Hand of the day, 10 November 2026
Hand 1. One decision after the flop. Choose your play, then see the answer and the reason.
You get 9♠9♦ in UTG. You open to 2.5 bb, HJ folds, CO calls, BTN, SB and BB fold. The flop comes T♦5♥2♦. You bet 2.1 bb, CO calls. The turn is T♥. The pot is 10.7 bb. What do you do?
- Preflopyou open to 2.5 bb, CO calls
- FlopT♦5♥2♦you bet 2.1 bb, CO calls
- TurnT♥Your move.
- River
Show the answer without playing
The right play is bet 5.4 bb. Also fine: check.
With a medium-strength hand (two pair) a bet of 50% of the pot is still correct here: when you are called you have 74% against the hands that call, so worse hands pay you more often than better ones. That is worth more than checking the hand down (EV 10.5 bb vs 7.9 bb). Check is acceptable.
- Theme
- Protection
- Equity against CO
- 74%
- EV check
- +7.9 bb
- EV bet 5.4 bb
- +10.5 bb
The guide for this kind of decision: Betting for protection. Play ten more hands in the trainer.
About the answer
The hand is dealt by the same engine as the trainer, and the answer comes from its rules of thumb and an equity calculation against your opponent’s range. It is not solver output. A new hand appears every day at midnight UTC, and everyone gets the same one.