More Card Player crap

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On the home page they reprint the following question from Middle Limit HoldEm Poker:

Topic: The Big River Bet
You are in the cutoff seat with the J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]-9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. An early player and two middle players limp. You limp. There is $55 in the pot and five players. The flop is: J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]-2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], giving you top pair as well as a flush-draw. It is checked to the player on your right, who bets. You raise and only the middle limpers call. There is $115 in the pot and three players. The turn is the Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. The first player now bets and the next player folds. You call. There is $155 in the pot and two players. The river is the A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. Your opponent bets $20. What do you do?

Answer: <font color="white"> Raise. Make the big $40 river raise for a total of $60. With a king-high or queen-high flush your opponent would make the big $40 river bet instead of just betting $20. He probably has a smaller flush than you, or some other hand you can beat. </font>

Problems:

1 - The limit (10/20) is not specified. Minor issue because it's pretty easy to calculate that 4 limpers + BB + SB folded = $55 means BB = $10.

2 - The structure is 10/20/40. Major issue because the reasoning behind the river raise is that the opponent only bet $20 and not $40.

On a side note, raising the river is most likely correct anyway, even in a normal 10/20 limit game. It's much more likely your opponent has QJ or something like that, than he has a bigger flush.

Honestly, how hard is it to put at the beginning of the question: You are playing a 10/20/40 limit holdem game.? Putting the title "Topic: The Big River Bet" could easily mean "Making a Big Decision on a River Bet" (which is how I initially interpreted it) Just very poor editing.