Texas Hold 'Em - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) C) The river. The first three up cards are the flop, and the fourth card is the turn.
• A2) False. For example, The ace and three of hearts will make a flush but lose to the queen of diamonds and queen of clubs if the board is the queen of hearts, jack of hearts, jack of diamonds, eight of hearts, and any other card.
• A3) True. Without an ace however, no draw may be possible. For example, a flop of a two, seven, and queen of different suits (or three, eight, and king and various related combinations) does not allow a straight or flush draw.
• A4) True. Once you have one ace, only one king matches its suit (four combinations total), while there are three aces to give you a pair (six combinations total). On average, you will be dealt a pair of aces once every 221 hands and a suited ace-king every 332 hands.
• A5) A) The ace of diamonds and the nine of hearts. The dominated ace-nine against the pair of aces is the worst matchup in all of Hold 'Em, winning a mere 5.2% of the time, plus a 1.4% chance of a tie. The ace-deuce moves up to 5.8% because of the straight possibility, the seven-deuce will win a surprising 10.4% of the time (0.5% tie), and the three-deuce 11.8% (0.6% tie).
• A6) D) The ten and nine of clubs. Because of the straight and flush possibilities, the lower suited connectors will upend a pair of aces 22.6% of the time and tie 0.3% of the time. The nines will win 19.7% and tie 0.3%, the kings will win 18.6% and tie 0.4%, and the king-queen will win 17.5% and tie 0.4%.
• A7) A) Binion's Horseshoe. Johnny Moss needed to defeat only six other players for the first silver cup (no cash prize) in 1970. The event grew steadily during its stay at Binion's before exploding with the Internet poker boom starting in 2003.
• A8) D) Rio. Harrah's Entertainment bought the casino in 1999 and finished a major renovation in time for the 2005 World Series.
• A9) B) Jamie Gold. Gold defeated 8,772 other players to win a first prize worth $12,000,000 in 2006. Yang outlasted 6,357 opponents for $8,250,000 in 2008, Hachem 5,618 and $7,500,000 in 2005, and Raymer 2,575 and $5,000,000 in 2004. The 2008 champion, to be determined on November 10 after an unprecedented four-month break before the final table, will have conquered 6,843 others to win $9,119,517.
• A10) C) Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth was only 24 when he took home the coveted bracelet in 1989. Ungar was 26 in 1980, Baldwin 27 in 1978, and Seed 27 in 1996.
• A11) C) Johnny Moss. Moss was 66 years old when he captured his third title in 1966. Furlong was 61 in 1999, Fowler 52 in 1979, and Strauss 52 in 1982.
• A12) C) Johnny Chan. The University of Houston dropout outlasted a field of 152 in 1987 and 167 in 1988, and amazingly finished in second place in 1989. The television broadcast of his 1988 final hand against Erik Seidel appears in the movie Rounders. Ungar pulled off the double in 1980 and 1981, and Brunson won in both 1976 and 1977. Ferguson only won once, in 2000.