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Poker quiz: test your skills

The first hand is already on the table. Call it — fold, call or raise — and you get the one-line math behind the answer before the next one is dealt. Score and leaks at the end.

$1 / $2 · 100BBSOLVER-CHECKED SPOTS
Villain · UTGraises to $5
POT · $8PREFLOP
Q♦
J♣
BB
$1 / $2 · 100bb
Hand 1 / 10Domination

UTG opens to $5 and it's on you in the big blind. Q♦ J♣. Your move?

Pick an action to see the math. Nothing is scored until you commit.

Free to playEvery answer shows its mathOuts ×2 for one card, ×4 only when both are guaranteed

Worked examples

Three spots from the same pool, taken apart in full. Answers stay folded away so they don't spoil the deal above — open one when you want the reasoning instead of the score.

POT · $8PREFLOP
Q♦
J♣
BB
$1 / $2 · 100bb

Correct play Fold

The math QJo is dominated by a tight UTG range — out of position, that's a fold.

Queen-jack offsuit is exactly the kind of hand that looks strong and quietly loses money. A tight UTG open is full of hands that dominate it — AQ, KQ, AJ, and any bigger queen or jack — and you would be playing the pot from the worst seat with no initiative. Domination plus poor position makes this a clean fold.

A hand is dominated when a stronger version of it shares a card — Q-J against A-Q or K-Q. Dominated offsuit broadways play badly out of position against tight ranges; fold them and wait for a better spot.

POT · $20
7♥
6♠
2♥
9♥
8♥
BTN
$1 / $2 · 100bb

Correct play Call

The math pot odds 3 : 1 → need 25% equity · your draw ≈ 30% on the next card (15 outs)

You’re risking $10 to win a $30 pot, so you need 25%. The flush plus open-ended straight draw has about 30% equity on the very next card, already above the direct price, so call. This call buys only the next card: use outs × 2 against this price. Use × 4 only when the call closes the action for both cards; otherwise realistic implied odds must cover any gap.

A normal call buys one card at a time: compare outs × 2 with the price. Use × 4 only when calling guarantees both remaining cards.

POT · $40
K♠
8♥
3♣
2♦
7♠
K♦
9♦
BB
$1 / $2 · 100bb

Correct play Call

The math Top pair on a board where nothing got there — you beat every busted draw and missed ace-high the button barreled as a bluff, and you're priced $30 to win $70. This is a bluff-catch.

The button fired three streets, so their range is polarized: strong made hands (better kings, sets, overpairs) and a pile of busted bluffs (missed ace-highs and broadway draws). Your top pair beats every one of those bluffs, and folding would let them run you over — against a ¾-pot bet you only need to be good about a third of the time, and you are. Yes, some kings beat you, but fold every top pair to a big bet and you become exploitable. Call and catch the bluffs. The solver calls about 95% of the time.

Facing a river bet from a polarized range, a bluff-catcher only needs to beat the bluffs, not the value. Against a ¾-pot bet you defend roughly the top 60% of your range (MDF) — top pair clears that bar and calls.

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FAQ

Winning your home game doesn't say much — the cards are loud and the sample is tiny. A cleaner signal is whether your decisions match the math when it matters. That's what this quiz measures: ten real spots, each with one defensible answer and the reasoning behind it. Eight or more and your fundamentals are ahead of most casual players.

They're solver-checked, but we only quiz spots with a clear best play. Real solvers mix frequencies in close spots — grading you wrong on a coin flip would be noise, not teaching. If a spot is genuinely mixed, it doesn't make the pool. When the quiz says fold, the alternative loses money long-term, and the explanation shows you why.

Every spot is a recorded hand from our library — real situations, not invented examples. The equity numbers come from Monte Carlo sims we run and version ourselves; nothing gets a number unless a sim backs it. If we can't verify it, we don't print it. How we verify →

0–4 is a Fish: the table is charging you tuition — start with pot odds and the cheat sheet. 5–7 is a Reg: solid instincts, a few leaks; the explanations show you which. 8–10 is a Shark: fundamentals are sharp — go beat the daily mixed challenge.

Yes. Each run draws ten spots from a pool of 180 recorded hands across preflop, pot odds and hand reading — a retake deals you a different test.

Free, with no ads on the felt. Miss a hand and you'll see exactly why — that part's free too.

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