Poker Trivia 101 and 102

Ste05

Just heard an interesting stat on Poker Night Live and I thought I'd just throw it out as a quick Trivia question.....

What is the lowest possible nuts in Texas Hold'em???

NickyOD

trip Queens?

Tourneque

That's a silly question.

Doc Farrell

ur kiling me.
i keep it thinking its holding 2 3 or a poker of twos but thats the highest hand witht he lowest cards.

it must be a high card hand with no pair so if theres two players then its 2 4 against 23 on a board of ace 5 6 7.

is that right?
do i win a prize?

i had just settled for 2nd place in an stt a minute ago having only half a big blind but kept doubling up and in the space of 6 hands won it! won my target for tomorrow out of it too.

cheers big ears,
d.

Doc Farrell

but those arent the nuts of the hand so the answer must be trip jacks

on 2, 3, 6, 8, jack rainbow
ur killing me man!

bohsman

Doc Farrell wrote:

but those arent the nuts of the hand so the answer must be trip jacks

on 2, 3, 6, 8, jack rainbow
ur killing me man!

I look forward to getting it all in with 45 against your nut hand

RMcG

lol

kincsem

QQQ

I think the lowest board with no possible straight is 2 3 7 8 Q
and if the four suits are represented no flush is possible
therefore pocket QQ with the Q on board is the nuts.
:cool:

De Deraco

trip queens is the lowest possible nuts. fact

De Deraco

damn you.

RMcG

The lowest possible nuts in my opinion would be about down to your knees, although I did hear of a pigme from the Amazon jungle with a pair down to his shins...although its never been proved..

If a female player had the lowest possible nuts Id begin to get woried, but of course not in Bangkok......hahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaha

Shortstack

Actually the lowest possible nuts belong to Mr Squirrel of MostSouthTown, South, Southshire, South County, South World.

Ooops have I done another Doc?

Daithio

cant have str8, so 2378Q board is the lowest board with no str8. Best hand from that board is QQQ.

edit: just realised this was discussed above..

Lafortezza

I think the answer is QQQ on a Q7823 board with no flushes possible.

careca

is it QQ on a board Q2378.

edit: just see this has been done.

padser

does anyone else feel that since nicky posted the correct answer (albeit without and explanation) within 5 mins that the rest of the thread is irrelevent?? Although that would make this irrelevent too....ooops :rolleyes:

DapperGent

bump

Ste05

As you all know the correct answer is QQQ on a 2378Q rainbow board. Just wanted to confirm it.

Although I like Shortstacks answer best....

A nice handy one but I was bored last night....

RoundTower

777 could be the nuts, but not on the river. You would definitely think you had the nuts if the flop came 732 and you had 77, right? You wouldn't think "oh good, I flopped a good hand but little chance to make the nuts by the river"?

bohsman

No youre all wrong, its QQQ on a 2378Q rainbow board

Ste05

bohsman wrote:

No youre all wrong, its QQQ on a 2378Q rainbow board

?????

Ste05 wrote:

As you all know the correct answer is QQQ on a 2378Q rainbow board

DapperGent

Bump

bmc

That actually happened to me once!

Except I had 4,5o and the board was suited so I guess really I just bet Queen high. Oh yeah, Jude had the nut flush. He called.

roryc

but what if on a 2378Q rainbow board you were holding 77, and the first burnt card had been exposed by accident (Queen), and then it happened again the second burnt card (Queen again), and again last burnt card before the river (8). By the way the dealer is very clumsy. He also forgot to put a cut card at the bottom of the deck where you can see another 8.

Then surely 77 would be the nuts.....



why the fcuk did i write this....

Ste05

roryc wrote:

but what if on a 2378Q rainbow board you were holding 77, and the first burnt card had been exposed by accident (Queen), and then it happened again the second burnt card (Queen again), and again last burnt card before the river (8). By the way the dealer is very clumsy. He also forgot to put a cut card at the bottom of the deck where you can see another 8.

Then surely 77 would be the nuts.....



why the fcuk did i write this....

LMFAO - Post of the week!!!!:D

Ste05

OK Here's the second part of these boring Poker Trivia Questions.....:rolleyes:

In a Ten man ring game what will be the average hand that wins the Pot.

I may need to double check this next part, but ...... the answer to the above assumes that all 10 hands go to a showdown .......

roryc

i dont know if this is right but i heard the exact average hand is Q7 or Q6, but thats not what your asking is it?

I dont know maybe JJJ?

Culchie

I'll go for a two pair, say 88 and 77 on average.

I think Q8 is the average base hand against random hand.

Ste05

As far as I know Q7o is the average starting hand, but no that's not what I'm asking......

bohsman

Trip Queens?

or a pair of tens

ollyk1

My guess is a middle set. 555-888.

Now tell me i'm wrong..:D

jtsuited

two pair?

Tackle

Flush

NickyOD

straight.

Tackle

Straight is more likely than flush when I think about it.

kincsem

I guess two pair Aces over eights,

which as some gent on a DVD kindly pointed out turned into a full house for Wild Bill Hickock when he got another bullet.

Doc Farrell

Ste05 wrote:

OK Here's the second part of these boring Poker Trivia Questions.....:rolleyes:

In a Ten man ring game what will be the average hand that wins the Pot.

I may need to double check this next part, but ...... the answer to the above assumes that all 10 hands go to a showdown .......

ok definitely trip jacks this time!
and definitely not queen seven

and shortstack i resent the idea that i only post when i'm drunk! which reminds me, what time is it....?

Ste05

OK, I'll let this go on a little bit longer, but there has been one correct answer so far.......

padser

Im going with somewhere between two pair and trips.

Shortstack

Doc Farrell wrote:

ok definitely trip jacks this time!
and definitely not queen seven

and shortstack i resent the idea that i only post when i'm drunk! which reminds me, what time is it....?

I just thought you were always drunk!

ocallagh

straight



wih 5 cards out there, and 10 hands to match you'd guess trips, a straight and possibly a flush would be out there more often than not...

between a str8 and a flush

Lafortezza

Two pair, Qx, Kx, Ax.

Amaru

For the answer to this question, we need only to observe the 1c/2c limit hold em tables, where all 10 hands frequently get shown down:D

Ste05

The correct answer is JJJ - wp Doc nc......

EDIT -

Sorry Doc, but RoryC got it right first, so I have to give the credit where it's due.....

wp Rory nc

(You got double the smilies):cool:

Doc Farrell

no feckin way!?!

i knew it.

what have we learned here....

call all flush and straight draws.
reraise with 2nd best pair.
slow play all aces and
get a better paying job so u can gamble even more!

here endeth the lesson!

Doc Farrell

and another thing,
i may have gotten the other question wrong....just

but at least i feckin tried to work it out u bunch of bleedin

students!

Ste05

On form tonight Doc!! LOL.

P.S. I think you're wrong about the average hand being Q7o, ASAIK that is the average starting hand.

Doc Farrell

i hope ur not lying to me coz i feel as high now as when i busted ocallaighs trip 7's with a runner runner flush in the EPT sat.

sorry about that one Niall!

and yes, i've had three new beers from my 500 best beer book.

tyskie - beautiful 1629 czech lager - one of the top 10 in the world

paulaner - a bit hoppy but tops and

me old reliable Erdinger - heavy but great finish.

ty and goodnight.
watching the long goodbye with elliot gould - great drinking movie.

roryc

you will see that I had JJJ from the start, and I didn't change it or anything.....

Ste05

roryc wrote:

you will see that I had JJJ from the start, and I didn't change it or anything.....

Sorry about Rory, as you can see I have corrected my shameful error above....

Marq

Is the answer to question number two QQQ on a rainbow Q8732 board?