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THE POKER MATH QUIZ

ANSWER KEY
POKER MATH.
Most players suck at math. They might use the right words and cite “implied
odds” as the reason they made a play or claim their bluff was “+EV” because
their opponent folded this time. But they don’t really understand the concepts
nor how to calculate them.

This answer key breaks down all 20 questions from The Poker Math Quiz, and
will show you the correct answer and give a brief explanation about the “why.”

Many of these questions came from the Poker Math & Preflop Workbook, which
contains 1,500+ questions and a complete answer key. If you scored less than
70% on this quiz - I fully suggest that you pick up the workbook and do a few
pages per day. It will help you a ton!

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 QU E S T ION #1

The pot is $400 before your opponent bets $200.

What pot odds are you getting here?

POT: 400
YOU 1,350

T T 4 9 ANSWER: 3:1
200 To call here, you would be risking $200 to win
$600 (the $400 pot + their $200 bet). The pot
THEM 3,845
odds ratio is essentially REWARD:RISK, and here
would be $600:$200, which simplifies to 3:1.

FREE POT ODDS TOOL: My free calculator will tell you the exact pot odds and equity
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QU E S T ION # 2

You raise preflop and just the BB calls with this

range. If you cbet for $25 into $40 and suspect
the BB only continues with a pair or better, is this
bet outright profitable?

ANSWER: YES
Given this range and flop, villain only has a pair
or better about 35% of the time and thus folds
the other 65% of the time. A bet of $25 into $40 has a breakeven-% of 38%. Since villain’s fold-
% is higher than the required breakeven-%, this is an outright profitable bet. Finding outright
profitable bluffs is a key way to amp up your aggression both preflop and postflop.

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 QU E S T ION # 3

Assuming there are zero blockers to consider,

AA AK how many combos exist in a range of QQ+/AK?

AK KK ANSWER: 34
There are 6 combos of each pocket pair and 16

QQ combos of each unpaired starting hand (12 of

those are unsuited, and 4 of them are suited).
As such, a range of QQ+/AK has 18 combos of
pocket pairs and another 16 of unpaired starting hands - for a grand total of 34 combos.

COMBOS & BLOCKERS: I made a complete free video breaking down combos and blockers
along with another quiz if you want to learn more.

QU E S T ION #4

Playing $5/$10, you open-raise to $30 total from

the SB and suspect the BB only defends with this
range. About how often will you pick the pot up
uncontested preflop?

ANSWER: 50-70%
This range contains 37% of hands, which
means the other 63% of hands would all get
folded after you raise. Being able to effortlessly parallel %-form, combos, and composition
of a range is a crucial skill that all intermediate-advanced players need to be refining. Many
of the exercises in the Poker Math & Preflop Workbook will guide you through this work and
help you build improved intuition that you use in every single session.

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 QU E S T ION #5

Stacks are $100 and you invest $10 on a preflop

setmine expecting to win your opponent’s stack
every time that you flop a set. What is the EV of
setmining here?

10 100
ANSWER: +$3
You will flop a set or better roughly 12% of
the time which means you make $100 12% of
the time, and you lose your $10 setmine 88% of the time. Plugging everything into the EV
equation, that is (12%*$100)-(88%*$10). That simplifies down to $12-$8.8, and gives a final
answer of roughly +$3. FREE EV CALCULATOR: Bookmark this free tool from Red Chip Poker
whenever you need to make a quick EV calculation.

QU E S T ION # 6

A 5 The pot is $800 on the river. What is the

breakeven-% if you overbet for $1,600?

POT: 800 1,600 YOU 3,190

K T 2 4 J ANSWER: 67%
The formula for breakeven-% is $Risk/
($Risk+$Reward), where risk is the size of your
THEM 2,645 bet/raise and the reward is the size of the pot
you are fighting for. In this case, your risk is
$1,600 and the reward is the pot, or $800. $1,600/($1,600+$800) gives us a final answer of 67%.

If this isn’t making sense, read my guide on the simple math behind bluffing.

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 QU E S T ION # 7

O 9 Your opponent bets 18K into a pot of 18K on the

turn. You suspect you have a 20% chance of
improving to the best hand. How much extra do
POT: 18K
YOU 109K
you need to make on the river to justify calling?
A J 2 K
18K ANSWER: 36K
THEM 87K
Facing a pot-sized bet gives you 2:1 pot odds,
but given your estimated 20% equity, you
would actually need 4:1 pot odds to make continuing immediately correct. To estimate how
much extra money I need to make on the next street, I multiply the gap between the odds
(the gap between 4 and 2 is 2) by the bet I’m facing. So multiplying 18K by 2, we see that we
need to make 36K on the river. Proof this with my free implied odds calculator.

QU E S T ION #8

What is the %-form of this preflop calling range?

ANSWER: 1-15%
This is a 14% range of hands when blockers
aren’t considered. It may seem unnecessary to
be able to closely estimate these numbers, but
this is the foundation for finding extra bluffs
preflop and hand reading postflop.

If you’re wondering why hands like AA, KK, and AK aren’t included in this range, watch my
free video on hand reading when players call you preflop.

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 QU E S T ION # 9

How much equity does A♣K♥ have against a

range of JJ+/AK preflop?
AA AK

A K AK KK

QQ
ANSWER: ~40%
It’s technically 39.78% equity for AK here, but
JJ
who’s keeping track? Knowing the equity of
common hands you play vs. common ranges
your opponents might go all-in with preflop is
a HUGE benefit - especially if you play tournaments. The good news is that some practice
with Equilab (even 10 minutes per day for a week) will help you make better estimations. And
since equity is so important when discerning the EV of various preflop all-ins, this is 100%
worth your time.

QU E S T ION #10

You suspect MP open-raises with 20% of hands

and would only continue with this range if you
3bet to $100. Roughly how often can you expect
MP to fold preflop?

ANSWER: ~75%
The range shown is roughly 5% of hands, which
means MP is folding the other 15% of hands
from the original range of 20%. 15/20 = 75%, and as such, we can expect villain to fold that
often. This is a great example of how technical knowledge can help you find extra 3bets
preflop. The exercises in the Poker Math & Preflop Workbook guide you through countless
drills to internalize this skillset sooner than later.

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 QU E S T ION #1 1

The pot is 150 on the river and your opponent

bets 100. How much total would you put out if

POT: 150 100 THEM 945 you decided to make a pot-sized raise?

O 6 3 J 7
7 6 ANSWER: 450
The simple way to calculate a pot-sized raise
YOU 1,860
here is to multiply the bet you are facing by 3
and then add in any extra chips. In this case,
you would take 3*$100 and add in the extra $150 from the pot, for a final raise size of $450
total. You will know that your pot-sized raise is correctly sized when your opponent is getting
2:1 after you raise. In this spot, they would be calling $350 more to win $700 (the $150 pot +
their $100 bet + your $450 raise)...giving them exactly 2:1 on a call.

QU E S T ION #1 2

At 500/1K blinds, it folds around and the SB goes

all-in for 10K total. Your 1K blind is already posted
10K THEM 0 and it is 9K more to call. What is the EV of calling
assuming your 22 has 45% equity?
POT: 11K
2 2
ANSWER: 0
YOU 9K
This is a spot where you would use the simple
EV equation.

The formula would get filled in like this: EV = (45%*11K)-(55%*9K) and solve down to EV=0. I
don’t know about you, but risking my tournament life for 0EV doesn’t make calling all that
attractive.

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 QU E S T ION #13

You cbet 80K into 190K with this range on

T♦9♦5♣ and your opponent raises. Which of
these raise sizes are auto-profitable if you only
continue with top pair or better and draws with
at least 8 outs?

ANSWER: 180K & 220K

Given the continuance range, you are folding
47% of the time. If villain raises to 180K or 220K which both have a breakeven-% under 47%,
villain can bluff us with any two cards for these sizes since we are folding too often. Of
course, this doesn’t mean villain is actually adjusting properly and adding heaps of extra
bluffs for those raise sizes - but it’s a serious consideration against stronger opponents.

QU E S T ION #14

The pot is 20K on the turn and your opponent

makes a pot-sized bet into you. If you raise to

POT: 20K 20K THEM 136K 80K total, what pot odds would you be offering
them?
O O 4 A
4 4
80K ANSWER: 2:1
YOU 339K
Your opponent would be calling 60K to win 120K
(the 20K pot + their 20K bet + your 80K raise).

This gives them exactly 2:1 on a call, and based upon what you learned in Question #11, you
know that your 80K raise was also a perfectly sized pot-size raise.

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 QU E S T ION #15

What is the %-form of this 3betting range?

ANSWER: ~10%
This is technically 9.5% of hands with zero
blockers accounted for. Understanding the
%-form of 3bet ranges can help you build that
player’s preflop calling ranges AND hand read
against them postflop in 3bet pots.

For more on this topic, read my free guide about understanding and building 3bet ranges.

QU E S T ION #16

Assuming there are zero blockers to consider,

how many combos exist in this range?

ANSWER: 251-400
This is a 27% range of hands that contains
exactly 354 combos. If you’ve never worked
with %-form and preflop combos before, when
there are zero blockers accounted for there are
1,326 combos of all 169 starting hands. Meaning a 0% range of hands contains 0 combos, and
100% of hands contain 1,326 combos. Given this, you should be able to quickly calculate how
many combos are in a 10%, a 20%, and a 50% preflop range...

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 QU E S T ION #17

You hold A♦7♦ and suspect your opponent has

TT+/AQ+. When the flop comes A♥T♣8♣, how
AA AK AQ

A 7 AK

AQ
KK

QQ
many combos of top pair or better does your
opponent have?
JJ

TT

FLOP
ANSWER: 20
A T 8
There are exactly 20 combos of top pair or
better here that break down into 4 combos of
sets (1 of AA and 3 of TT) and 16 combos of top pair (8 of AK and 8 of AQ). Knowing how many
combos of strong hands exist in your opponent’s postflop ranges can help you find tons of
extra bluffs along with spots to hero-fold correctly.

RELATED VIDEO: Beating Players That Slow Play Preflop

QU E S T ION #18

Roughly what is the EV of your all-in if they 3bet

with 8% of hands and would only call with KK+?
225 THEM 775

POT: 1,225 ANSWER: +$224

1K
T T It may seem counterintuitive that going
all-in with a clearly dominated hand would
YOU 0 be profitable, but remember that villain is
folding a ton when you shove. In fact, given
the assumptions in this hand, villain is folding 88% of the time when you go all-in – meaning
you pick up the $325 pot (their $225 4bet and your $100 3bet) and still have 19% equity when
called. You can proof this by downloading my COMPLEX EV spreadsheet.

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 QU E S T ION #19

Your opponent bets $50 into $100 on the river.

You call expecting to be good 40% of the time.

POT: 100 50 THEM 1,785 What is the EV of your call?

K 9 3 4 8
T T ANSWER: +$30
When you call and lose, you lose $50. When you
YOU 3,440
call and win, you win the full $150 (the $100 pot
+ their $50 bet).

And since you expect to win 40% and lose 60% when you call, the formula looks like this:
EV = (40% * $150) – (60% * $50)
EV = $60 - $30
EV = $30

QU E S T ION # 2 0

About how often can you expect your raise to

pick up the pot preflop?
1K SB 22K

ANSWER: ~40%
1K 7K
A K You will pick up the pot uncontested preflop
about 40% of the time.
YOU 74K
BTN 39K To estimate how often every player will fold,
simply multiply their folding frequencies
together. So if the BTN folds 50% of the time and the SB folds 80% of the time: 50% * 80% = 40%
Keep in mind that this is an estimate since it’s quite possible that either player will adjust
their folding frequency based upon the other player’s action. Even though this isn’t a perfect
calculation, it’s a great starting point to help you find extra bluffs against multiple players.

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