Checking hands the Big Blind a free card and wastes the best flop you could ask for — with a near-nutted hand you want money in the pot now.

66 on 6♥ 9♦ 2♣, checked to you — bet or check?

Q: 66 on 6♥ 9♦ 2♣, checked to you — bet or check?

Bet. You've flopped middle set: three sixes on a dry 6♥9♦2♣ rainbow. Only a higher set — pocket nines — has you beaten, and it's rare, so you're miles ahead of everything else. Bet to start building the pot while worse pairs, any nine and stubborn floats still call. The solver bets 100% of the time.

The answer

Bet

Bet ~$8, two-thirds pot

The math: Set of sixes on a dry rainbow — only a set of nines beats you, so pile in the value.

Why

You've flopped middle set: three sixes on a dry 6♥9♦2♣ rainbow. Only a higher set — pocket nines — has you beaten, and it's rare, so you're miles ahead of everything else. Bet to start building the pot while worse pairs, any nine and stubborn floats still call. The solver bets 100% of the time.

The spot

Villain · BB

checks

POT · $12

6♥

9♦

2♣

6♠

6♣

BTN

$1 / $2 · 100bb

Your seat: BTN
Stakes and stacks: $1 / $2 · 100bb
Your hand: 6♠ 6♣
Board: 6♥ 9♦ 2♣
Pot: POT · $12
Action on you: BB checks

Every option

CheckGive a free card
Why not: Checking hands the Big Blind a free card and wastes the best flop you could ask for — with a near-nutted hand you want money in the pot now.
BetBet ~$8, two-thirds potCorrect
⅓ pot · $4 · ⅔ pot · $8 · pot · $12

The idea behind it

A monster on a dry, static board has no draws to fear, so you bet purely to build the pot before scarier cards arrive.

Concept: Value bet

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Terms in this spot

Value bet

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The trainer deals this hand with hints, grading and spaced repetition — and randomized variations of it once you have seen it.