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Limit Texas Holdem Quiz
by Bill Burton
Test your knowledge with our Texas Holdem Quiz.
Limit
Texas Holdem has fixed betting limits. While No
Limit Texas Hold em is a good format for tournaments, the
majority of
cash
games are limit games.
This Holdem Quiz has 10 Questions.
1) Choosing to play a starting hand in Texas Hold ‘em is the
most important decision you will make. The most important factor to
consider
when making the decision is:
- Your
two starting cards
only.
- Your
position.
- If
you can bluff your opponents.
2) Your starting hand consists of
two suited cards. How
often will you make a flush?
- 20% of
the time.
- 15% of
the time.
- 5
percent of the time.
3)
The
relationship
between the money in the pot and the size of a bet you must call is
known as:
- Reverse
odds
- Pot
Odds
- Implied
odds.
4)
You
have 10h 10c
in late position. An early position player raises and another player
calls. You
call and the Big Blind does as well. The Flop is Ah – Qc – 7 d. The
original
raiser bets. You should:
- Fold.
- Call.
- Raise.
5) Slow playing is checking or
calling with a strong hand
instead of betting or raising during one round to win more money during
later
betting rounds. You should slow play when:
- There
are many players
active in the hand.
- The
pot is big.
- You
have the nuts.
6) You have 4c – 4h in late
position. An early position
player raises and a middle position player re-raises. You should:
- Re-raise.
- Fold.
- Call.
7) You limp (just call the big
blind) into the pot with
Qh-10h and another player calls and the big blind checks. The flop is
10c – 8c
– 3d. This gives you top pair.
The big blind checks and you bet. The other player raises
and the big blind re-raises. You should:
- Re-raise.
- Call.
- Fold.
8) Two players limp in and you are
on the button (last to
act before the blinds) call with Ac – 6c. The small blind folds and the
big
blind checks.
There are four players in the hand and the
flop is: As – 10d –
6s. The big blind bets and the
early player calls the next player raises. You should:
- Re-raise.
- Call
- Fold.
9) You hold 3c – 3d in the small
blind.
Three other players call.
You call and the big blind checks. The flop
is Qd – 7h – 3s. You are fist to act. You should:
- Check
and raise if there
is a bet.
- Bet
- Check
and call if there is
a bet.
10) The size of your bankroll will
determine the limits that
you can play without going broke. A good rule of thumb is to have a
bankroll
equal to:
- 50
times the amount of the
big blind.
- 350
times the big blind.
- 100
times the big blind.
Answers to
Holdem Quiz:
1) B.
Hold ‘em is a positional game. Not all hands are
playable from every position. You need a much stronger hand to play
from early
position than you do from late position. If you play a weak hand in
early
position you may be raised or re-raised by the players acting after
you.
2) C.
When you start suited you will only make a flush about
5 percent of the time. The biggest mistake made by many novice players
is
playing any suited cards from any position.
3) B.
Pot odds are the relationship between the current bet
and the current size of the pot. If the pot had $20 and the bet is $5
you are
getting 4 to 1 pot odds. If you were drawing to an inside straight with
one
card to come, the odds of making the hand is 10.5 to 1. If you were
only
getting 4 to 1 in pot odds you are not getting correct odds to make the
call.
4) A.
Fold. There are three other players and there are over
cards (cards higher than your 10) on the board. Your tens are beat and
you
won’t be getting the correct odds to call the bet.
5) C. You
should only slow play when you have the nuts (best
hand that can’t be beaten) or near nut hand. You don’t want to give a
player a
free card by checking when they might draw a card that can beat you.
You want
to win big pots so if the pot is already big go for it and bet your
hand.
6) B.
Fold your small pair. Players in limit games tend to
over value small pairs because they see them as a coin flip during the
televised No Limit tournaments. When you have a small pair the odds of
flopping
a set are 7.5 to 1 against you. You are not getting the correct odds to
cold
call a raise and re-raise.
7) C.
Fold. Even if the original raiser had two clubs and
was on a flush draw, the big blind check-raised which could mean a set
(3 of kind)
or a pair higher that your tens. You don’t have enough outs to call a
double
raise with this hand.
8) A.
Raise. There is a chance that one of the other players
might have a single ace with a small kicker. Re-raising may get the big
blind
or other caller to fold. You have two pair but there are two spades on
the
board. If a third spade comes on the turn you can call the bet. If a spade doesn’t come
you should re-raise
if there is a bet on the turn.
9) B.
You should bet. You don’t want to play a small set.
Since there is only one high card on the board the chances of the other
players
checking is greater. You can get more money in the pot by betting as
players
with overcards may call to see the turn.
10) B.
In Texas Hold ’em a good player will earn the amount
of 1-2 big blinds an hour. With a bank roll of 350 times the amount of
the big
blind a good player can be fairly sure of not going broke. A bad player
on the
other hand could have an unlimited bankroll and still go broke.
This
does not
mean you bring your whole bankroll with you to play. You session
bankroll will
be much smaller but you must play within your means and more
importantly within
your skill level.
You don’t have to be the best player in
the world to win at
poker. You just need to be better than your opponents.
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