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Independent study exercise · eight objective questions

How sure are you about your answer?

Choose True or False, then record the chance that your chosen answer is correct. 50% can mean a guess; 90% means strong confidence. These are your judgments, not hand equities.

Keep the answer key hidden until you commit all eight answers and confidence ratings. This is a small teaching exercise, not a validated ability or calibration test. If you have already seen a key, label your record a retake.

Without JavaScript, use paper to record each answer and confidence before opening the manual key below. Print this page for a question sheet and a separate answer key.

Q1

In standard 52-card Texas Hold'em, a player's best five-card hand may use none of their two hole cards.

Your answer for Q1 True False

Confidence that your answer is correct

Answer: ______ Confidence: ______%

Q2

In four-card Omaha high, a player's best five-card hand may use exactly one hole card.

Your answer for Q2 True False

Confidence that your answer is correct

Answer: ______ Confidence: ______%

Q3

Under standard 52-card Hold'em high-hand rankings, a flush beats a full house.

Your answer for Q3 True False

Confidence that your answer is correct

Answer: ______ Confidence: ______%

Q4

Under standard Hold'em high-hand rankings, A♠ 2♦ 3♣ 4♥ 5♠ is a five-high straight.

Your answer for Q4 True False

Confidence that your answer is correct

Answer: ______ Confidence: ______%

Q5

At a standard Hold'em showdown, one suit outranks another and breaks a tie between otherwise equal best five-card hands.

Your answer for Q5 True False

Confidence that your answer is correct

Answer: ______ Confidence: ______%

Q6

Heads-up on the river, the pot is 100 chips before an opponent bets 50. Calling the full 50 closes action, with no rake, side pot or future wager. A 25% expected share of the final pot makes calling break even against folding.

Your answer for Q6 True False

Confidence that your answer is correct

Answer: ______ Confidence: ______%

Q7

In an ordinary heads-up Hold'em hand, the button posts the big blind.

Your answer for Q7 True False

Confidence that your answer is correct

Answer: ______ Confidence: ______%

Q8

Before any compulsory posts in a heads-up no-limit Hold'em hand, stacks are 120bb and 80bb. Under ordinary table-stakes rules, with no separate betting cap, the starting effective stack is 80bb.

Your answer for Q8 True False

Confidence that your answer is correct

Answer: ______ Confidence: ______%

Answer key — open after recording your answers

Sources checked September 8, 2026. The confidence flag concerns your answer to the statement, not the chance of winning a poker hand.

Q1: True

Hold'em permits zero, one or two hole cards. When the board itself supplies the best five cards, the player plays the board.

PokerStars Hold'em rules

Q2: False

Omaha requires exactly two hole cards and exactly three board cards. One hole card with four board cards is not a legal Omaha hand.

PokerStars Omaha rules

Q3: False

A full house ranks above a flush under the standard 52-card Hold’em rankings named in this question.

PokerStars traditional hand rankings

Q4: True

The ace can play low in A-2-3-4-5. Five is the high card of this straight; the mixed suits exclude a straight flush.

PokerStars straight rules

Q5: False

Suits do not break an otherwise tied standard Hold'em hand. This question concerns hand comparison, not procedures for distributing an odd chip.

PokerStars hand-ranking and suit rules

Q6: True

The final pot is 100 + 50 + 50 = 200 chips. Calling's value relative to folding is 200 × equity − 50, so 50 / 200 = 25% breaks even. Equity means expected pot share, including ties; this question does not tell you your hand's equity.

PokerStars pot-odds lesson; independent calculation

Q7: False

The button posts the small blind in heads-up Hold'em. The other player posts the big blind.

PokerStars heads-up position guide

Q8: True

The smaller starting stack limits how much each player can match: min(120bb, 80bb) = 80bb. That is a per-player stack figure, not the total final pot.

PokerStars effective-stack definition in SPR lesson

Original selected questions and review convention by GTO Gecko. This exercise is independent of River and other poker apps. No gambling decisions, participant dataset or learning-outcome estimates are supplied. Method and downloadable sources.