PokerPlayer Quiz – Turbo MTTs

Turbo tournaments are a fast and furious way to play poker. They can be extremely profitable too – but only if you know all the turbo-charged moves. Test your mettle with Ross Jarvis’s quiz

Questions

Q1. Aces of Base
Players 6 Blinds 50/100 Your stack 5,000 Your hand Ac-As
Action
It’s early in a £11 online turbo MTT. There are a lot of weaker players in the field. You raise to 300 with A-A in early position and the big blind three-bets to 1,300. What should you do?
Decision
a) Fold
b) Call for deception
c) Four-bet to 2,800
d) Shove all-in
Q2. The Three Count
Players 9 Blinds 100/200 Your stack 2,600 Your hand 3c-3d
Action
You’re playing in a £50 live tournament and have got pretty short in chips. A big stack raises to 500 under-the-gun, and two other players call before the action is on you with 3-3 on the button. What should you do?
Decision
a) Fold
b) Call the 500
c) Three-bet to 1,300
d) Move all-in for 2,600
Q3. Go For Broke
Players 8 Blinds 500/1,000/a100 Your stack 28,000 Your hand 8c-7c
Action
You are in a $22 online tournament and approaching the money. A player in the cutoff raises to 2,200, you call on the button with 8c-7c and the big blind calls too. The flop is 7d-3d-2c. It’s checked around and you bet 4,000. The big blind shoves all-in and covers you. What do you do?
Decision
a) Fold
b) Call
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