Deductive reasoning is a skill that winning poker players use all the time. The next few weeks I will be presenting some poker posers and puzzles to test your reasoning skills.
Omaha High Poser
On the turn your only opponent and you each have half the pot, although you are 100 percent sure that you had all the pot on the flop. At this point you have equal chances of getting half the pot or nothing. Your chance of winning the whole pot are exactly 50 percent of losing the entire pot. What are the two hands, the flop, and the turn?
Solution
The flop is 10/J/Q. The turn is a K making the board double suited.Your hand is K/K/K/A (your ace is not in one of the suits on the board). Your opponent is double suited in the same suits as the board. He has two Aces and a Queen, a Jack, or a Ten. His fourth card is from 2-9.
