The Weekly PokerNews Strategy Quiz: Try to Find the Trick Question

08-22-2015 75833 responses Top results

When you think of quizzes, you think of teachers. Some teachers are like poker players with their quiz-giving, looking for ways to exploit weaknesses with all of their probing. We all remember those ��trick questions�� certain teachers loved to include, catching unsuspecting students off guard in the same way a player taking an unusual line in a poker hand might.

Poker players �� at least the thinking ones �� can be like teachers, too, in the way they are ��grading�� opponents at the table with constant assessments.

Speaking of, it��s time once more for another edition of ��The Weekly PokerNews Strategy Quiz,�� featuring questions culled from the previous week��s worth of articles appearing in the Strategy section here at PokerNews.

Find 10 multiple-choice questions below. Get seven correct and you earn a passing grade, and for any incorrect answers you��ll get an explanation regarding the correct choice. Feel free to check back through the week��s articles if stumped for an answer.

And, of course, be on the alert for any trick questions.

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Question 1

What is a play that might distinguish a player as "LAG" or loose-aggressive?

Question 2

Which strategy is *not* recommended as helping to increase mental toughness at the tables?

Question 3

What particular poker skill did six-time WSOP bracelet winner T.J. Cloutier once identify as especially key to his success?

Question 4

What is meant by the commonly heard advice to "play the player"?

Question 5

The acronym "GTO" stands for...

Question 6

In this week's "Hold'em with Holloway," a hand is discussed in which a player holds 7c-5c and the flop comes 8c-6c-Qd, giving the player...

Question 7

What is meant by the advice to consider "game flow" before choosing a particular line or strategic course in a hand?

Question 8

In "How to Play a Flush Draw in No-Limit Hold'em," which of the following does Alec Torelli suggest as encouragement to play your draw aggressively (betting or raising)?

Question 9

"Casino Poker for Beginners: Quirky House Rules" includes reference to a "string bet," which refers to...

Question 10

Which of the above is the trick question?