The Weekly Poker News Strategy Quiz: Scare Cards, Kill Pots, and Maniacs

10-31-2015 75753 responses Top results

Welcome all, to a Halloween-themed edition ��The Weekly PokerNews Strategy Quiz.��

Usually our quiz questions come from the the past week��s worth of articles appearing in the Strategy section here at PokerNews. This week, however, we��re following the lead of other trick-or-treaters and dressing up the quiz in a slightly different guise.

Get seven or more of these 10 questions right and you earn you the treat of a passing grade. Meanwhile if you are tricked into any incorrect responses, you��ll get an explanation of which answer was correct.

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Question 1

A player considered a MANIAC is most likely to have which playing style?

Question 2

Which of the following is *NOT* a common meaning for the term ��DEAD MONEY��?

Question 3

A hold��em player who checks IN THE DARK has checked...

Question 4

In poker, a KILL POT typically refers to a hand in which...

Question 5

Which of the following is a variant of poker?

Question 6

You hold 9d-8h and the flop comes 10c-7d-6c, giving you a straight. You bet and your opponent calls. Which of the following turns would be a SCARE CARD for you?

Question 7

What does the term GHOSTING refer to in the context of online poker tournaments?

Question 8

A player sitting in the CUTOFF is in...

Question 9

What is a CUT CARD?

Question 10

On the turn, you hold Ad-Jd and your opponent has Qs-10s. On which of the following boards are you DRAWING DEAD?