no other two-card holding beats this board.
Slot 2: equity
Rule-of-4 estimate: 12.0%.
- Your hand: As, 6d
- Villain: Kc, Ks
- Flop: Qs, 9h, Ts
- True outs: 3
- Rule of 4: outs × 4 = 3 × 4 = 12.0%
- Why: On the flop (two cards to come), each out is worth roughly 4% equity.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| True outs | 3 |
| Multiplier | ×4 |
| Estimated equity | 12.0% |
Slot 3: pot-odds
Correct action: Fold.
- Pot: 50 BB
- Bet: 13 BB
- To call: 13 BB
- Required equity: call / (pot + bet + call) = 13 / (50 + 13 + 13) = 13/76 = 17.1%
- Your hand: 4c, 3c
- Villain: 8s, Kh
- Turn: 6s, 6d, 7c, 8h
- Verdict: 9.1% falls short of the 17.1% you need, so calling loses chips long-run.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Required equity | 17.1% |
| Your equity | 9.1% |
| EV of calling | -6.09 BB |
Slot 4: hand-reading
Hand B wins.
- Hand A: 7d, Th
- Hand B: 2c, Qh
- Board: 3h, 9d, 8s, 2h, 8h
Slot 5: icm
Correct action: Call.
- Seat A shoves: 15,000 chips
- Seat B stack: 8,000 chips
- Dead money already in the pot: 1,600 chips
- Win probability if called: 60.0%
- Chip-EV of calling: 2560 chips
- Chip-EV of folding: 0 chips
- Verdict: $EV(call) 1.58 beats $EV(fold) 0.00, so calling is worth more in real money.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| $EV(call) | $1.58 |
| $EV(fold) | $0.00 |
| Risk premium | $0.00 |