This is a part of a poker school printed weakly in one of the largest daily papers in Sweden Aftonbladet. The article is written by Dan Glimme the resident poker expert and author of Pokerhandboken (The poker handbook.) and also expert commentator of a poker tournament aired on national TV in Sweden. A word of caution I translated this text it might not be 100% correctly translated but the facts and they way Glimme describes the hand is accurate.

Situation:

You called in the cutoff seat in a eight handed with TcTs after the second player raised and both blinds called.
Flop Qh9h8s
What do you do if A, it is checked to you? B, The action is check bet call to you?
Think carefully and analyse the situation!

Correct answer: Your pocket tens may have been a good starting hand, but now you are in a very weak position. It is very probable that you are up against an overpair ( for instance with A-Q or K-Q), or a straight draw (J-T), or a flush draw (Two hearts), or the worst case scenario all of the above.
In situation A when it is checked to you, you should just check and hope for a third ten.
In situation B against a bet and a call, you should simply fold – the combined odds against you are almost unconquerable. Don’t insist on continue with your mediocre pair, its almost guaranteed wasted money if you call.

I guess my biggest problem with this article which is published as a part of his poker school is that Mr Glimme doesn’t mention anything about what kind of game he is talking about nor anything about the opponents. Remember this article is printed in the sports pages of a daily newspaper and most readers are probably novice internet players, so maybe the advice would be correct for tougher games at higher stakes but for small stakes players like me playing 2-4 limit at party I find the correct answers appalling.

Any thoughts, Kristoffer