Poker Trivia Question #32

Q: One of the best situations in Texas Hold’em is when you flop a set (three of a kind with a pocket pair together with a card on the board.) When you do so, you have the chance to take down a huge pot with your well-disguised holding. However, in the long run, there is no chance in poker, and you can actually calculate how often you will flop a set when playing online poker. Say that you hold a pair of 5s. What is the percentage of flopping a set?

A: 11.8 %. This means, when speaking in terms of pot odds, that you should make sure that you can make around nine times your original investment when you call with a small pair before the flop.

Poker Trivia Question #31

Q: What is the name of the billionaire banker who plays high stakes poker against "The Corporation"?

A: Andy Beal. Beal is a self-made, largely self-taught man who amassed his early fortune in real-estate investments.

During several visits between 2001 and 2004, Beal played a syndicate of professional poker players known as "The Corporation", which included Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson, Todd "Darkhorse" Brunson, Ted Forrest, Jennifer Harman, Howard "The Professor" Lederer, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Barry Greenstein, Chau Giang, and others.

Beal hoped to force the collective group of pros into such high stakes that their play would be influenced by the amount of money at risk. By the end of their encounters in 2004 they were playing $100,000/$200,000 Limit Texas Hold 'Em heads up with more than $20 million on the table.

Beal returned to Las Vegas from February 1-5, 2006 to again take on "The Corporation" in a $50,000/100,000 Limit Hold 'Em match at the Wynn Las Vegas Casino. Opponents included Todd Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Ted Forrest, and others.

On February 5, 2006, Beal was down $3.3 million (USD). He then returned to the Wynn a week later and won approximately $13.6 million from the Corporation during daily poker sessions from February 12-15. The games resumed February 21-23, with Phil Ivey representing the Corporation against Beal at limits of $30,000/60,000 and $50,000/100,000. During these three days, Beal lost $16.6 million to Ivey.

Poker Trivia Question #30

Q: Who won the World Poker Tour’s Season 1 Championship?

A: Alan Goehring won the prize of $1,011,866 in the 2002-2003 Championship game. Goehring is a retired American junk bond analyst and trader from Henderson, Nevada. At the age of 37, he became a professional poker player.

Poker Trivia Question #29

Q: It’s impossible to have a straight in poker without one of these 2 cards. Which 2 cards?

A: You can not have a straight in poker without having either a 5 or a 10 in your hand.

Poker Trivia Question #28

Q: What does it mean to "check it down" in a poker tournament?

A: When a multi-way pot has one player all-in, the others will often 'check it down' to avoid betting another player out, producing a greater number of hands to eliminate the all-in player.

Poker Trivia Question #27

Q: We all know that 2, 10 is known as the "Doyle Brunson" or "The Brunson." There is another hand that is also known as the Doyle Brunson mainly because he never plays this hand. What is it?

A: Ace Queen. He makes it abundantly known that the hand is nothing but trouble.

Poker Trivia Question #26

The first ever World Series of Poker took place in 1970, and the winner was elected by his fellow players. Who was the winner of the first WSOP Main Event?

A: Johnny Moss.

Poker Trivia Question #25

Q: In which year did Scotty Ngyuen utter his famous phrase “You call this one and it’s all over, baby,” before taking home his first World Series of Poker Main Event title?

A: 1998. Nguyen is one of the most active players in professional poker today, and from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 events. He has 4 WSOP bracelets overall.