Texas Holdem Poker – Quiz 2

Question 1

What is an "F-bomb"?
A) Ruling by the floorperson that your hand must be killed for refusing to obey the dealer.
B) A curse word which, when uttered at the poker table, results in an automatic penalty.
C) An obscene hand gesture which, when performed at the poker table, results in an automatic penalty.
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The correct answer is B.

Question 2

Which of the following would be considered a use of the free-card play?
A) On the flop, raising from late position with a four-flush.
B) On the turn, raising from late position with top pair.
C) On the flop, checking from early position with a good hand, knowing that your opponent is likely to check behind you.
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The correct answer is A.

Question 3

What is a dry pot?
A) A main pot that cannot grow any larger, because one player is all in and any new bets must go into a side pot.
B) An empty side pot.
C) A pot that only contains that blinds/antes.
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The correct answer is B.

Question 4

At the very first World Series of Poker in 1970, Johnny Moss became the first World Champion by:
A) Winning a mixed-game tournament.
B) Winning a no-limit Texas hold'em tournament.
C) Being voted the Champion by his fellow players.
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The correct answer is C.

Question 5

Where will you find a flat payout structure?
A) At a poker tournament where the prize money is distributed fairly evenly among all those who cash in the event.
B) At a winner-take-all poker tournament.
C) At a casino where the bad beat jackpot money is shared only by the two players who were involved in the jackpot hand.
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The correct answer is A.

Question 6

What is the "cashout curse"?
A) A belief that if you sit down in a game and win a lot of money right away, then leave immediately without giving your opponents any chance to win it back, that you will be fated to lose the next time you play.
B) An eerie string of events which show that anyone who wins the WSOP Main Event in an odd-numbered year is doomed to lose money the following year.
C) A belief that online poker sites are rigged to deliberately make you lose if you decide to cash out any of your deposit money.
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The correct answer is C.

Question 7

How do you make "Broadway"?
A) By making an ace-high straight.
B) By making an ace-low straight flush.
C) By making the nut full house when holding top set along with a pair on the board.
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The correct answer is A.

Question 8

What is the computer hand, and why is it called that?
A) Q-J suited, because supposedly computer simulations showed that this is the best drawing hand in hold'em.
B) Q-7 offsuit, because supposedly computer simulations showed that this is the median average starting hand in hold'em.
C) Q-T of diamonds, because many years ago Bill Gates made a Royal Flush with this hand in a very high-stakes game, and legend has it that he used some of the money from that monster pot to found Microsoft.
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The correct answer is B.

Question 9

When might you be witnessing a case of all-in abuse?
A) In the later stages of a tourney, when the chip leader is constantly raising all in preflop.
B) In an online tourney, when a player gets disconnected just at the moment he is faced with the decision of calling a big bet or folding.
C) In any tourney, when two colluding players both go all in just to drive a third player out of the pot.
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The correct answer is B.

Question 10

What is rabbit hunting?
A) When a player asks the dealer to show him what the river card would have been.
B) When a player asks the dealer to show him another player's mucked cards.
C) Something Elmer Fudd is really good at.
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The correct answer is A.

Question 11

What is a shootout tournament?
A) A multi-table tourney where each table plays down to one winner, and then those winners compete against each other in a playoff round.
B) A sit-n-go tourney restricted to only six players.
C) A heads-up tourney.
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The correct answer is A.

Question 12

What is the "playing zone"?
A) The area of a card room where the high-stakes players sit.
B) A competitive state of mind which allows a player to focus 100 percent of his mental energy on making the right decisions.
C) High cards, usually ace through nine.
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The correct answer is C.