The Weekly PokerNews Strategy Quiz: Starting Hands in No-Limit Hold��em

05-21-2016 69815 responses Top results

Welcome back to another installment of The Weekly PokerNews Strategy Quiz. A few of this week��s strategy articles dealt with the topic of starting hand selection in no-limit hold��em, and so this week��s set of questions all have something to do with that theme.

Once again this week��s quiz features eight multiple choice questions, and if you can get six of them correct you��ll earn a passing grade. Miss any and you��ll see an explanation of the correct response.

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Question 1

Which of the following no-limit hold��em hands is generally *not* considered a ��premium�� starting hand?

Question 2

Of the 169 different starting hands in no-limit hold��em, which is considered the worst?

Question 3

To call a preflop raise from the small blind or big blind is called...

Question 4

A player who plays a high percentage of starting hands is usually described as...

Question 5

In no-limit hold��em, a player whose ��VPIP�� percentage (voluntarily put $ in pot) is 35% would be considered...

Question 6

If there are two tight players in the blinds and it is folded to you on the button, it is often not unreasonable to open-raise with...

Question 7

Generally speaking, when playing against fewer opponents -- that is, heads-up or short-handed instead of full-ring -- you should be playing...

Question 8

When playing from later position (cutoff, button), you ______________ your range of starting hands.